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DC Code § 15-353 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II - Foreign Judgments|§ 15-353. Notice of filing

(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.  (Oct. 2, 1990, D.C. Law 8-173, § 2(b), 37 DCR 5005.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-353. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 3 of the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (1964).
DC Code § 15-354 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II - Foreign Judgments|§ 15-354. Stay

(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.  (Oct. 2, 1990, D.C. Law 8-173, § 2(b), 37 DCR 5005.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-354. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 4 of the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (1964).
DC Code § 15-355 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II - Foreign Judgments|§ 15-355. Fees

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.  (Oct. 2, 1990, D.C. Law 8-173, § 2(b), 37 DCR 5005.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-355. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 5 of the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (1964).
DC Code § 15-356 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II - Foreign Judgments|§ 15-356. Optional procedure

The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce a judgment in lieu of proceeding under this subchapter remains unimpaired.  (Oct. 2, 1990, D.C. Law 8-173, § 2(b), 37 DCR 5005.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-356. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 6 of the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (1964).
DC Code § 15-357 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II - Foreign Judgments|§ 15-357. Uniformity of interpretation

This subchapter shall be interpreted and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of jurisdictions that enact it.  (Oct. 2, 1990, D.C. Law 8-173, § 2(b), 37 DCR 5005.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-357. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 7 of the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (1964).
DC Code § 15-361 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II-A - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments|§ 15-361. Short title

This subchapter may be cited as the “Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act of 2011”.  (Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 1 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-362 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II-A - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments|§ 15-362. Definitions

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.  (Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 2 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-363 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II-A - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments|§ 15-363. Applicability

(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.  (Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 3 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-364 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II-A - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments|§ 15-364. Standards for recognition of foreign-country judgment

(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.  (Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 4 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-365 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II-A - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments|§ 15-365. Personal jurisdiction

(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.  (Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 5 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-366 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II-A - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments|§ 15-366. Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment

(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.  (Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 15-367. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 6 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-367 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II-A - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments|§ 15-367. Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment

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.  (Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 7 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-368 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II-A - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments|§ 15-368. Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment

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.  (Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 8 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-369 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II-A - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments|§ 15-369. Statute of limitations

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.  (Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 9 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-370 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II-A - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments|§ 15-370. Uniformity of interpretation

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.  (Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 10 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-371 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter II-A - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments|§ 15-371. Saving clause

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.  (Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 11 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-381 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter III - Uniform Foreign-Money Judgments|§ 15-381. Definitions. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-84, § 2, 42 DCR 6787; Mar. 13, 2004, D.C. Law 15-105, § 100, 51 DCR 881; Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(c), 58 DCR 11186.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-381. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 1 of the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-382 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter III - Uniform Foreign-Money Judgments|§ 15-382. Recognition and enforcement. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-84, § 2, 42 DCR 6787; Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(c), 58 DCR 11186.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-382. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 3 of the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-383 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter III - Uniform Foreign-Money Judgments|§ 15-383. Grounds for nonrecognition. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-84, § 2, 42 DCR 6787; Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(c), 58 DCR 11186.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-383. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 4 of the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-384 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter III - Uniform Foreign-Money Judgments|§ 15-384. Personal jurisdiction. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-84, § 2, 42 DCR 6787; Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(c), 58 DCR 11186.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-384. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 5 of the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-385 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter III - Uniform Foreign-Money Judgments|§ 15-385. Stay in cases of appeal. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-84, § 2, 42 DCR 6787; Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(c), 58 DCR 11186.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-385. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 6 of the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-386 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter III - Uniform Foreign-Money Judgments|§ 15-386. Savings clause. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-84, § 2, 42 DCR 6787; Mar. 13, 2004, D.C. Law 15-105, § 100, 51 DCR 881; Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(c), 58 DCR 11186.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-386. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 7 of the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-387 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter III - Uniform Foreign-Money Judgments|§ 15-387. Applicability. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-84, § 2, 42 DCR 6787; Mar. 13, 2004, D.C. Law 15-105, § 100, 51 DCR 881; Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(c), 58 DCR 11186.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-387. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 2 of the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-388 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees|Subchapter III - Uniform Foreign-Money Judgments|§ 15-388. Uniformity of application and construction. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-84, § 2, 42 DCR 6787; Mar. 13, 2004, D.C. Law 15-105, § 100, 51 DCR 881; Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(c), 58 DCR 11186.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-388. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 8 of the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act.
DC Code § 15-502 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 5 - Exemptions and Trial of Right to Seized Property|Subchapter I - Exemptions|§ 15-502. Mortgage or other instrument affecting exempt property

(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).  (Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 530, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; Oct. 1, 1976, D.C. Law 1-87, § 11, 23 DCR 2544; Apr. 4, 2006, D.C. Law 16-79, § 3, 53 DCR 1035; Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-191, § 131(a), 53 DCR 6794; Mar. 14, 2007, D.C. Law 16-270, § 3(b), 54 DCR 851.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-502. 1973 Ed., § 15-502. Effect of Amendments D.C. Law 16-79 rewrote section, which had read as follows: “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 of a debtor who is married and living with his or her spouse.” D.C. Law 16-191, in subsec. (a), validated a previously made technical correction. D.C. Law 16-270, in subsec. (a), inserted “This section shall not apply to instruments related to property exempted in § 15-501(a)(14).” Editor's Notes Section 4 of D.C. Law 16-270 provided: “Section 3 shall apply as of April 27, 2001.”
DC Code § 15-521 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]|Chapter 5 - Exemptions and Trial of Right to Seized Property|Subchapter II - Trial of Right to Property Seized on Process of Superior Court|§ 15-521. Notice of claim or exemption; trial

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.  (Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 530, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 553, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 144(8)(A)(i).)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 15-521. 1973 Ed., § 15-521. Section References This section is referenced in § 15-522 and § 15-523.