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

D.C. Code § 29-1203.04: Limitation on liability of trustees and beneficial owners.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 29. Business Organizations. [Enacted title]
  2. Chapter 12. Statutory Trusts.
  3. Subchapter III. Governing Law; Authorization; Duration; Powers.

(a)

A debt, obligation, or other liability of a statutory trust or series thereof shall be solely a debt, obligation, or other liability of the trust or series thereof. A beneficial owner, trustee, or person designated pursuant to § 29-1201.03(e)(8) or (9) is not personally liable, directly or indirectly, by way of contribution or otherwise, for a debt, obligation, or other liability of the trust or series thereof solely by reason of being or acting as a trustee, beneficial owner, or person designated pursuant to § 29-1201.03(e)(8) or (9. This subsection applies regardless of the dissolution of the statutory trust.

(b)

Except as otherwise provided in subchapter IV of this chapter, property of a statutory trust held in the name of the trust or by the trustee in the trustee’s capacity as trustee shall be subject to attachment and execution to satisfy a debt, obligation, or other liability of the trust.

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