D.C. Code § 15-321 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-321
§ 15-321. Enforcement of interlocutory decrees.
Status: in_force

An interlocutory order may be enforced by such process as might be had upon a final judgment or decree to the like effect, and the payment of costs adjudged to a party may be enforced in like manner.
D.C. Code § 15-111 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-111
§ 15-111. Counsel fee in proceeding on bond or undertaking.
Status: in_force

In a proceeding in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to recover damages upon a bond or undertaking given to obtain a restraining order or preliminary or pendente lite injunction, the Court, in assessing damages to be recovered thereunder, may include such reasonable counsel fees as the party damaged by the restraining order or injunction may have incurred in obtaining a dissolution thereof.
D.C. Code § 15-356 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-356
§ 15-356. Optional procedure.
Status: in_force

The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce a judgment in lieu of proceeding under this subchapter remains unimpaired.
D.C. Code § 15-366 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-366
§ 15-366. Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment.
Status: in_force

(a) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment.
(b) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought in a pending action, the issue of recognition may be raised by counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense.
D.C. Code § 15-109 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-109
§ 15-109. Interest on judgment for damages in contract or tort.
Status: in_force

In an action to recover damages for breach of contract the judgment shall allow interest on the amount for which it is rendered from the date of the judgment only. This section does not preclude the jury, or the court, if the trial be by the court, from including interest as an element in the damages awarded, if necessary to fully compensate the plaintiff. In an action to recover damages for a wrong the judgment for the plaintiff shall bear interest.
D.C. Code § 15-709 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-709
§ 15-709. Fees and costs in Superior Court.
Status: in_force

(a) The Superior Court of the District of Columbia may prescribe fees and costs, including the fee to be paid for a jury trial.
(b) Fees for services by the United States marshals for processes issued by the Superior Court shall be prescribed by rules of that court.
D.C. Code § 15-903 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-903
§ 15-903. Determining money of the claim.
Status: in_force

(a) The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made, is the proper money of the claim for payment.
(b) If the parties to a transaction have not otherwise agreed, the proper money of the claim, as in each case may be appropriate, is the money:
  (1) Regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing;
  (2) Used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice, for valuing or settling transactions in the particular commodity or service involved; or
  (3) In which the loss was ultimately felt or will be incurred by the party claimant.
D.C. Code § 15-914 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-914
§ 15-914. Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting similar legislation.
D.C. Code § 15-313 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-313
§ 15-313. Levy on equitable interest in chattels pledged.
Status: in_force

The interest of the debtor in personal chattels lawfully pledged for the payment of a debt or performance of a contract, or held by a trustee, and in which the debtor’s interest is only equitable, may be levied upon in the hands of the pledgee or trustee without disturbing the possession of the latter, and the lien thus obtained may be enforced by civil action. In other cases of equitable interest of the judgment debtor in personal chattels execution may also be levied thereon and the lien thus obtained may be enforced by civil action.
D.C. Code § 15-711 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-711
§ 15-711. Deposit or security for costs in Superior Court.
Status: in_force

Nonresidents of the District of Columbia may commence suits in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia without first giving security for costs, but upon motion may be required to give security pursuant to section 15-703  .
D.C. Code § 15-713 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-713
§ 15-713. Deposits for jury trials in Superior Court.
Status: in_force

Deposits made on demands for jury trials in accordance with rules prescribed by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under authority granted in section 15-709   shall be earned unless, prior to three days before the time set for trial, including Sundays and legal holidays, a new date for trial is set by the court, cases are discontinued or settled, or demands for jury trials are waived.
D.C. Code § 15-906 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-906
§ 15-906. Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim must be stated in an amount of the money of the claim.
(b) A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim is payable in that foreign money or, at the option of the debtor, in the amount of United States dollars which will purchase that foreign money on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate.
(c) Assessed costs must be entered in United States dollars.
(d) Each payment in United States dollars must be accepted and credited on a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim in the amount of the foreign money that could be purchased by the dollars at a bank-offered spot rate of exchange at or near the close of business on the conversion date for the payment.
(e) A judgment or award made in an action or distribution proceeding on both a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim and the adverse party’s claim, must be netted by converting the money of the smaller into the money of the larger, and by subtracting the smaller from the larger, and specifying the rates of exchange used.
(f) A judgment substantially in the following from [form] complies with subsection (a) of this section:
“IT IS ADJUDGED AND ORDERED, that Defendant (insert name) pay to Plaintiff (insert name) the sum of (insert amount in the foreign money) plus interest on that sum at the rate of interest pursuant to section 15-908   or, at the option of the judgment debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the (insert name of foreign money) with interest due, at a bank-offered spot rate at or near the close of business on the banking day next before the day of payment, together with assessed costs of (insert amount) United States dollars.”.
(g) If a contract claim is of the type covered by section 15-904(a) or (b), the judgment or award must be entered for the amount of money stated to measure the obligation to be paid in the money specified for payment or, at the option of the debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the computed amount of the money of payment on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate.
(h) A judgment must be filed and indexed in foreign money in the same manner as other judgments and has the same effect as a lien. It may be discharged by payment.
D.C. Code § 15-302 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-302
§ 15-302. Period during which writ of execution may issue; returnable period.
Status: in_force

(a) A writ of execution on a judgment in a civil action may be issued within three years after:
  (1) the expiration of any stay of execution agreed to by the parties; or
  (2) it first might have been issued under applicable provisions of law or rules of court.
(b) A writ of execution shall be returnable on or before the sixtieth day after its date.
D.C. Code § 15-702 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-702
§ 15-702. Attorney fees taxed as costs.
Status: in_force

An attorney for the District of Columbia may not retain attorney fees taxed as costs in litigation in which the District of Columbia is a party.
D.C. Code § 15-907 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-907
§ 15-907. Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceeding.
Status: in_force

The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the close of business on the day the distribution proceeding is initiated governs all exchanges of foreign money in a distribution proceeding. A foreign-money claimant in a distribution proceeding shall assert its claim in the named foreign money and show the amount of United States dollars resulting from a conversion as of the date the proceeding was initiated.
D.C. Code § 15-103 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-103
§ 15-103. Effect of revival.
Status: in_force

An order of revival issued upon a judgment or decree during the period of twelve years from the rendition or from the date of an order reviving the judgment or decree, extends the effect and operation of the judgment or decree with the lien thereby created and all the remedies for its enforcement for the period of twelve years from the date of the order.
D.C. Code § 15-309 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-309
§ 15-309. Death of judgment debtor after delivery of execution.
Status: in_force

The death of the judgment debtor after the execution issued on the judgment has been delivered to the marshal does not affect his authority to proceed against the property bound by it.
D.C. Code § 15-301 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-301
§ 15-301. Definition and applicability.
Status: in_force

As used in sections 15-302  , 15-303  , 15-305   to 15-307  , 15-309  , 15-317  , and 15-318  , “judgment” includes an unconditional decree for the payment of money, and sections 15-302   to 15-318   are applicable to such a decree.
D.C. Code § 15-901 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-901
§ 15-901. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Action” means a judicial proceeding or arbitration in which a payment in money may be awarded or enforced with respect to a foreign-money claim.
(2) “Bank-offered spot rate” means the spot rate of exchange at which a bank will sell foreign money at a spot rate.
(3) “Conversion date” means the banking day next preceding the date on which money, in accordance with this chapter, is:
  (A) Paid to a claimant in an action or distribution proceeding;
  (B) Paid to the official designated by law to enforce a judgment or award on behalf of a claimant; or
  (C) Used to recoup, set off, or counterclaim in different moneys in an action or distribution proceeding.
(4) “Distribution proceeding” means a judicial or nonjudicial proceeding for the distribution of a fund in which one or more foreign-money claims is asserted and includes an accounting, an assignment for the benefit of creditors, a foreclosure, the liquidation or rehabilitation of a corporation or other entity, and the distribution of an estate, trust, or other fund.
(5) “Foreign money” means money other than money of the United States of America.
(6) “Foreign-money claim” means a claim upon an obligation to pay, or a claim for recovery of a loss, expressed in, or measured by, a foreign money.
(7) “Money” means a medium of exchange for the payment of obligations or a store of value authorized or adopted by a government or by an intergovernmental agreement.
(8) “Money of the claim” means the money determined as proper pursuant to section 15-904.
(9) “Person” means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, joint venture, partnership, association, 2 or more persons having a joint or common trust, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(10) “Rate of exchange” means the rate at which money of one country may be converted into money of another country in a free financial market convenient to, or reasonably usable by, a person obligated to pay or to state a rate of conversion. If separate rates of exchange apply to different kinds of transactions, the term means the rate applicable to the particular transactions giving rise to the foreign-money claim.
(11) “Spot rate” means the rate of exchange at which foreign money is sold by a bank or other dealer in foreign exchange for immediate or next day availability or for settlement by immediate payment in cash or equivalent, by charge to an account, or by an agreed delayed settlement not exceeding 2 days.
(12) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
D.C. Code § 15-383 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-383
§ 15-383. Grounds for nonrecognition.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-385 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-385
§ 15-385. Stay in cases of appeal.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-708 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-708
§ 15-708. Deposit for probate fees.
Status: in_force

For proceedings in probate deposits and fees shall be paid to the Register of Wills.
Upon the presentation for filing of a petition or a caveat to a will, he may require a deposit for his fees to be charged for the proceedings under the petition or caveat. Upon the deposit becoming exhausted in the liquidation of his fees so charged, he may require a further deposit from the original petitioner or caveator. The deposits may not be required in excess of fifteen dollars at any one time.
D.C. Code § 15-521 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / § 15-521
§ 15-521. Notice of claim or exemption; trial.
Status: in_force

When personal property taken on execution or other process issued by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is claimed by a person other than the defendant therein, or is claimed by the defendant to be property exempt from execution, and the claimant gives written notice to the marshal of his claim, or the defendant gives notice, in writing, that the property is exempt, the marshal shall notify the plaintiff of the claim and return the notice to the court, and a trial of the right of property, or the question of exemption, shall be had before the court.
D.C. Code § 15-357 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-357
§ 15-357. Uniformity of interpretation.
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall be interpreted and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of jurisdictions that enact it.
D.C. Code § 15-353 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-353
§ 15-353. Notice of filing.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor’s lawyer shall make and file with the Clerk an affidavit that sets forth the names and last known addresses of the judgment debtor and the judgment creditor.
(b) Promptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit, the Clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and address or name and post office address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor’s lawyer, if any, in the District. The judgment creditor may mail a notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor and may file proof of mailing with the Clerk. Lack of mailing notice of filing by the Clerk shall not affect the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor has been filed.
D.C. Code § 15-367 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-367
§ 15-367. Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment.
Status: in_force

If the court in a proceeding under § 15-366 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under this subchapter, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign-country judgment is:
(1) Conclusive between the parties to the same extent as the judgment of a sister state entitled to full faith and credit in the District of Columbia would be conclusive; and
(2) Enforceable in the same manner and to the same extent as a judgment rendered in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 15-908 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-908
§ 15-908. Prejudgment and judgment interest.
Status: in_force

(a) With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of prejudgment or pre-award interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distribution proceeding, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, are matters of the substantive law governing the right to recovery under the conflict of laws rules of the District.
(b) The court or arbitrator shall increase or decrease the amount of prejudgment or pre-award interest otherwise payable in a judgment or award in foreign money to the extent required by the law of the District governing a failure to make or accept an offer of settlement or an offer of judgment, or to the extent required by the law of the District governing conduct by a party or its attorney causing undue delay or expense.
(c) A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim bears interest at the rate applicable to judgments of the District.
D.C. Code § 15-307 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-307
§ 15-307. Lien of execution.
Status: in_force

A writ of fieri facias issued upon a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is a lien from the time of its delivery to the marshal upon all the goods and chattels of the judgment defendant, except those that are exempted from levy and sale by express provision of law, and is also a lien upon the equitable interest of the judgment defendant in goods and chattels in his possession.
D.C. Code § 15-910 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-910
§ 15-910. Determining United States dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes.
Status: in_force

(a) Computations under this section are for the limited purposes of this section and do not affect computation of the United States dollar equivalent of the money of the judgment for the purpose of payment.
(b) For the limited purpose of facilitating the enforcement of provisional remedies in an action, the value in United States dollars of assets to be seized or restrained pursuant to a writ of attachment, garnishment, execution, or other legal process, the amount of United States dollars at issue for assessing costs, or the amount of United States dollars involved for a surety bond or other court-required undertaking, must be ascertained as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
(c) A party seeking process, costs, bond, or other undertaking under subsection (b) of this section shall compute in United States dollars the amount of the foreign money claimed from a bank-offered spot rate prevailing at or near the close of business on the banking day next preceding the filing of a request or application for the issuance of process or for the determination of costs, or an application for a bond or other court-required undertaking.
(d) A party seeking the process, costs, bond, or other undertaking under subsection (b) of this section shall file with each request or application an affidavit or certificate executed in good faith by its counsel or a bank officer, stating the market quotation used and how it was obtained, and setting forth the calculation. Affected court officials incur no liability, after a filing of the affidavit or certificate, for acting as if the judgment were in the amount of United States dollars stated in the affidavit or certificate.
D.C. Code § 15-131 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-131
§ 15-131. Judgments and executions generally; interest.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-715 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-715
§ 15-715. Witness fees in prosecutions for cruelty to children or animals.
Status: in_force

An officer or member of the Humane Society is not entitled to any fee as a witness in the prosecution of a case of cruelty to children or animals.
D.C. Code § 15-912 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-912
§ 15-912. Supplementary general principles of law.
Status: in_force

Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant, and the laws relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating causes supplement the provisions of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 15-369 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-369
§ 15-369. Statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country or 15 years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign country.
D.C. Code § 15-317 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-317
§ 15-317. Remedy of marshal for erroneous sale made in good faith.
Status: in_force

When the marshal or any other officer to whom execution has been delivered levies upon and sells in good faith property not subject thereto and applies the proceeds thereof toward the satisfaction of the judgment, and a recovery is had against him for its value, the officer, on payment of the value, may, on motion and due notice thereof to the defendant, have the satisfaction of the judgment vacated, and execution shall issue thereon for his use as if the levy and sale had not been made.
D.C. Code § 15-501 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / § 15-501
§ 15-501. Exempt property of householder; property in transitu; debt for wages.
Status: in_force

(a) The following property of the head of a family or householder residing in the District of Columbia, or of a person who earns the major portion of his livelihood in the District of Columbia, being the head of a family or householder, regardless of his place of residence, is free and exempt from distraint, attachment, levy, or seizure and sale on execution or decree of any court in the District of Columbia:
  (1) the debtor’s interest, not to exceed $2,575 in value, in one motor vehicle;
  (2) the debtor’s interest, not to exceed $425 in value, in any particular item or $8,625 in aggregate value in household furnishings, household goods, wearing apparel, appliances, books, animals, crops, or musical instruments, that are held primarily for the personal family or household use of the debtor or a dependent of the debtor;
  (3) the debtor’s aggregate interest in any property, not to exceed $850 in value, plus up to $8,075 of any unused amount of the exemption provided under paragraph (14) of this subsection;
  (4) the debtor’s aggregate interest, not to exceed $1,625 in value, in any implements, professional books, or tools of the trade of the debtor or the trade of a dependent of the debtor (this exemption shall also apply to merchants);
  (5) any unmatured life insurance contract owned by the debtor, other than a credit life insurance contract;
  (6) professionally prescribed health aids for the debtor or a dependent of the debtor;
  (7) the debtor’s right to receive:
    (A) a social security benefit;
    (B) a veteran’s benefit;
    (C) a disability, illness, or unemployment benefit;
    (D) alimony, support, or separate maintenance, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the debtor and any dependent of the debtor; and
    (E) a payment under a stock bonus, pension, profit-sharing, annuity, or similar plan or contract on account of illness, disability, death, age, or length of service, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the debtor and any dependent of the debtor, unless:
      (i) the plan or contract was established by or under the auspices of an insider that employed the debtor at the time the debtor’s rights under the plan or contract arose;
      (ii) the payment is on account of age or length of service; and
      (iii) the plan or contract does not qualify under section 401(a) or 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved October 22, 1986 (100 Stat. 2085; 26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) (“1986 Code”);
  (8) all family pictures; and all the family library, not exceeding $400 in value;
  (9) notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, money or other assets payable to a participant or beneficiary from, or an interest of a participant or beneficiary in, a retirement plan qualified under sections 401(a), 403(a), 403(b), 408, 408A, 414(d), or 414(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved October 22, 1986 (100 Stat. 2085; 26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) (“1986 Code”), or section 409 (as in effect prior to January 1984) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, approved August 6, 1954 (68A Stat. 3; 26 U.S. C. § 1 et seq.); provided, that:
    (A) this paragraph shall not apply to:
      (i) an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in section 414(p) of the 1986 Code;
      (ii) a retirement plan, qualified under section 401(a) of the 1986 Code, as a creditor of an individual retirement account qualified under section 408 of the 1986 Code; or
      (iii) any claims by, or any indebtedness, liability, or obligation owed to, the District of Columbia;
    (B) if a contribution to a retirement plan described in this paragraph exceeds the amount deductible or, in the case of a contribution under section 408A of the 1986 Code, the maximum contribution allowed under the applicable provisions of the 1986 Code, the portion of the contribution that exceeds the amount deductible or, in the case of a contribution under section 408A of the 1986 Code, the maximum contribution allowed, and any accrued earnings on such portion, are not exempt;
  (10) the interest of an alternate payee in a plan described in paragraph (9) of this subsection;
  (11) the debtor’s right to receive property that is traceable to:
    (A) an award under a crime victim’s reparation law;
    (B) a payment on account of the wrongful death of an individual of whom the debtor was a dependent, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the debtor and any dependent of the debtor;
    (C) a payment under a life insurance contract that insured the life of an individual of whom the debtor was a dependent on the date of the individual’s death, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the debtor and any dependent of the debtor;
    (D) a payment, including pain and suffering or compensation for actual pecuniary loss, of the debtor or an individual of whom the debtor is a dependent; or
    (E) a payment in compensation of loss of future earnings of the debtor or an individual of whom the debtor is or was a dependent, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the debtor and any dependent of the debtor;
  (12) provisions for 3 months support, whether provided or growing;
  (13) the library, office furniture, and implements of a professional person or artist, not exceeding $300 in value;
  (14) the debtor’s aggregate interest in real property used as the residence of the debtor, or property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor in a cooperative that owns property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses as a residence, or in a burial plot for the debtor or dependent of the debtor, except nothing relative to these exemptions shall impair the following debt instruments on real property: deed of trust, mortgage, mechanic’s lien, or tax lien; and
  (15) if the debtor is a notary public, the debtor's official seal, as defined in [§ 1-1231.01(11)] , and official documents.
(b) The exemptions provided for by subsection (a) of this section are valid when the property is in transit, the same as if at rest; but property named and exempted in this section is not exempt from attachment or execution for a debt due for the wages of servants, common laborers, or clerks, except the wearing apparel, beds, and bedding and household furniture for the debtor and family.
(c) For the purpose of this section, the person who is the principal provider for the family is the head thereof.
D.C. Code § 15-319 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-319
§ 15-319. Execution of final decree after death; other appropriate proceedings.
Status: in_force

When a party to an action dies after final decree, the court may order execution of the decree as if death had not occurred, or the court, after motion and hearing, may order the decree revived against the proper representatives of the deceased party, or make such other order or direct such other proceedings as seems best calculated to advance the purposes of justice. The heir or other proper representative may appear at any time before execution of the decree and be admitted as a party to the action, on such terms as the court prescribes, and such further proceeding may be had as may be appropriate to the merits of the cause.
D.C. Code § 15-370 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-370
§ 15-370. Uniformity of interpretation.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
D.C. Code § 15-717 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-717
§ 15-717. Marriage license and related fees.
Status: in_force

For each marriage license, the fee shall be $2; for each certified copy of a marriage license return, the fee shall be $1; for each certified copy of application for marriage license the fee shall be $1; and for registering authorizations to perform marriages and issuing certificate, the fee shall be $1.
The Superior Court of the District of Columbia may, by rule of court, increase or decrease fees provided by this section.
D.C. Code § 15-707 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-707
§ 15-707. Probate fees.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Register of Wills may demand and receive in advance for services performed by him such fees as shall be set by the court having jurisdiction over probate matters in the District of Columbia.
(b) Where the estate does not exceed $500 in value the Register of Wills shall receive no fees, and where the estate does not exceed $2,500 in value the fees may not exceed $15.
D.C. Code § 15-311 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-311
§ 15-311. Property subject to levy.
Status: in_force

The writ of fieri facias may be levied on all goods and chattels of the debtor not exempt from execution, and upon money, bills, checks, promissory notes, or bonds, or certificates of stock in corporations owned by the debtor, and upon his money in the hands of the marshal or his deputy or other officer or person charged with the execution of the writ. A writ of fieri facias issued from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the Superior Court of the District of Columbia upon a judgment entered in such court may be levied on all legal leasehold and freehold estates of the debtor in land, but only after such judgment has been filed and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 15-703 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-703
§ 15-703. Security for costs by nonresidents.
Status: in_force

(a) The defendant in a suit instituted by a nonresident of the District of Columbia, or by one who becomes a nonresident after the suit is commenced, upon notice served on the plaintiff or his attorney after service of process on the defendant, may require the plaintiff to give security for costs and charges that may be adjudged against him on the final disposition of the cause. This right of the defendant does not entitle him to delay in pleading, and his pleading before the giving of the security is not a waiver of his right to require security for costs. In case of noncompliance with these requirements, within a time fixed by the court, judgment of nonsuit or dismissal shall be entered. The security required may be by an undertaking, with security, to be approved by the court, or by a deposit of money in an amount fixed by the court.
(b) A nonresident, at the commencement of his suit, may deposit with the clerk such sum as the court deems sufficient as security for all costs that may accrue in the cause, which deposit may afterwards be increased on application, in the discretion of the court.
D.C. Code § 15-384 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-384
§ 15-384. Personal jurisdiction.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-315 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-315
§ 15-315. Death, removal, or disqualification of marshal.
Status: in_force

When the marshal dies, or is removed from office, or becomes otherwise disqualified from executing a writ of execution received by him, the writ may be executed and returned by his deputy or successor in office.
D.C. Code § 15-303 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-303
§ 15-303. Alias writs.
Status: in_force

If a writ of execution is issued and returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part, within the period of three years provided by section 15-302  , an alias writ may be issued during the life of the judgment.
D.C. Code § 15-318 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-318
§ 15-318. Remedies of purchaser upon refusal to deliver possession.
Status: in_force

When real property is sold by virtue of an execution, and the judgment debtor or a person claiming under him since the rendition of the judgment is in actual possession of the property and refuses to deliver possession thereof to the purchaser upon demand made therefor, the court, on the application of the purchaser, may:
(1) require the person so in possession to show cause why possession should not be delivered according to the demand; and
(2) if good cause is not shown, issue a writ of habere facias possessionem, requiring the marshal to put the purchaser in possession.
If the party in possession alleges under oath a title derived from the judgment debtor prior to the judgment or a title superior to that of the defendant, the writ may not issue, but the purchaser may have his remedy by an action of ejectment or the summary remedy in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia provided for in sections 16-1501   to 16-1505  .
D.C. Code § 15-904 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-904
§ 15-904. Determining amount of the money of certain contract claims.
Status: in_force

(a) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a different money, the amount to be paid is determined on the conversion date.
(b) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is to be measured by a different money at the rate of exchange prevailing on a date before default, that rate of exchange applies only to payments made within a reasonable time after default, not exceeding 30 days. Thereafter, conversion is made at the bank-offered spot rate on the conversion date.
(c) A monetary claim is neither usurious nor unconscionable because the agreement on which it is based provides that the amount of the debtor’s obligation to be paid in the debtor’s money, when received by the creditor, must equal a specified amount of the foreign money of the country of the creditor. If, because of unexcused delay in payment of a judgment or award, the amount received by the creditor does not equal the amount of the foreign money specified in the agreement, the court or arbitrator shall amend the judgment or award accordingly.
D.C. Code § 15-105 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-105
§ 15-105. Decree confirming sale of property; effect; ordering conveyance.
Status: in_force

A decree confirming the sale of real or personal property sold pursuant to a decree, divests the right, title, or interest sold out of the former owner, party to the action, and vests it in the purchaser, without any conveyance by the officer or agent of the court conducting the sale. The decree constitutes notice to all persons of the transfer of title when a copy thereof is registered among the land-records of the District. In particular cases, the court may order its officer or agent to make a conveyance, if that mode is deemed preferable.
D.C. Code § 15-108 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-108
§ 15-108. Interest on judgment for liquidated debt.
Status: in_force

In an action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to recover a liquidated debt on which interest is payable by contract or by law or usage the judgment for the plaintiff shall include interest on the principal debt from the time when it was due and payable, at the rate fixed by the contract, if any, until paid.
D.C. Code § 15-320 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-320
§ 15-320. Enforcement of decrees.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of executing a decree, or compelling obedience to it, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, in addition to the other procedures provided for by this chapter and Chapter 5 of Title 16 , may:
  (1) issue an attachment against the person of the defendant;
  (2) order an immediate sequestration of his real and personal estate, or such part thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the decree; or
  (3) by order and injunction, cause the possession of the estate and effects whereof the possession or a sale is decreed to be delivered to the complainant, or otherwise, according to the tenor and import of the decree and as the nature of the case requires.
In case of sequestration, the court may order payment and satisfaction to be made out of the estate and effects so sequestrated, according to the true intent and meaning of the decree.
(b) When a defendant is arrested and brought into court upon any process of contempt issued to compel the performance of a decree, the court may, upon motion, order:
  (1) the defendant to stand committed; or
  (2) his estates and effects to be sequestrated and payment made, as directed by subsection (a) of this section; or
  (3) possession of his estate and effects to be delivered by order and injunction, as directed by subsection (a) of this section —
until the decree or order is fully performed and executed, according to the tenor and true meaning thereof, and the contempt cleared.
(c) Where a decree only directs the payment of money, the defendant may not be imprisoned except in those cases especially provided for.
D.C. Code § 15-323 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-323
§ 15-323. Limitation on seizure of real property.
Status: in_force

Real property or rent shall not be seized for a debt, as long as the present goods and chattels of the debtor are sufficient to pay it, and the debtor himself is ready to satisfy the debt.
D.C. Code § 15-133 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-133
§ 15-133. Satisfaction of judgment; recordation.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-110 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-110
§ 15-110. Interest on judgment on contracts made elsewhere.
Status: in_force

In an action on a contract for the payment of a higher rate of interest than is lawful in the District, made or to be performed in a State or territory of the United States where such a contract rate of interest is lawful, the judgment for the plaintiff shall include the contract interest to the date of the judgment and interest thereafter at the rate of 6 per cent per annum until paid.
D.C. Code § 15-523 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / § 15-523
§ 15-523. Judgment.
Status: in_force

If the property referred to in section 15-521   appears to belong to the claimant or to be exempt from the process, judgment shall be entered against the plaintiff for costs, and the property levied upon shall be released. If the property does not appear to belong to the claimant or to be exempt, judgment shall be entered against the claimant or the defendant as the case may be, for costs, including additional costs occasioned by the delay in the execution of the writ.
D.C. Code § 15-308 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-308
§ 15-308. Endorsement, by marshal, of date of receipt of writ.
Status: in_force

Upon the receipt of any writ of fieri facias or other writ of execution, the marshal or his deputy shall, without fee, endorse upon the back of the writ the day of the month and year when he received it.
D.C. Code § 15-351 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-351
§ 15-351. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “District” means the District of Columbia.
(2) “Foreign judgment” means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court that is entitled to full faith and credit in the District.
(3) “Superior Court” means the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 15-354 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-354
§ 15-354. Stay.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the judgment required by the state in which the judgment is rendered, and if the judgment debtor shows the Superior Court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or shall be taken or that a stay of execution has been granted, the Superior Court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until:
  (1) The appeal is concluded;
  (2) The time for appeal expires; or
  (3) The stay of execution expires or is vacated.
(b) If the judgment debtor shows the Superior Court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of the Superior Court would be stayed, the Superior Court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of a judgment that is required in the District.
D.C. Code § 15-905 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-905
§ 15-905. Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.
(b) An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant.
(c) A person may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.
(d) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.
D.C. Code § 15-719 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-719
§ 15-719. Adoption court costs and fees.
Status: in_force

Any person who files a petition pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 16 to adopt a child who is a respondent in a neglect proceeding or who has been adjudicated to be neglected as defined in Chapter 23 of Title 16 shall not be required to pay court costs or fees in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 15-502 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / § 15-502
§ 15-502. Mortgage or other instrument affecting exempt property.
Status: in_force

(a) A mortgage, deed of trust, assignment for the benefit of creditors, or bill of sale upon exempted articles is not binding or valid unless it is signed by the spouse or domestic partner of a debtor who is living with his or her spouse or domestic partner. This section shall not apply to instruments related to property exempted in § 15-501(a)(14) .
(b) For the purposes of this section, the term “domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3) .
D.C. Code § 15-363 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-363
§ 15-363. Applicability.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, this subchapter applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment:
  (1) Grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and
  (2) Under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is:
    (A) Final;
    (B) Conclusive; and
    (C) Enforceable.
(b) This subchapter does not apply to a foreign-country judgment, even if the judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, to the extent that the judgment is a:
  (1) Judgment for taxes;
  (2) Fine or other penalty; or
  (3) Judgment for:
    (A) Divorce;
    (B) Support or maintenance; or
    (C) Other judgment rendered in connection with domestic relations.
(c) A party seeking recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that this subchapter applies to the foreign-country judgment.
D.C. Code § 15-701 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-701
§ 15-701. Compensation taxed as costs; attorneys’ compensation from clients.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, only the compensation specified in this chapter may be taxed and allowed to attorneys, proctors, United States attorney, marshal, witnesses, and jurors.
(b) This chapter does not prohibit attorneys and proctors from charging or receiving from their clients other than the government such reasonable compensation for their services, in addition to the taxable costs, as may be in accordance with general usage or may be agreed upon.
D.C. Code § 15-362 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-362
§ 15-362. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Foreign country” means a government other than:
  (A) The United States;
  (B) The District of Columbia, a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or
  (C) Any other government with regard to which the decision in the District of Columbia as to whether to recognize a judgment of that government’s courts is initially subject to determination under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution.
(2) “Foreign-country judgment” means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.
D.C. Code § 15-704 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-704
§ 15-704. Advance payment of costs and fees.
Status: in_force

Costs and fees for services rendered by the Register of Wills and chargeable to others than the United States or the District of Columbia are payable in advance and shall be collected pursuant to such rules and regulations, not incompatible with law, as are prescribed by the court.
D.C. Code § 15-718 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-718
§ 15-718. Juror fees.
Status: in_force

(a) A juror serving in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall be paid an attendance fee of $30 for each day of actual attendance at the place of trial or hearing, except that jurors employed by a federal, state, or local government or by a private employer who pays regular compensation during the period of jury service shall not be paid an attendance fee. A person summoned for petit jury service in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia who does not serve on the petit jury shall not be paid an attendance fee.
(b) A travel allowance not to exceed $2 per day shall be paid to all jurors serving in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
(c) For jury service of 5 days or less, petit or grand jurors employed full-time in the District of Columbia shall be entitled to their usual compensation less the fee received for jury service. A person shall not be considered a full-time employed juror on any day of jury service in which that person:
  (1) Would not have accrued regular wages to be paid by the employer if the employee were not serving as a juror on that day; or
  (2) Would not have worked more than 1/2 of a shift that extends into another day if the employee were not serving as a juror on that day. Employers with 10 or less employees shall not be required to pay a juror-employee his or her usual compensation.
(d) If an employer fails to pay an employee in violation of subsection (c) of this section, the employee may bring a civil action for recovery of wages or salary lost as a result of the violation. If an employee prevails in an action under this subsection, that employee shall be entitled to reasonable attorney fees fixed by the court.
(e) The Board of Judges of the Superior Court may increase the attendance fee and travel allowance provided by this section and, in such event, shall publish the new fee or allowance.
D.C. Code § 15-310 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-310
§ 15-310. Lien of execution on Court of General Sessions judgment; levy.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-104 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-104
§ 15-104. Priority of liens.
Status: in_force

The lien of a mortgage or deed of trust upon real property, given by the purchaser to secure the payment of the whole or any part of the purchase-money, is superior to that of a previous judgment or decree against the purchaser.
D.C. Code § 15-312 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-312
§ 15-312. Levy on money and evidences of debt.
Status: in_force

When the fieri facias is levied on money belonging to the judgment debtor the marshal may not expose the money to sale, but shall account for it as money collected. Bills or other evidences of debt levied upon shall be sold as other personal property is sold, and the marshal may indorse them to pass title to the purchaser.
D.C. Code § 15-364 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-364
§ 15-364. Standards for recognition of foreign-country judgment.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a court of the District of Columbia shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which this subchapter applies.
(b) A court of the District of Columbia may not recognize a foreign-country judgment if the:
  (1) Judgment was rendered under a judicial system that does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law;
  (2) Foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant; or
  (3) Foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter.
(c) A court of the District of Columbia need not recognize a foreign-country judgment, if the:
  (1) Defendant in the proceeding in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceeding in sufficient time to enable the defendant to defend;
  (2) Judgment was obtained by fraud that deprived the losing party of an adequate opportunity to present its case;
  (3) Judgment or the cause of action on which the judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of the District of Columbia or of the United States;
  (4) Judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment;
  (5) Proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute in question was to be determined otherwise than by proceedings in that foreign court;
  (6) Foreign court, in the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action;
  (7) Judgment was rendered in circumstances that raise substantial doubt about the integrity of the rendering court with respect to the judgment; or
  (8) Specific proceeding in the foreign court leading to the judgment was not compatible with the requirements of due process of law.
(d) A party resisting recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that a ground for nonrecognition stated in subsection (b) or (c) of this section exists.
D.C. Code § 15-909 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-909
§ 15-909. Enforcement of foreign judgments.
Status: in_force

(a) If an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed in a foreign money and the judgment is recognized in the District as enforceable, the enforcing judgment must be entered as provided in section 15-907, whether or not the foreign judgment confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of United States dollars.
(b) A foreign judgment may be filed in accordance with any rule or statute of the District providing a procedure for its recognition and enforcement.
(c) A satisfaction or partial payment made upon the foreign judgment, on proof thereof, must be credited against the amount of foreign money specified in the judgment, notwithstanding the entry of judgment in the District.
(d) A judgment entered on a foreign-money claim only in United States dollars in another state must be enforced in the District in United States dollars only.
D.C. Code § 15-503 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / § 15-503
§ 15-503. Earnings and other income; wearing apparel and tools of certain persons.
Status: in_force

(a) The earnings (other than wages, as defined in subchapter III of Chapter 5 of Title 16 ), insurance, annuities, or pension or retirement payments, not otherwise exempted, not to exceed $200 each month, of a person residing in the District of Columbia, or of a person who earns the major portions of his livelihood in the District of Columbia, regardless of place of residence, who provides the principal support of a family, for two months next preceding the issuing of any writ or process against him, from any court or officer of and in the District, are exempt from attachment, levy, seizure, or sale upon the process, and may not be seized, levied on, taken, reached, or sold by process or proceedings of any court, judge, or other officer of and in the District. Where spouses or domestic partners are living together, the aggregate of the earnings, insurance, annuities, and pension or retirement payments of the spouses or domestic partners is the amount which shall be determinative of the exemption of either in cases arising ex contractu.
(b) The earnings (other than wages, as defined in subchapter III of Chapter 5 of Title 16 ), insurance, annuities, or pension or retirement payments, not otherwise exempt, not to exceed $60 each month for two months preceding the date of attachment of persons residing in the District of Columbia, or of persons who earn the major portions of their livelihood in the District of Columbia, regardless of place of residence, who do not provide for the support of a family, are entitled to like exemption from attachment, levy, seizure, or sale. All wearing apparel belonging to such persons, not exceeding $300 in value, and mechanic’s tools not exceeding $200 in value, are also exempt.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the wages (as defined in section 16-571 of the District of Columbia Official Code) of any person not residing in the District of Columbia who does not earn the major portion of such wages in the District of Columbia shall, in any case arising out of a contract or transaction entered into outside of the District of Columbia, be exempt from attachment, levy, or seizure, by any process or proceeding of any court, judge, or officer of the District of Columbia in the same amount and to the same extent as is provided by law of the State in which such person resides for persons residing therein. Whenever any claim is made for an exemption from attachment pursuant to this subsection, the burden shall be upon the plaintiff to prove that the contract or transaction involved in the case was entered into within the District of Columbia.
(d) A notice of claim of exemption, or motion to quash attachment or other process against exempt property or money, may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court either by the debtor, his spouse or domestic partner, or a garnishee. Thereupon, the court, after due notice, shall promptly act upon the notice, motion, or other claim of exemption.
(e) For the purposes of this section, the term “domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3) .
D.C. Code § 15-316 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-316
§ 15-316. Subrogation of purchaser after defective sale; no refund.
Status: in_force

When, upon the sale of property under execution, the title of the purchaser is invalid by reason of a defect in the proceedings, the purchaser may be subrogated to the rights of the creditor against the debtor to the extent of the money paid by him and applied to the debtor’s benefit, and to that extent has a lien on the property sold against all persons except bona fide purchasers without notice; but the creditor may not be required to refund the purchase money on account of the invalidity of the sale.
D.C. Code § 15-387 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-387
§ 15-387. Applicability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-388 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-388
§ 15-388. Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-106 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-106
§ 15-106. Judgment and damages assessed in actions on bonds or penal sums.
Status: in_force

(a) In a civil action on a bond or on a penal sum for the nonperformance of covenants or agreements contained in an indenture, deed, or writing, the plaintiff may assign as many breaches as he chooses. Damages shall be assessed for such breaches as he proves and judgment rendered for the whole penalty, but execution shall issue for as much only as is found in damages, with costs.
(b) In an action brought under subsection (a) of this section, upon judgment for the plaintiff on motion, default, or confession, the plaintiff may assign as many breaches as he chooses, the truth of which shall be determined. The damages shall be assessed and execution shall issue for such damages only, with costs.
(c) Payment into court, after entry of judgment and prior to the issuance of execution, of the amount of the damages and costs assessed, for the use of the plaintiff or his representatives, stays execution, and the stay shall be entered on the record. Payment to the plaintiff or his representatives, after execution, of the amount of the damages and costs assessed, together with all fees and other reasonable costs of execution, forthwith discharges the defendant’s real and personal property from execution, and the discharge shall be entered on the record. However, the judgment shall remain as a security to the plaintiff or his representatives for any other breaches which he or they afterwards prove. From time to time, the plaintiff may, by motion and hearing, with reasonable notice to the defendant, assign other breaches, and damages shall be assessed for such breaches as he proves, with costs. Payment into court, before execution, or to the plaintiff or his representative, after execution, as herein described, has the same effect as hereinbefore directed.
(d) In proceedings under this section, the right of trial by jury, as to issues of fact and the amount of damages to be assessed, is preserved.
(e) This section is subject to section 28-2502 of this Code and to section 1874 of Title 28, United States Code.
D.C. Code § 15-101 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-101
§ 15-101. Enforceable period of judgments; expiration.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, every final judgment or final decree for the payment of money rendered in the —
  (1) United States District Court for the District of Columbia; or
  (2) Superior Court of the District of Columbia,
when filed and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, is enforceable, by execution issued thereon, for the period of twelve years only from the date when an execution might first be issued thereon, or from the date of the last order of revival thereof. The time during which the judgment creditor is stayed from enforcing the judgment, by written agreement filed in the case, or other order, or by the operation of an appeal, may not be computed as a part of the period within which the judgment is enforceable by execution.
(b) 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.
D.C. Code § 15-382 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-382
§ 15-382. Recognition and enforcement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-352 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-352
§ 15-352. Filing and status of foreign judgments.
Status: in_force

A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the laws of the District may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court (“Clerk”). A foreign judgment filed with the Clerk shall have the same effect and be subject to the same procedures, defenses, or proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of the Superior Court and may be enforced or satisfied in the same manner.
D.C. Code § 15-107 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-107
§ 15-107. Setting off judgments.
Status: in_force

Where reciprocal claims between different parties have passed into judgments the court, on motion, may order that the judgments be set off against each other and satisfaction of both be entered to the amount of the smaller claim.
D.C. Code § 15-306 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-306
§ 15-306. Election to move for new judgment in lieu of execution.
Status: in_force

During the life of the original judgment the plaintiff, instead of issuing execution thereon within the time allowed therefor, may elect to obtain a new judgment by motion and hearing as provided by rules of court.
D.C. Code § 15-361 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-361
§ 15-361. Short title.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the “Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act of 2011”.
D.C. Code § 15-102 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-102
§ 15-102. Lien of judgment, decree, or forfeited recognizance.
Status: in_force

(a) Each —
  (1) final judgment or decree for the payment of money rendered in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, from the date such judgment or decree is filed and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, and
  (2) recognizance taken by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, from the date the entry or order of forfeiture of such recognizance is filed and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, shall constitute a lien on all the freehold and leasehold estates, legal and equitable, of the defendants bound by such judgment, decree, or recognizance, in any land, tenements, or hereditaments in the District of Columbia, whether the estates are in possession or are reversions or remainders, vested or contingent. Such liens on equitable interest may be enforced only by an action to foreclose.
(b) Liens created as provided by this section continue as long as the judgment, decree, or recognizance is in force or until it is satisfied or discharged.
(c) This section shall not apply to any property that is owned by the District government or by any independent agency or instrumentality of the District government, nor to any property in which the District government or any independent agency or instrumentality of the District government has an interest, to the extent of that interest.
D.C. Code § 15-355 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-355
§ 15-355. Fees.
Status: in_force

Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the Clerk the fee established by the Superior Court. Fees for docketing, transcription, or other enforcement proceedings shall be as provided for judgments of the Superior Court.
D.C. Code § 15-368 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-368
§ 15-368. Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment.
Status: in_force

If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the:
(1) Appeal is concluded;
(2) Time for appeal expires; or
(3) Appellant has had sufficient time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.
D.C. Code § 15-365 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-365
§ 15-365. Personal jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(a) A foreign-country judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if the:
  (1) Defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country;
  (2) Defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceeding or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over the defendant;
  (3) Defendant, before the commencement of the proceeding, had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved;
  (4) Defendant was domiciled in the foreign country when the proceeding was instituted or was a corporation or other form of business organization that had its principal place of business in, or was organized under the laws of, the foreign country;
  (5) Defendant had a business office in the foreign country and the proceeding in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign country; or
  (6) Defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign country and the proceeding involved a cause of action arising out of that operation.
(b) The list of bases for personal jurisdiction in subsection (a) of this section is not exclusive. The courts of the District of Columbia may recognize bases of personal jurisdiction other than those listed in subsection (a) of this section as sufficient to support a foreign-country judgment.
D.C. Code § 15-522 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / § 15-522
§ 15-522. Docketing of claim; manner of trial.
Status: in_force

The case made by the claim referred to in section 15-521   shall be entered on the docket as an action by the claimant or the defendant against the plaintiff and tried in the same manner as other cases before the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 15-371 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-371
§ 15-371. Saving clause.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 15-524 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / § 15-524
§ 15-524. Replevin against officer.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not prevent a claimant other than the defendant from bringing an action of replevin against the officer levying upon the property claimed as described in this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 15-314 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-314
§ 15-314. Appraisement; notice of sale.
Status: in_force

Where not herein otherwise provided, all property levied upon, except money, shall be appraised by two sworn appraisers and sold at public auction for cash.
Personal property may be sold after ten days’ notice by advertisement, containing a description sufficiently definite to be embodied in a conveyance of title.
Leasehold and freehold estates in land may be sold after notice has been made in the manner provided by section 2002 of Title 28, United States Code  .
D.C. Code § 15-913 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-913
§ 15-913. Applicability.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distribution proceeding.
(b) This chapter applies to foreign money issues even if other law, under the conflict of laws rules of the District of Columbia, applies to other issues in the action or distribution proceeding.
D.C. Code § 15-304 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-304
§ 15-304. Return of writ.
Status: in_force

If the return of a writ of execution is not made on or before the return day expressed in the writ it may nevertheless be made afterwards as of that date.
D.C. Code § 15-322 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-322
§ 15-322. Enforcement of decrees for delivery of chattels.
Status: in_force

In addition to the procedures for enforcement of judgments or decrees otherwise provided for, an order or decree for the delivery of chattels may be enforced by the same writs as are used in the action of replevin at common law.
D.C. Code § 15-706 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-706
§ 15-706. Clerk’s fees in United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-710 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-710
§ 15-710. Fees and costs in Domestic Relations Branch of Court of General Sessions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-132 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / § 15-132
§ 15-132. Enforceable period of unrecorded judgments; enforcement of judgments, etc., of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-911 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-911
§ 15-911. Effect of currency revalorization.
Status: in_force

(a) If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes a new money in place of that money, the obligation or the loss is treated as if expressed or incurred in the new money at the rate of conversion the issuing country establishes for the payment of like obligations or losses denominated in the former money.
(b) If substitution under subsection (a) of this section occurs after a judgment or award is entered on a foreign-money claim, the court or arbitrator shall amend the judgment or award by a like conversion of the former money.
D.C. Code § 15-714 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-714
§ 15-714. Witness fees for attendance in Superior Court.
Status: in_force

(a) The fees and travel allowances to be paid any witness attending in a criminal case in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall be the same as those paid to witnesses who attend before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
(b) The fees and travel allowances to be paid any witness compelled by subpoena to attend any branch of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia other than the criminal division shall be the same amount as paid a witness compelled to attend before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
(c) No travel allowance shall be paid to any witness residing within the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 15-386 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-386
§ 15-386. Savings clause.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-381 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-381
§ 15-381. Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-305 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / § 15-305
§ 15-305. Issuance of writ after expiration of period.
Status: in_force

A writ of execution not issued within the time allowed therefor, may not be issued until the judgment has been revived. The same rule applies to the order of revival in relation to the issuance of a writ of execution as to the original judgment.
D.C. Code § 15-712 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-712
§ 15-712. Waiving court fees and costs.
Status: in_force

(a) In any noncriminal suit, action, proceeding, or appeal, any District of Columbia court:
  (1) Shall grant a full waiver of payment of fees and costs or security for a litigant if the litigant submits an application with a declaration stating that:
    (A) The litigant, or if the litigant is asserting a claim on behalf of the dependent, the litigant's dependent, receives financial assistance from one or more of the following programs established under District law:
      (i) Close Relative Caregiver Pilot Program, established pursuant to § 4-251.22 ;
      (ii) D.C. HealthCare Alliance, established pursuant to § 7-1405(a) ;
      (iii) General Assistance for Children, established by § 4-205.05a ;
      (iv) Grandparent Caregivers Program, established pursuant to § 4-251.02(a) ;
      (v) The "Home First" Program, established pursuant to § 7-1131.04(8) ;
      (vi) Interim Disability Assistance, established by § 4-204.07 ;
      (vii) Permanent Supportive Housing, established pursuant to § 4-753.01(b)(4)(A) ;
      (viii) Program on Work, Employment, and Responsibility, established by § 4-205.72(a) ;
      (ix) Rapid Re-Housing Program, established pursuant to § 4-753.01(b)(4)(B) ;
      (x) Rent Supplement Program, established by to § 6-226(a) ;
      (xi) Targeted Affordable Housing, established pursuant to § 6-226(c)(3) ; or
      (xii) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, established by § 4-202.01 ;
    (B) The litigant, or if the litigant is asserting a claim on behalf of the dependent, the litigant's dependent, receives financial assistance from one or more of the following programs established under federal law:
      (i) Child Care Subsidy Program, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 9857 et seq. ;
      (ii) Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans, established pursuant to Chapter 20 of Title 38 of the United States Code;
      (iii) Free and Reduced-priced Meals, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1758(b)(1), 1766(c)(4), 1772 (a)(6), and 1773(e)(1)(A);
      (iv) Head Start Program, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 9831 et seq. ;
      (v) Health Care for Homeless Veterans, established pursuant to Chapter 20 of Title 38 of the United States Code;
      (vi) Homeless Veteran Community Employment Services Program, established pursuant to Chapter 20 of Title 38 of the United States Code;
      (vii) Housing Choice Voucher Program, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1437f;
      (viii) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 8621 et seq. ;
      (ix) Medicaid, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq. ;
      (x) Project-Based Section 8 Rental Assistance, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1437f;
      (xi) Public Housing, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1437 et seq. ;
      (xii) Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1396d;
      (xiii) Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program, established pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 1701q;
      (xiv) Section 811 Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 8013;
      (xv) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1786;
      (xvi) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, established pursuant to 7 U.S.C. § 2013;
      (xvii) Supplemental Security Income, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq. ;
      (xviii) Supportive Services for Veteran Families, established pursuant to Chapter 20 of Title 38 of the United States Code;
      (xix) Social Security Disability Insurance, established by 42 U.S.C. § 423;
      (xx) U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs – Veterans' Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program, established pursuant to Chapter 20 of Title 38 of the United States Code;
      (xxi) Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing, established by 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(o)(19); or
      (xxii) Veterans' Pensions or Pensions to Surviving Spouses and Children under Chapter 15 of Title 38 of the United States Code;
    (C) The litigant's monthly income does not exceed 200% of the federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services; or
    (D) The litigant is represented free of charge by a legal services or other nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is to provide legal services to low-income clients, or a legal clinic operated by a law school located in the District that provides legal services to low-income clients; and
  (2) May grant a full or partial waiver of payment of fees and costs or security for a litigant not otherwise eligible for a waiver pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection if that litigant submits a declaration or other proof satisfactory to the court that the litigant is unable to proceed without substantial hardship to themselves or their dependent.
(b) The court may:
  (1) Require additional evidence in support of an application for a waiver of payment of fees and costs or security if:
    (A) An application is submitted pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section;
    (B) There is good cause to believe that the information submitted by the litigant is inaccurate or misleading; or
    (C) The litigant has undergone a change in circumstances; and
  (2) Delegate to the clerk of the court the authority to grant waivers of payment of fees and costs or security under this section; except, that the decision to deny an application, or to grant a partial waiver, shall be made by a judge.
(c) (1) (A) If a completed application is presented to the court, within 5 calendar days after receiving the application, the court shall decide whether to grant a waiver of payment of fees and costs or security; except, that, when a completed application is presented to a judge in open court, the judge shall rule on the application immediately.
    (B) If, within 5 calendar days after receiving a complete application, the court has not ruled on the application, the litigant shall be granted a full waiver of payment of fees and costs or security.
    (C) The deadlines described in this paragraph shall not apply where the court requires additional information under subsection (b)(1) of this section.
  (2) If the court denies an application or grants only a partial waiver, the court shall state the reasons for the denial or partial grant in writing or in open court only to the litigant.
  (3) (A) (i) Any litigant who is denied a waiver or granted only a partial waiver may request a hearing on the matter, at which time the litigant shall be allowed to present additional evidence.
      (ii) The court shall hold a hearing requested pursuant to this subparagraph no later than 14 calendar days after receiving the request.
    (B) In any hearing requested pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the court shall provide a mechanism to permit a litigant to submit or testify to financial information confidentially.
  (4) An incomplete application made pursuant to this section shall be returned to the litigant with notice from the court as to which information is missing from the application and without prejudice to the litigant to resubmit a complete application.
  (5) In considering an application for waiver of payment of fees and costs or security pursuant to this section, the court shall not consider the merit of the underlying suit, action, proceeding, or appeal.
(d) (1) The court shall keep an application and any financial information provided by a litigant confidential except to the court, the litigant, persons authorized by the litigant, or by court order.
  (2) (A) Any person seeking access to an application or financial information provided to the court by a litigant may file a motion, with notice given to the litigant who filed the application, supported by a declaration showing good cause for why the confidential information should be released to the movant.
    (B) Any person who is granted access to an application or financial information under this paragraph shall not reveal any information contained in an application or financial information except as otherwise authorized by law or court order.
  (3) The court's decision on an application for a waiver shall not be confidential.
(e) The court shall not impose a fee for:
  (1) Submitting an application for a waiver of payment of fees and costs or security under this section;
  (2) Filing any papers related to filing an application for a waiver of payment of fees and costs or security, unless the court has already considered and denied a previous application for a waiver by the litigant in the same suit, action, proceeding, or appeal; or
  (3) Filing any motions, papers, or documents submitted simultaneously with an application for a waiver of payment of fees and costs or security unless and until the court considers and denies the application for a waiver of payment of fees and costs or security.
(f) (1) For all persons granted full waivers of payment of fees and costs or security, and where ordered by the court when granting partial waivers of payment of fees and costs or security, the clerk shall attempt service of the complaint in a manner prescribed by the court's rules and record the date and method of service on the docket.
  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "complaint" means the summons, a copy of the complaint, the initial order setting the case for an initial scheduling and settlement conference, any addendum to that order, and any other order directed by the court to the parties at the time of filing. The term "complaint" does not include a petition filed in the Family, Tax, or Probate Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
(g) On motion, the court may, in its discretion, appoint a person to serve witness subpoenas. Witnesses shall be subpoenaed without prepayment of witness fees, and the same remedies shall be available as are provided for by law in other cases.
(h) (1) A litigant who has received a full waiver of fees and costs or security, or where permitted by the court in a partial waiver of payment of fees and costs or security, may file a motion requesting free transcripts or other documents explaining the basis for the motion.
  (2) The court shall grant a motion filed pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection unless the court determines that the reason for the request is frivolous. In making this determination, the court shall resolve any doubt about the frivolousness of the request in favor of the litigant.
  (3) In granting a motion filed pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the court may limit the transcripts or other documents provided to the litigant to those transcripts or other documents that are necessary for resolution of the suit, action, proceeding, or appeal.
(i) The Probate Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall not require the payment of court costs on behalf of a decedent's estate:
  (1) At any time during which a litigant for whom the Court granted a waiver of fees and costs or security is serving as the personal representative of the decedent's estate; or
  (2) After the closure of an estate.
D.C. Code § 15-705 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-705
§ 15-705. Exemption of District of Columbia and United States from fees, costs, and bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) The District of Columbia or any officer thereof acting therefor may not be required to pay court costs or fees in any court in and for the District of Columbia.
(b) The District of Columbia may not be required to pay fees to the clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, or to the marshal of the District, and is entitled to the services of the marshal in the service of all civil process.
(c) The United States and the District of Columbia may not be required to pay fees and costs for services rendered by the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the Register of Wills.
(d) Neither the United States nor the District of Columbia, nor any officer of either acting in his official capacity, may be required to give bond or enter into undertaking to perfect an appeal or to obtain an injunction or other writ, process, or order in or of any court in the District of Columbia for which a bond or undertaking is required by law or rule of court.
D.C. Code § 15-716 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / § 15-716
§ 15-716. Advances to Court of General Sessions Clerk for witness fees.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 15-902 — DC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / § 15-902
§ 15-902. Variation by agreement.
Status: in_force

(a) The effect of this chapter may be varied by agreement of the parties made before or after commencement of an action or distribution proceeding or the entry of judgment.
(b) Parties to a transaction may agree upon the money to be used in a transaction giving rise to a foreign-money claim and may agree to use different moneys for different aspects of the transaction. Stating the price in a foreign money for one aspect of a transaction does not alone require the use of that money for other aspects of the transaction.