District of Columbia Code
Subchapter VI - Protection of Property of Incapacitated, Disappeared or Detained Individuals
§ 21–2067. Recording of conservator’s letters

(a) Letters of conservatorship are evidence of the transfer of all assets, or the part of assets specified in the letters, of a protected individual to the conservator. An order terminating a conservatorship is evidence of the transfer of all assets subjected to the conservatorship from the conservator to the protected individual or to the personal representative of the individual.
(b) Letters of conservatorship and orders terminating conservatorships shall be filed or recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds to give record notice of title as between the conservator and the protected individual.
(c) Letters of conservatorship shall be filed or recorded by the conservator and the conservator shall bear the costs of the filings. If the estate would be depleted by the payment of filing fees, the Recorder of Deeds may waive the fees.
(Feb. 28, 1987, D.C. Law 6-204, § 2(a), 34 DCR 632.)
1981 Ed., § 21-2067.
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 2-320 of the Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act (1982 Act).

Structure District of Columbia Code

District of Columbia Code

Title 21 - Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]

Chapter 20 - Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney

Subchapter VI - Protection of Property of Incapacitated, Disappeared or Detained Individuals

§ 21–2051. Protective proceedings

§ 21–2052. Original petition for appointment or protective order

§ 21–2053. Notice

§ 21–2054. Procedure concerning hearing and order on original petition

§ 21–2055. Permissible court orders

§ 21–2056. Protective arrangements and single transactions authorized

§ 21–2057. Who may be appointed conservator; priorities

§ 21–2058. Bond

§ 21–2059. Effect of acceptance of appointment

§ 21–2060. Compensation and expenses

§ 21–2061. Death, resignation, or removal of conservator

§ 21–2062. Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment

§ 21–2063. General duty of conservator

§ 21–2064. Inventory and records

§ 21–2065. Accounts

§ 21–2066. Conservators; title by appointment

§ 21–2067. Recording of conservator’s letters

§ 21–2068. Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions

§ 21–2069. Persons dealing with conservators; protection

§ 21–2070. Powers of conservator in administration

§ 21–2071. Distributive duties and powers of conservator

§ 21–2072. Enlargement or limitation of powers of conservator

§ 21–2073. Preservation of estate plan; right to examine

§ 21–2074. Personal liability of conservator

§ 21–2075. Termination of proceedings

§ 21–2076. Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceedings

§ 21–2077. Foreign conservator; proof of authority; bond; powers