Code of the District of Columbia

§ 26–1333. Security required for performance of fiduciary duties; liability thereon.

No bond or other collateral security, except as hereinafter stated, shall be required from any trust company incorporated under this chapter for and in respect to any trust, nor when appointed trustee, guardian, receiver, personal representative, special administrator, committee of the estate of a person with a mental illness or an intellectual disability, or other fiduciary appointment; but the capital stock subscribed for or taken, and all property owned by said company and the amount for which said stockholders shall be liable in excess of their stock, shall be taken and considered as the security required by law for the faithful performance of its duties, and shall be absolutely liable in case of any default whatever; and in case of the insolvency or dissolution of said company, the debts due from the said company as trustee, guardian, receiver, personal representative, special administrator, or committee of the estate of a person with mental illness or an intellectual disability or any other fiduciary appointment shall have a preference.