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District of Columbia · Through 2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)

D.C. Code § 19-1310.10: Limitation on personal liability of trustee.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]
  2. Chapter 13. Uniform Trust Code.
  3. Subchapter X. Liability of Trustees and Rights of Persons Dealing with Trustee.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in the contract, a trustee is not personally liable on a contract properly entered into in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity in the course of administering the trust if the trustee in the contract disclosed the fiduciary capacity.

(b)

A trustee is personally liable for torts committed in the course of administering a trust, or for obligations arising from ownership or control of trust property, including liability for violation of environmental law, only if the trustee is personally at fault.

(c)

A claim based on a contract entered into by a trustee in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity, on an obligation arising from ownership or control of trust property, or on a tort committed in the course of administering a trust, may be asserted in a judicial proceeding against the trustee in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity, whether or not the trustee is personally liable for the claim.

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