Enforceable period of judgments; expiration.
Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, every final judgment or final decree for the payment of money rendered in the — United States District Court for the District of Columbia; or Superior Court of the District of Columbia, At the expiration of the twelve-year period provided by subsection (a) of this section, the judgment or decree shall cease to have any operation or effect. Thereafter, except in the case of a proceeding that may be then pending for the enforcement of the judgment or decree, action may not be brought on it, nor may it be revived, and execution may not issue on it.
Annotations
Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 522, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1 Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1177, Pub. L. 89-745, §§ 1(a), 7 Mar. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 42, Pub. L. 90-263, § 1 July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 553, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 144(1) Section 27 of D.C. Law 15-354 provided that Title 15 is designated Title 15 of the District of Columbia Official Code. 1973 Ed., § 15-101. 1981 Ed., § 15-101. This section is referenced in § 16-578 and § 46-215. Superior Court judgments, lapse, see § 16-578. Interest on judgments, see § 15-108 et seq. Enforcement of foreign judgments, see § 12-307. Child support, withholding of income after lapse, see § 46-215. Adoption proceedings, entry of interlocutory or final decrees, see § 16-309. Action of account, see § 16-101.
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