D.C. Code Ann. § 38-2021.17 :
Chapter 20. Retirement of Public School Teachers.
Subchapter II. Retirement After June 30, 1946. (Refs & Annos)
Part A. General.
� 38-2021.17. Funds not assignable or subject to execution.
Except as provided in subchapter VI of Chapter 5 of Title 1 (§ 1-529.01 et seq.), none of the money mentioned in this part, including any assets of the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Fund established by § 1-713(a), shall be assignable, either in law or equity, or be subject to execution or levy by attachment, garnishment, or other legal process, except with respect to a domestic relations order that substantially meets all of the requirements of section 414(p) of the Internal Revenue Code , as determined solely by the District of Columbia Retirement Board.
Last Amended: 2013
2013
(Aug. 7, 1946, 60 Stat. 882, ch. 779, § 17; Nov. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 866, Pub. L. 96-122, § 123(b)(1)(F); Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-214, § 5, 36 DCR 513; May 1, 2013, D.C. Law 19-312, § 2(k), 60 DCR 3434.)