District of Columbia Statutes

§ 19-317 — Trust estates.

District of Columbia § 19-317
JurisdictionDistrict of Columbia
Title 19Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]
Ch. 3Intestates’ Estates.

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D.C. Code § 19-317 (2026).

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When a trustee is seized of the naked legal estate in real estate in fee simple, and dies intestate thereof, the legal estate descends according to section 19-301 to the persons who would inherit the beneficial estate if it were vested in them.

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Legislative History

Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 699, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1

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