District of Columbia Statutes

§ 31-4717 — Exemption from legal process — Group life policy or proceeds.

District of Columbia § 31-4717
JurisdictionDistrict of Columbia
Title 31Insurance and Securities.
Ch. 47Provisions Relating to All Life Insurance Companies.

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D.C. Code § 31-4717 (2026).

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No policy of group life insurance, nor the proceeds thereof when paid to any employee or employees thereunder, shall be liable to attachment, garnishment, or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated, or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law, to pay any debt or liability of such employee, or his beneficiary, or any other person who may have a right thereunder, either before or after payment; nor shall the proceeds thereof, when not made payable to a named beneficiary, constitute a part of the estate of the employee for the payment of his debts.

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Legislative History

June 19, 1934, 48 Stat. 1176, ch. 672, ch. V, § 17

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