{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1703.01","heading":"Requisites for exercise of power of appointment.","body":"(a)\nA power of appointment is exercised only:\n(1)\nIf the instrument exercising the power is valid under applicable law;\n(2)\nIf the terms of the instrument exercising the power:\n(A)\nManifest the powerholder's intent to exercise the power; and\n(B)\nSubject to § 19-1703.04, satisfy the requirements of exercise, if any, imposed by the donor; and\n(3)\nTo the extent the appointment is a permissible exercise of the power.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 17. Uniform Powers of Appointment Code.","Subchapter III. Exercise of Power of Appointment."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-1703.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"4ab0dc051a7464a4053bd2f124db35ee4ae5701f1348da78c0d3d523e11f83b6","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1702.06","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}