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

D.C. Code § 21-2601.18: Agent's resignation; notice.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 21. Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]
  2. Chapter 26. Uniform Power of Attorney Act.
  3. Subchapter I. General Provisions.

(a)

Unless the power of attorney provides a different method for an agent's resignation, an agent may resign by giving notice to the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated:

(1)

To the conservator or guardian, if one has been appointed for the principal, and a coagent or successor agent; or

(2)

If there is no person described in paragraph (1) of this section, to:

(A)

The principal's caregiver;

(B)

Another person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal's welfare; or

(C)

A governmental agency having authority to protect the welfare of the principal.

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