District of Columbia Statutes
§ 19-301 — Course of descents generally.
District of Columbia § 19-301
JurisdictionDistrict of Columbia
Title 19Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]
Ch. 3Intestates’ Estates.
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Bluebook
D.C. Code § 19-301 (2026).
Text
The real estate in the District of Columbia, of a deceased person, male or female, if not devised, shall descend in fee simple, and the surplus of the personal estate of a deceased resident of the District, if not bequeathed, shall be distributed, to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, children, and other persons in the manner provided by this chapter. The heirs specified by this section take the real estate as tenants in common in the same proportions as they take the surplus personal estate as provided by this chapter.
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Legislative History
Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 697, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; June 24, 1980, D.C. Law 3-72, § 204(b), 27 DCR 2155; Apr. 30, 1988, D.C. Law 7-104, § 5(b), 35 DCR 147; Apr. 4, 2006, D.C. Law 16-79, § 5(l), 53 DCR 1035
Nearby Sections
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§ 19-101.01
Applicable law.§ 19-101.02
Homestead allowance.§ 19-101.03
Exempt property.§ 19-101.04
Family allowance.§ 19-101.06
Penalties.§ 19-102
Dower and curtesy abolished.§ 19-104
Absent or incompetent spouse.§ 19-107
Effect of acts of one spouse.§ 19-107a
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