{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-2074","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 21-2074","heading":"Personal liability of conservator.","body":"(a)\nEven if otherwise provided for in the contract, a conservator is not personally liable on a contract properly entered into in a fiduciary capacity in the course of administration or distribution of the estate unless the conservator fails to reveal the representative capacity and identify the estate in the contract.\n\n(b)\nThe conservator is personally liable for obligations arising from ownership or control of property of the estate or for torts committed in the course of administration of the estate only if personally at fault.\n\n(c)\nClaims based on (1) contracts entered into by a conservator in a fiduciary capacity, (2) obligations arising from ownership or control of the estate, or (3) torts committed in the course of administration of the estate, may be asserted against the estate by proceeding against the conservator in a fiduciary capacity, whether or not the conservator is personally liable for the claim.\n\n(d)\nAny question of liability between the estate and the conservator personally may be determined in a proceeding for accounting, surcharge, or indemnification, or other appropriate proceeding or action.","path":["Title 21. Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]","Chapter 20. Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney.","Subchapter VI. Protection of Property of Incapacitated, Disappeared or Detained Individuals."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/21-2074","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"edddf9df8a1cc121163b80cfbe7580071c6ba746fa692fae0c669caf939ae217","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-2073","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-2075"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}