2013 District of Columbia Code
Division III — DECEDENTS' ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS
Title 20 — PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION OF DECEDENTS' ESTATES
Chapter 9 — CLAIMS
Section 20-902 — Effect of statute of limitations.
Unless a contrary intent is expressly indicated in the will, no claim which was barred by any statute of limitations at the time of the decedent's death shall be allowed or paid. In an action against the estate of a deceased person, the interval between the death of the deceased and 6 months after the date of the first publication of notice of the appointment of a personal representative (not to exceed 2 years) shall not be computed as a part of the period within which the action must be brought.
History
(June 24, 1980, D.C. Law 3-72, § 101, 27 DCR 2155.)
Annotations
Prior Codifications. 1981 Ed., § 20-902.
Legislative History of Law 3-72. For legislative history of D.C. Law 3-72, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 20-901.
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