{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-320","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-320","heading":"Felonious homicide as barring inheritance; insurance policies; bona fide purchasers.","body":"(a)\nA person convicted of felonious homicide of another person, by way of murder or manslaughter, takes no estate or interest in property of any kind from that other person by way of:\n(1)\ninheritance, distribution, devise, or bequest; or\n(2)\nremainder, reversion, or executory devise dependent upon the death of the other person.\n\n(b)\nPolicies of insurance directly or indirectly procured by a person convicted as specified by subsection (a) of this section, for his own benefit or payable to him upon the life of the person killed by him, are void.\n\n(c)\nThis section does not affect the rights of bona fide purchasers of property specified by subsection (a) of this section, for value and without notice.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 3. Intestates’ Estates."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-320","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c5f9243b8037bc57af5408c5b7e2ca7f27d9403d420bceb24f01281f0c2064f1","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-319","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-321"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}