{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-317","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-317","heading":"Trust estates.","body":"When a trustee is seized of the naked legal estate in real estate in fee simple, and dies intestate thereof, the legal estate descends according to section 19-301   to the persons who would inherit the beneficial estate if it were vested in them.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 3. Intestates’ Estates."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-317","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a98a3c4dd91cbb9632f64df8f2248f0d8f3a8998b540e3707b27e696314902d8","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-316","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-318"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}