{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-602.23","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-602.23","heading":"Payment on POD designation.","body":"A financial institution, on request, may pay sums on deposit in an account with a POD designation to:\n\n(1)\nOne or more of the parties, whether or not another party has a disability, is incapacitated, or deceased when the payment is requested and whether or not a party survives another party;\n\n(2)\nThe beneficiary or beneficiaries, if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that the beneficiary or beneficiaries survived all persons named as parties; or\n\n(3)\nThe personal representative, if any, or, if there is none, the heirs or devisees of a deceased party, if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that the deceased party was the survivor of all other persons named on the account, either as a party or beneficiary.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 6. Nonprobate Transfers on Death; Uniform Law.","Subchapter II. Multiple-Person Accounts.","Part C. Protection Of Financial Institutions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-602.23","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e58ef2f61c307945acc31930fb0bc67af7a22de67aca33429613214f57b0649e","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-602.22","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-602.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}