No money or other benefit paid, provided, allowed, or agreed to be paid by any company on account of the disability from injury or sickness of any insured person shall be liable to execution, attachment, garnishment, or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law, to pay any debt or liability of such insured person whether such debt or liability was incurred before or after the commencement of such disability, but the provisions of this section shall not affect the assignability of any such disability benefit otherwise assignable, nor shall this section apply to any money income disability benefit in an action to recover for necessaries contracted for after the commencement of disability covered by the disability clause or contract allowing such money income benefit.
(June 19, 1934, 48 Stat. 1175, ch. 672, ch. V, § 16a.)
1981 Ed., § 35-522.
1973 Ed., § 35-717.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 31 - Insurance and Securities
Chapter 47 - Provisions Relating to All Life Insurance Companies
§ 31–4701. Valuation of reserves by Commissioner
§ 31–4702. Companies issuing both participating and nonparticipating policies
§ 31–4703. Life policies — Required provisions
§ 31–4704. Life policies — Prohibited provisions
§ 31–4705.01. Nonforfeiture benefits and cash surrender values
§ 31–4705.02. Standard nonforfeiture law — In general
§ 31–4705.03. Standard nonforfeiture law — Individual deferred annuities
§ 31–4705.04. Loan provisions in policies
§ 31–4706. Extension of time for payment of premiums
§ 31–4707. Ascertainment of loan indebtedness
§ 31–4708. Filing and approval of life policy forms
§ 31–4709. Policy provisions required by foreign government entities
§ 31–4710. Group policies — General requirements. [Repealed]
§ 31–4711. Group policies — Required provisions
§ 31–4711.01. Group policies — Right to, and notice of, issuance of individual policy
§ 31–4712. Accident and sickness policies
§ 31–4713. Prohibited activities — Securities operations. [Repealed]
§ 31–4714. Prohibited activities—Misrepresentations. [Repealed]
§ 31–4715. Prohibited activities—Discriminations. [Repealed]
§ 31–4716. Rights of parties under life policies
§ 31–4716.01. Exemption from legal process — Disability benefits
§ 31–4717. Exemption from legal process — Group life policy or proceeds
§ 31–4718. Fraudulent statements or representations against companies. [Repealed]
§ 31–4719. Authority to hold proceeds under trust or agreement
§ 31–4720. Calculations of premiums and reserves
§ 31–4721. Acceptance and recordation of premiums on industrial life or sick-benefit policies
§ 31–4722. Industrial life policies — Required provisions
§ 31–4723. Industrial life policies — Prohibited provisions
§ 31–4724. Access to psychologists or optometrists under group health insurance policy
§ 31–4725. Policy language simplification standards
§ 31–4726. Commissioner’s review of test
§ 31–4727. Applicability of §§ 31-4725 through 31-4730
§ 31–4729. Construction of §§ 31-4725 through 31-4730