D.C. Code § 19-602.22

Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024
Section 19-602.22 - Payment on multiple-party account

A financial institution, on request, may pay sums on deposit in a multiple-party account to:

(1) One or more of the parties, whether or not another party has a disability, is incapacitated, or deceased when payment is requested and whether or not the party making the request survives another party; or
(2) The personal representative, if any, or, if there is none, the heirs or devisees of a deceased party, if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that the deceased party was the survivor of all other persons named on the account, either as a party or beneficiary, unless the account is without right of survivorship under section 19-602.12.

D.C. Code § 19-602.22

Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-292, § 302(b), 48 DCR 2087; Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-305, § 33(b), 53 DCR 6198.

Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 222 of the Uniform Nonprobate Transfers on Death Act (1991 Act).