{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1118","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1118","heading":"Methods and forms for creating custodial trusts.","body":"(a)\nIf a transaction, including a declaration with respect to or a transfer of specific property, otherwise satisfies applicable law, the criteria of section 19-1102 are satisfied by:\n(1)\n(Signature); or\n(2)\n(Signature)\n\n(b)\nCustomary methods of transferring or evidencing ownership of property may be used to create a custodial trust, including any of the following:\n(1)\nRegistration of a security in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance “as custodial trustee for ______ (name of beneficiary) under the District of Columbia’s Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;\n(2)\nDelivery of a certificated security, or a document necessary for the transfer of an uncertificated security, together with any necessary endorsement, to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company as custodial trustee, accompanied by an instrument in substantially the form prescribed in subsection (a)(1) of this section;\n(3)\nPayment of money or transfer of a security held in the name of a broker or a financial institution or its nominee to a broker or financial institution for credit to an account in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for ______ (name of beneficiary) under the District of Columbia’s Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;\n(4)\nRegistration of ownership of a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract with the issuer in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for ______ (name of beneficiary) under the District of Columbia’s Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;\n(5)\nDelivery of a written assignment to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company whose name in the assignment is designated in substance by the words: “as custodial trustee for ______ (name of beneficiary) under the District of Columbia’s Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;\n(6)\nIrrevocable exercise of a power of appointment, pursuant to its terms, in favor of a trust company, an adult other than the donee of the power, or the donee who holds the power if the beneficiary is other than the donee, whose name in the appointment is designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for ______ (name of beneficiary) under the District of Columbia’s Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;\n(7)\nDelivery of a written notification or assignment of a right to future payment under a contract to an obligor which transfers the right under the contract to a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, whose name in the notification or assignment is designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for ______ (name of beneficiary) under the District of Columbia’s Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;\n(8)\nExecution, delivery, and recordation of a conveyance of an interest in real property in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for ______ (name of beneficiary) under the District of Columbia’s Uniform Custodial Trust Act”;\n(9)\nIssuance of a certificate of title by an agency of a state or of the United States which evidences title to tangible personal property:\n(A)\nIssued in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for ______ (name of beneficiary) under the District of Columbia’s Uniform Custodial Trust Act”; or\n(B)\nDelivered to a trust company or an adult other than the transferor or endorsed by the transferor to that person, designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for ______ (name of beneficiary) under the District of Columbia’s Uniform Custodial Trust Act”; or\n(10)\nExecution and delivery of an instrument of gift to a trust company or an adult other than the transferor, designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for ______ (name of beneficiary) under the District of Columbia’s Uniform Custodial Trust Act.”","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 11. Custodial Trusts; Uniform Law."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-1118","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c8fc6da46f17095879297270aaf3246c08e057baf32248abde65e802239e4160","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1117","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}