{"id":3289,"date":"2022-01-30T05:22:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T05:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suretyone.com\/blog\/?p=3289"},"modified":"2022-01-30T05:22:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T05:22:33","slug":"dc-personal-representative-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suretyone.com\/blog\/dc-personal-representative-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Personal Representative Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A DC personal representative bond is required of probate administrators unless specifically waived. D.C. Code \u00a720\u2013502<\/a> is instructive. Subsection (a) clearly defines the requirement. “Unless excused from filing a fiduciary bond by the decedent\u2019s will or written waiver of all parties with an interest in the estate, each personal representative must post a bond running to the District of Columbia for the benefit of all interested persons and creditors with a surety approved by the Court. When a personal representative is excused from giving a DC probate bond by the decedent\u2019s will, or by the written waiver of one or more interested parties then no bond shall be required except under specific, limited circumstances. In the absence of a waiver by the testator, the interest of any interested person who does not waive bond shall be protected and no waiver of bond permitted. There are three distinct personal representative bond obligations pursuant to the circumstances of the probate case and whether a demand for bond is proferred by a party or the court unilaterally imposes the requirement, as well as the date of the deceased’s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n