D.C. Code § 19-902

Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024
Section 19-902 - When nonvested property interest or power of appointment is created
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section and in section 19-905(a), the time of creation of a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment is determined under general principles of property law.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, if there is a person who alone can exercise a power created by a governing instrument to become the unqualified beneficial owner of a nonvested property interest or a property interest subject to a power of appointment described in section 19-901(b) or (c), the nonvested property interest or power of appointment is created when the power to become the unqualified beneficial owner terminates.
(c) For purposes of this chapter, a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment arising from a transfer of property to a previously funded trust or other existing property arrangement is created when the nonvested property interest or power of appointment in the original contribution was created.

D.C. Code § 19-902

Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-292, § 402(b), 48 DCR 2087.

Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 2 of the Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities Act.