Code of the District of Columbia
Official codified DC law sourced from the DC Council Open Law Library (public domain). 21,163 sections indexed.
- § 12-308Actions by the United States.
- § 12-309Actions against District of Columbia for unliquidated damages; time for notice.
- § 12-310Actions arising out of death or injury caused by defective or unsafe improvements to real property.
- § 12-311Actions arising out of death or injury caused by exposure to asbestos.
- § 13-101Prescription of rules by courts.
- § 13-301Courts to which applicable.
- § 13-302.01Service by Metropolitan Police Department.
- § 13-302Service by marshal.
- § 13-303Service or execution on Sunday.
- § 13-331Service under other laws and rules of court.
- § 13-332Service on infants; appointment and compensation of guardian and attorney.
- § 13-333Service on incompetent persons.
- § 13-334Service on foreign corporations.
- § 13-335Service by publication on domestic or foreign corporations.
- § 13-336Service by publication on nonresidents, absent defendants, and unknown heirs or devisees.
- § 13-337Personal service outside District in lieu of publication.
- § 13-338Prerequisites for order of publication.
- § 13-339Form of order of publication.
- § 13-340Manner of publication; mailing of copy; default; appointment and compensation of guardian and attorney.
- § 13-341Service by publication on persons unknown to be living or dead and on unknown heirs and devisees.
- § 13-401Relation to other provisions of law.
- § 13-402Uniformity of interpretation.
- § 13-421Definition of person.
- § 13-422Personal jurisdiction based upon enduring relationship.
- § 13-423Personal jurisdiction based upon conduct.
- § 13-424Service outside the District of Columbia.
- § 13-425Inconvenient forum.
- § 13-431Manner and proof of service.
- § 13-432Individuals eligible to make service.
- § 13-433Individuals to be served; special cases.
- § 13-434Assistance to tribunals and litigants outside the District of Columbia.
- § 13-441Short title.
- § 13-442Definitions.
- § 13-443Issuance of subpoena.
- § 13-444Service of subpoena.
- § 13-445Deposition, production, and inspection.
- § 13-446Application to Superior Court.
- § 13-447Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 13-448Application to pending actions.
- § 13-501Counterclaim by way of set-off as an action by defendant.
- § 13-502Effect of assignment.
- § 13-503Action against principal and sureties.
- § 13-504Action by trustee.
- § 13-505Action by or against executor or administrator.
- § 13-701Special juries in District Court.
- § 13-702Jury trials in civil cases in Court of General Sessions.
- § 14-101Evidence under oath; affirmation in lieu of oath; perjury.
- § 14-102Impeachment of witnesses.
- § 14-103Depositions for use in State and Territorial Courts.
- § 14-104Testimony of nonresident witnesses for use in Superior Court.
- § 14-301Parties and other interested persons generally.
- § 14-302Testimony against deceased or incapable person.
- § 14-303Testimony of deceased or incapable person.
- § 14-304Death or incapacity of partner or other interested person.
- § 14-305Competency of witnesses; impeachment by evidence of conviction of crime.
- § 14-306Spouse or domestic partner.
- § 14-307Physicians and mental health professionals.
- § 14-308Assessment officials as expert witnesses in condemnation proceedings.
- § 14-309Clergy.
- § 14-310Domestic violence counselors.
- § 14-311Human trafficking counselors.
- § 14-312Sexual assault victim advocates.
- § 14-501Proof of record.
- § 14-502Records of deeds, instruments, and wills.
- § 14-503Record of will as prima facie evidence of contents and execution.
- § 14-504Force in District of Columbia of wills probated elsewhere.
- § 14-505Municipal ordinances and regulations.
- § 14-506Certified mail return receipts as prima facie evidence of delivery.
- § 14-507Other methods of proof.
- § 14-701Presumption of death.
- § 14-702Person presumed dead found living.
- § 15-101Enforceable period of judgments; expiration.
- § 15-102Lien of judgment, decree, or forfeited recognizance.
- § 15-103Effect of revival.
- § 15-104Priority of liens.
- § 15-105Decree confirming sale of property; effect; ordering conveyance.
- § 15-106Judgment and damages assessed in actions on bonds or penal sums.
- § 15-107Setting off judgments.
- § 15-108Interest on judgment for liquidated debt.
- § 15-109Interest on judgment for damages in contract or tort.
- § 15-110Interest on judgment on contracts made elsewhere.
- § 15-111Counsel fee in proceeding on bond or undertaking.
- § 15-131Judgments and executions generally; interest
- § 15-132Enforceable period of unrecorded judgments; enforcement of judgments, etc., of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions
- § 15-133Satisfaction of judgment; recordation
- § 15-301Definition and applicability.
- § 15-302Period during which writ of execution may issue; returnable period.
- § 15-303Alias writs.
- § 15-304Return of writ.
- § 15-305Issuance of writ after expiration of period.
- § 15-306Election to move for new judgment in lieu of execution.
- § 15-307Lien of execution.
- § 15-308Endorsement, by marshal, of date of receipt of writ.
- § 15-309Death of judgment debtor after delivery of execution.
- § 15-310Lien of execution on Court of General Sessions judgment; levy.
- § 15-311Property subject to levy.
- § 15-312Levy on money and evidences of debt.
- § 15-313Levy on equitable interest in chattels pledged.
- § 15-314Appraisement; notice of sale.
- § 15-315Death, removal, or disqualification of marshal.
- § 15-316Subrogation of purchaser after defective sale; no refund.
- § 15-317Remedy of marshal for erroneous sale made in good faith.
- § 15-318Remedies of purchaser upon refusal to deliver possession.
- § 15-319Execution of final decree after death; other appropriate proceedings.
- § 15-320Enforcement of decrees.
- § 15-321Enforcement of interlocutory decrees.
- § 15-322Enforcement of decrees for delivery of chattels.
- § 15-323Limitation on seizure of real property.
- § 15-351Definitions.
- § 15-352Filing and status of foreign judgments.
- § 15-353Notice of filing.
- § 15-354Stay.
- § 15-355Fees.
- § 15-356Optional procedure.
- § 15-357Uniformity of interpretation.
- § 15-361Short title.
- § 15-362Definitions.
- § 15-363Applicability.
- § 15-364Standards for recognition of foreign-country judgment.
- § 15-365Personal jurisdiction.
- § 15-366Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment.
- § 15-367Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment.
- § 15-368Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment.
- § 15-369Statute of limitations.
- § 15-370Uniformity of interpretation.
- § 15-371Saving clause.
- § 15-381Definitions.
- § 15-382Recognition and enforcement.
- § 15-383Grounds for nonrecognition.
- § 15-384Personal jurisdiction.
- § 15-385Stay in cases of appeal.
- § 15-386Savings clause.
- § 15-387Applicability.
- § 15-388Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 15-501Exempt property of householder; property in transitu; debt for wages.
- § 15-502Mortgage or other instrument affecting exempt property.
- § 15-503Earnings and other income; wearing apparel and tools of certain persons.
- § 15-521Notice of claim or exemption; trial.
- § 15-522Docketing of claim; manner of trial.
- § 15-523Judgment.
- § 15-524Replevin against officer.
- § 15-701Compensation taxed as costs; attorneys’ compensation from clients.
- § 15-702Attorney fees taxed as costs.
- § 15-703Security for costs by nonresidents.
- § 15-704Advance payment of costs and fees.
- § 15-705Exemption of District of Columbia and United States from fees, costs, and bonds.
- § 15-706Clerk’s fees in United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
- § 15-707Probate fees.
- § 15-708Deposit for probate fees.
- § 15-709Fees and costs in Superior Court.
- § 15-710Fees and costs in Domestic Relations Branch of Court of General Sessions.
- § 15-711Deposit or security for costs in Superior Court.
- § 15-712Proceedings in forma pauperis.
- § 15-713Deposits for jury trials in Superior Court.
- § 15-714Witness fees for attendance in Superior Court.
- § 15-715Witness fees in prosecutions for cruelty to children or animals.
- § 15-716Advances to Court of General Sessions Clerk for witness fees.
- § 15-717Marriage license and related fees.
- § 15-718Juror fees.
- § 15-719Adoption court costs and fees.
- § 15-901Definitions.
- § 15-902Variation by agreement.
- § 15-903Determining money of the claim.
- § 15-904Determining amount of the money of certain contract claims.
- § 15-905Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim.
- § 15-906Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment.
- § 15-907Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceeding.
- § 15-908Prejudgment and judgment interest.
- § 15-909Enforcement of foreign judgments.
- § 15-910Determining United States dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes.
- § 15-911Effect of currency revalorization.
- § 15-912Supplementary general principles of law.
- § 15-913Applicability.
- § 15-914Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 16-1001Definitions.
- § 16-1002Complaint of criminal conduct.
- § 16-1003Petition for civil protection.
- § 16-1004Petition; notice; temporary order.
- § 16-1005Hearing; evidence; protection order.
- § 16-1006Jurisdiction.
- § 16-101Parties.
- § 16-1021Definitions.
- § 16-1022Prohibited acts.
- § 16-1023Defense to prosecution; continuous offenses; expenses; jurisdiction.
- § 16-1024Penalties.
- § 16-1025Prosecution by Attorney General.
- § 16-1026Expungement.
- § 16-1031Arrests.
- § 16-1032Records.
- § 16-1033Civil liability.
- § 16-1034Training program.
- § 16-1041Definitions.
- § 16-1042Judicial enforcement of order.
- § 16-1043Nonjudicial enforcement of order.
- § 16-1044Registration of order.
- § 16-1045Immunity.
- § 16-1046Other remedies.
- § 16-1047Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 16-1048Transitional provision.
- § 16-1051Definitions.
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