{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-41-160.05","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 41-160.05","heading":"Evidence of unpaid debt or undischarged obligation.","body":"(a)\nA record of a putative holder showing an unpaid debt or undischarged obligation is prima facie evidence of the debt or obligation.\n\n(b)\nA putative holder may establish by a preponderance of the evidence that there is no unpaid debt or undischarged obligation for a debt or obligation described in subsection (a) of this section or that the debt or obligation was not, or no longer is, a fixed and certain obligation of the putative holder.\n\n(c)\nA putative holder may overcome prima facie evidence under subsection (a) of this section by establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that a check, draft, or similar instrument was:\n(1)\nIssued as an unaccepted offer in settlement of an unliquidated amount;\n(2)\nIssued but later was replaced with another instrument because the earlier instrument was lost or contained an error that was corrected;\n(3)\nIssued to a party affiliated with the issuer;\n(4)\nPaid, satisfied, or discharged;\n(5)\nIssued in error;\n(6)\nIssued without consideration;\n(7)\nIssued but there was a failure of consideration;\n(8)\nVoided not later than 90 days after issuance for a valid business reason set forth in a contemporaneous record; or\n(9)\nIssued but not delivered to the third-party payee for a sufficient reason recorded within a reasonable time after issuance.\n\n(d)\nIn asserting a defense under this section, a putative holder may present evidence of a course of dealing between the putative holder and the apparent owner or of custom and practice.","path":["Title 41. Personal Property.","Chapter 1A. Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.","Subchapter X. Verified Report of Property; Examination of Records."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/41-160.05","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"60b1092fcc9d781c8d364c1c12488749015216490f7a1691466b2a4e29b4453f","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-41-160.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-41-160.06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}