Exemptions:
- In general, a debtor may claim exemption of his homestead and certain personal property
from attachment and execution of a judgment, or in a bankruptcy proceeding. However,
the District Of Columbia has no homestead law.
Personal property which may be exempt
from levy or sale upon execution, writ of attachment or any process issuing out of
any court in the District Of Columbia may include all wearing apparel provided for all
persons within the household not exceeding $300 per person in value; all beds, bedding,
household furniture and furnishings, sewing machines, radios, stoves, cooking utensils,
not exceeding $300 in value; provisions for three months' support; fuel for three months;
mechanics' tools and implements of the debtor's trade or business amounting to $200 in
value; library, office furniture, and implements of a professional man or artist, not
exceeding $300 in value; one automobile or motor-controlled vehicle not exceeding $500 in
value if used principally by the debtor in his trade or business; all family pictures; and
all family library materials not exceeding $400 in value. (D.C. 15-501.) In
addition, certain insurance, public assistance and unemployment compensation benefits are
generally exempt. (D.C. 35-521, 46-119[b][1].)
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