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PUBLIC LAW 89-183-SEPT. 14, 1965

[79 STAT.

CHAPTER 13—CLAIMS OF CREDITORS Sec. 20-1301. Debts to be proved. 20-1302. Judgment or decree; voucher or proof. 20-1303. Bond, note, check, protested bill of exchange; original or copy of instrument to constitute voucher. 20-1304. Proof by assignee. 20-1305. Proof of commercial papers, 20-1306. Claims for rent. 20-1307. Open account. 20-1308. Claims outside of District. 2(V-1309. Executor's or administrator's claim to be under oath. 20-1310. Plea of limitations within discretion of executor or administrator. 20-1311. Claims may be rejected and disputed. 20-1312. Passing of claims not conclusive. 20-1313. Payment of claims. 20-1314. Notice of distribution. 20-1315. Retaining for claims. 20-1316. Executor or administrator to withhold amount claimed pending litigation. 20-1317. Claims of executors and administrators to be passed by Court. 20-1318. Period during which creditors may file suit after claim is contested. 20-1319. Executor or administrator not responsible for claims made after distribution. 20-1320. Notice to creditors to file claims. 20-1321. Report and proof of notice. 20-1322. Report of notice as prima facie evidence; copy as legal evidence. 20-1323. Docket of claims. 20-1324. Filed claim no evidence of correctness if disputed; filing as tolling limitations. 20-1325. Priorities. 20-1326. No claim to be noticed unless legally authenticated. 20-1327. Meeting of creditors. 20-1328. Distribution of residue. 20-1329. Creditors' rights against property of nonresident decedent; limitation.

§ 20-1301. Debts to be proved An executor or administrator may not discharge a claim against his decedent, otherwise than at his own risk, unless it is first passed by the Probate Court or is proved according to the rules prescribed by this chapter. § 20-1302. Judgment or decree; voucher or proof The voucher or proof of a judgment or decree shall be a short copy thereof under seal, attested by the clerk of the court where it was obtained, who shall certify that the judgment or decree has not been satisfied. There shall likewise be a certificate of a person authorized to administer oaths, indorsed on or annexed to a statement of the debt due on the judgment or decree, that the creditor or his agent since the death of the deceased has taken before him the following oath: ''That the creditor has not received any part of the sum for which the judgment or decree was passed except such part (if any) as is credited". Where the creditor on the judgment or decree is an assignee of the person who obtained it, the oath shall continue, as follows: "and that to the best of his knowledge or belief no other person has received any part of the sum except such part (if any) as is credited". An assignee shall also produce the assignment under the hand of the assignor. Where there is more than one assignment, each assignment shall be produced under the hand of the party assigning. §20-1303. Bond, note, check, protested bill of exchange; original or copy of instrument to constitute voucher I n case of a specialty, bond, note, check, or protested bill of exchange, the vouchers shall be the instrument of writing itself, or a proved copy in case it is lost, with a certificate of the oath taken as prescribed by section 20-1302 since the death of the decedent and indorsed on or annexed to the instrument, or a statement of the claim "that no part

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