{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-602.27","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-602.27","heading":"Set-off.","body":"Without qualifying any other statutory right to set-off or lien and subject to any contractual provision, if a party is indebted to a financial institution, the financial institution has a right to set-off against the account. The amount of the account subject to set-off is the proportion to which the party is, or immediately before death was, beneficially entitled under section 19-602.11   or, in the absence of proof of that proportion, an equal share with all parties.","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/19-602.27","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"599452c57a0991940adf48a469493ace066900a1c09c9127c863dd82347c10a1","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-602.26","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-603.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}