District Of Columbia § 28:2A-311 - Priority subject to subordination.
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§ 28:2A-311. Priority subject to subordination.
28:2A-311Nothing in this article prevents subordination by agreement by any person entitled to priority.
Annotations
“Person”. Section 1-201(30).
“Agreement”. Section 1-201(3).
Sections 1-102 and 2A-304 through 2A-310.
The several preceding sections deal with questions of priority. This section is inserted to make it entirely clear that a person entitled to priority may effectively agree to subordinate the claim. Only the person entitled to priority may make such an agreement: the rights of such a person cannot be adversely affected by an agreement to which that person is not a party.
Section 9-316.
Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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