2013 District of Columbia Code
Division III — DECEDENTS' ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS
Title 20 — PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION OF DECEDENTS' ESTATES
Chapter 9 — CLAIMS
Section 20-914 — Execution and levy prohibited.
No execution shall issue upon nor shall any levy be made against any property of the estate under any judgment against a decedent or a personal representative. No claim (which is not by its terms secured) shall attach to any particular estate asset, real or personal, whether in the hands of the personal representative or of any bona fide purchaser, or to the proceeds from the sale of any such asset. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent the enforcement of mortgages, deeds of trust, pledges, liens, or other security interests upon property in an appropriate proceeding.
History
(June 24, 1980, D.C. Law 3-72, § 101, 27 DCR 2155; Mar. 21, 1995, D.C. Law 10-241, § 3(lll), 42 DCR 63.)
Annotations
Prior Codifications. 1981 Ed., § 20-914.
Legislative History of Law 3-72. For legislative history of D.C. Law 3-72, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 20-901.
Legislative History of Law 10-241. For legislative history of D.C. Law 10-241, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 20-905.
Editor's Notes Application of Law 10-241: See Application of Law 10-241 and Emergency act amendment notes to § 20-905.
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