{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1702.04","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1702.04","heading":"Exception to presumption of unlimited authority.","body":"(a)\nUnless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, the power is nongeneral if:\n(1)\nThe power is exercisable only at the powerholder's death; and\n(2)\nThe permissible appointees of the power are a defined and limited class that does not include the powerholder's estate, the powerholder's creditors, or the creditors of the powerholder's estate.","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/19-1702.04","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a5d2a38e8ff9ec4df5b727f7c609dcec6f74fc695c7e893624b823ebcfec908e","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1702.03","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1702.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}