Actions against decedents’ estates

1. Law
2. District of Columbia Code
3. Right to Remedy. [Enacted title]
4. Limitation of Actions
5. Actions against decedents’ estates

In an action against the estate of a deceased person, the interval, not exceeding two years, 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 under section 20-704 may not be computed as a part of the period within which the action must be brought.

(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 511, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; June 24, 1980, D.C. Law 3-72, § 202(a), 27 DCR 2155.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 12-305.

1973 Ed., § 12-305.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 12-308.

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