{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1310.10","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1310.10","heading":"Limitation on personal liability of trustee.","body":"(a)\nExcept 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.\n\n(b)\nA 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.\n\n(c)\nA 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.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 13. Uniform Trust Code.","Subchapter X. Liability of Trustees and Rights of Persons Dealing with Trustee."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-1310.10","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c41d1466b0be16cc438b9db1e052a776c561dc4c4b6f116419c74edc2ca76162","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1310.09","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1310.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}