{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1702.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1702.01","heading":"Creation of power of appointment.","body":"(a)\nA power of appointment is created only if:\n(1)\nThe instrument creating the power:\n(A)\nIs valid under applicable law; and\n(B)\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, transfers the appointive property; and\n(2)\nThe terms of the instrument creating the power manifest the donor's intent to create in a powerholder a power of appointment over the appointive property exercisable in favor of a permissible appointee.\n\n(b)\nSubsection (a)(1)(B) of this section does not apply to the creation of a power of appointment by the exercise of a power of appointment.\n\n(c)\nA power of appointment may not be created in a deceased individual.\n\n(d)\nSubject to an applicable rule against perpetuities, a power of appointment may be created in an unborn or unascertained powerholder.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 17. Uniform Powers of Appointment Code.","Subchapter II. Creation, Revocation, and Amendment of Power of Appointment."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-1702.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"60146da567bd1a7a419cc38cc8e31f79c930e90f4346d3f5f696991a91edba00","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1701.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1702.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}