District of Columbia Statutes
§ 19-320 — Felonious homicide as barring inheritance; insurance policies; bona fide purchasers.
District of Columbia § 19-320
JurisdictionDistrict of Columbia
Title 19Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]
Ch. 3Intestates’ Estates.
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D.C. Code § 19-320 (2026).
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(a)A person convicted of felonious homicide of another person, by way of murder or manslaughter, takes no estate or interest in property of any kind from that other person by way of:
(1)inheritance, distribution, devise, or bequest; or
(2)remainder, reversion, or executory devise dependent upon the death of the other person.
(b)Policies of insurance directly or indirectly procured by a person convicted as specified by subsection (a) of this section, for his own benefit or payable to him upon the life of the person killed by him, are void.
(c)This section does not affect the rights of bona fide purchasers of property specified by subsection (a) of this section, for value and without notice.
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Legislative History
Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 700, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1
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