Updated August 7, 2026. Quick answer: every figure Clear Money Guide holds about District of Columbia, on one page, each one copied from a dataset that cites its own statute or agency. Built for reporters on deadline — take any line, follow the link for the source.
What stands out about District of Columbia
These are the figures where District of Columbia differs most from the rest of the country — selected by counting how many jurisdictions share each value, not by editorial preference.
- Grace period days: At least 30 days, or 1 month — the only jurisdiction of the 47 we have data for
- Local ordinances: not applicable — the only jurisdiction of the 33 we have data for
- Annuity limit: $300,000 — one of only 4 of 47
- Interest required: yes — one of only 5 of 50
What dying costs here
- Small estate limit: 80000
- Small estate scope: unstated
Source and full detail: the cost-of-dying index. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Estate and property law status
- Authorized: yes
- Statute or act: D.C. Code 1-1231.13a (RULONA), added by D.C. Law 24-178, amended by D.C. Law 24-194
- Effective date: 2022-09-21
- Conditions: A remotely located individual may appear via communication technology enabling simultaneous sight-and-sound. Audio-visual recording created and retained at least 10 years. Notary must notify the Mayor and identify which technologies will be used before performing remote notarizations, subject to …
- Association name: District of Columbia Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association
- Death benefit limit: $300,000
- Cash surrender limit: $100,000
- Annuity limit: $300,000
- Aggregate limit: $300,000
- Statute citation: D.C. Code § 31-5402(c) (Coverage and limitations)
- Extended windows: Variable life insurance: 45 days from the date of execution of the application, or 10 days from receipt of the policy by the policyholder, WHICHEVER IS LATER
- Refund basis: Variable life insurance: refund of all premium payments for the policy
- Grace period days: At least 30 days, or 1 month
- Trigger: the premium-paying date stated in the policy
- Coverage during grace: The insurer may charge interest of up to 6% per year for the days of grace elapsed; if the policy becomes a claim during the grace period before overdue or deferred premiums of the current policy year are paid, the amount of the premiums, with interest on any overdue premiums, may be deducted fro…
- Variations: Industrial life policies: D.C. Code Sec. 31-4722 (Industrial life policies – Required provisions). Variable life insurance: DCMR 26-A2712.1(b)-(c) – scheduled-premium variable life policies must carry ‘a provision for a grace period of not less than thirty-one (31) days from the premium due date’…
Source and full detail: notary rules by state · guaranty association limits · life insurance free-look periods · life insurance grace periods. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Working and earning here
- Quit deadline: Next regular payday, or within 7 days from the date of quitting, whichever is earlier
- Fired deadline: Not later than the working day following discharge
- Statute citation: D.C. Code 32-1303 (Wage Payment and Wage Collection Law)
- Has law: Yes
- Disclosure trigger: in the job posting
- Employer threshold: at least one employee in the District
- Covers remote roles: unclear
- Effective date: 2024-06-30
- Salary history ban: yes
- Local ordinances: not applicable
- Wage replacement: progressive: 90% of average weekly wage for workers at or below 150% of the DC minimum wage times 40; above that, 90% of that amount plus 50% of the excess, subject to an annually inflation-adjusted maximum
- Max weeks family: 12 workweeks of qualifying family leave, plus 12 workweeks of qualifying parental leave, plus 2 workweeks of qualifying pre-natal leave
- Max weeks medical: 12 workweeks of qualifying medical leave
- Funding: employer only – 0.75% of the wages of each covered employee under the statute; employees contribute nothing
- Benefits effective date: 2020-07-01
- Mandatory: mandatory
- Authority: statute
- Reciprocity: n/a in substance
- Contested: no
Source and full detail: final paycheck laws by state · pay transparency laws by state · paid family leave by state · the convenience-of-the-employer rule. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Renting here
- Deposit cap: 1 month’s rent
- Return deadline: 45 days (two-step: 45 days to refund or notify of intent to withhold, then 30 more days to refund the balance with an itemized statement)
- Interest required: yes
- Statute citation: 14 DCMR 308-311; D.C. Code 42-3502.17
Source and full detail: security deposit law by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Starting a business here
- Annual report: biennial report required — fee not verified
- Publication requirement: none identified
- Statute citation: D.C. Code 29-102.11 (biennial report); D.C. Code 29-102.12 (fees — delegated to the Mayor by rule, no statutory amounts)
Source and full detail: LLC cost by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Tax treatment here
- Has law: Yes
- Treatment: ordinary income
- Rate: top marginal 10.75%
- Preferential mechanism: none
- Tax year: 2026
- Statute citation: D.C. Code § 47-1806.03(a)(11)
Source and full detail: capital gains tax by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
For journalists: how to cite this
Clear Money Guide, District of Columbia Money Statistics 2026. https://clearmoneyguide.com/state-money-statistics/district-of-columbia/. Every figure on this page is copied from a Clear Money Guide dataset that states its own primary source and the date it was read — follow the section links for the statute or agency behind any number. Free to reuse with attribution under CC BY 4.0.
What this sheet does and does not contain
This sheet aggregates; it does not research. Every figure is copied from the owning page linked in each section, and a figure we do not own is simply absent — not estimated, not inferred from a neighbouring state. That is why sheets differ in length: this one states 50 figures, and a state where we hold less will show fewer. A short sheet means we have less, not that the state has less.
Statutory law changes. Each linked owner page carries the date its figures were read; check there before relying on anything here. See also District of Columbia financial adviser statistics and all 51 state money sheets.
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