In all cases in which application shall be made to any court in the District of Columbia, or wherever it becomes necessary or proper for said court to appoint a trustee, receiver, personal representative, special administrator, guardian of the estate of a minor, or committee of the estate of a person with mental illness, it shall and may be lawful for said court (but without prejudice to any preference in the order of any such appointments required by law) to appoint any such company organized under clause (1) of § 26-1301, with its assent, such trustee, receiver, personal representative, special administrator, committee, or guardian, with the consent of the guardian of the person of such minor; provided, however, that no court or judge who is an owner of or in any manner financially interested in the stock or business of such corporation shall commit by order or decree to any such corporation any trust or fiduciary duty.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1305, ch. 854, § 722; June 24, 1980, D.C. Law 3-72,§ 207(b), 27 DCR 2155; Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-305, § 39(a), 53 DCR 6198.)
1981 Ed., § 26-410.
1973 Ed., § 26-310.
D.C. Law 16-305 substituted “person with mental illness” for “lunatic”.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 26 - Banks and Other Financial Institutions
Chapter 13 - Trust, Loan, Mortgage, Safe Deposit and Title Corporations
§ 26–1301. Manner of formation; purposes
§ 26–1304. Organization certificate; execution; contents
§ 26–1305. Charter of incorporation — Power of Council to grant or refuse
§ 26–1306. Charter of incorporation — Notice of application
§ 26–1309. Powers of companies; liability as trustee
§ 26–1310. Appointment as fiduciary
§ 26–1311.01. Automatic substitution of fiduciaries
§ 26–1312. Stock, property, and liability to be security when fiduciary
§ 26–1313. Existing companies; certificate of intention to comply with provisions
§ 26–1314. Real property held and conveyed by companies
§ 26–1315. Duration of charter
§ 26–1317. Capital stock — Calls; sale on failure to pay money subscribed
§ 26–1318. Annual reports — Publication; contents; verification
§ 26–1319. Annual reports — Liability of directors or trustees
§ 26–1320. Wilful false swearing; misappropriation
§ 26–1321. Stock deemed personal estate; transfer; contents of certificates
§ 26–1322. Liability of stockholders
§ 26–1323. Payment of stock to be in money only; exception
§ 26–1324. Election of, and management of company by, directors or trustees
§ 26–1325. Officers; security authorized
§ 26–1326. Power to make bylaws; purposes thereof
§ 26–1327. Liability of directors or trustees on declaration of dividends — Conditions
§ 26–1328. Liability of directors or trustees on declaration of dividends — Exemption
§ 26–1329. Directors or trustees personally liable when liabilities exceed assets
§ 26–1330. Fiduciary not liable as stockholder; liability of estate and funds
§ 26–1331. Increase or decrease of capital stock
§ 26–1332. Copy of certificate as evidence
§ 26–1333. Security required for performance of fiduciary duties; liability thereon
§ 26–1334. Powers of probate court
§ 26–1335. Compliance required of foreign corporations or companies
§ 26–1336. Right of Congress to amend or repeal chapter; remedies preserved