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2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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]

§ 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.
2023 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]

§ 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.
2023 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]

§ 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.
2023 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]

§ 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.
2023 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]

§ 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.
2023 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]

§ 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.
2023 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]

§ 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.
2023 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]

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.”
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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 › § 15–522. Docketing of claim; manner of trial

§ 15–522. Docketing of claim; manner of trial.
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.
(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., § 15-522.
1973 Ed., § 15-522.
2023 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 › § 15–523. Judgment

§ 15–523. Judgment.
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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 531, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-523.
1973 Ed., § 15-523.
2023 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 › § 15–524. Replevin against officer

§ 15–524. Replevin against officer.
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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 531, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-524.
1973 Ed., § 15-524.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–701. Compensation taxed as costs; attorneys’ compensation from clients

§ 15–701. Compensation taxed as costs; attorneys’ compensation from clients.
(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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 531, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 633, Pub. L. 99-336, § 4(b)(1).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-701.
1973 Ed., § 15-701.
Cross References
Notaries public, fees, see §§ 1-1213 and 1-1214.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–702. Attorney fees taxed as costs

§ 15–702. Attorney fees taxed as costs.
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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 531, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 633, Pub. L. 99-336, § 4(b)(2).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-702.
1973 Ed., § 15-702.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–703. Security for costs by nonresidents

§ 15–703. Security for costs by nonresidents.
(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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 531, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 633, Pub. L. 99-336, § 4(b)(3).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-703.
1973 Ed., § 15-703.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 15-711.
Cross References
Fees and costs in Small Claims and Conciliation Branch of Superior Court, see §§ 16-3903 and 16-3909.
Fees and costs in Superior Court, see § 15-709.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–704. Advance payment of costs and fees

§ 15–704. Advance payment of costs and fees.
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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 532, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 633, Pub. L. 99-336, § 4(b)(4).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-704.
1973 Ed., § 15-704.
Cross References
Costs in suits against Board of Education, see §§ 1-204.95, 38-101.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–705. Exemption of District of Columbia and United States from fees, costs, and bonds

§ 15–705. Exemption of District of Columbia and United States from fees, costs, and bonds.
(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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 532, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-705.
1973 Ed., § 15-705.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–706. Clerk’s fees in United States District Court for the District of Columbia. [Repealed]

§ 15–706. Clerk’s fees in United States District Court for the District of Columbia. [Repealed]
Repealed.
(June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 633, Pub. L. 99-336, § 4(b)(5).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-706.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–707. Probate fees

§ 15–707. Probate fees.
(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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 534, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 553, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 144(10)(A); Aug. 11, 1971, 85 Stat. 313, Pub. L. 92-88, § 3.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-707.
1973 Ed., § 15-707.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–708. Deposit for probate fees

§ 15–708. Deposit for probate fees.
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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 535, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 554, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 144(11)(A).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-708.
1973 Ed., § 15-708.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–709. Fees and costs in Superior Court

§ 15–709. Fees and costs in Superior Court.
(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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 535, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 554, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 144(12)(A); June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 633, Pub. L. 99-336, § 4(b)(6).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-709.
1973 Ed., § 15-709.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 15-713 and § 16-703.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–710. Fees and costs in Domestic Relations Branch of Court of General Sessions. [Repealed]

§ 15–710. Fees and costs in Domestic Relations Branch of Court of General Sessions. [Repealed]
Repealed.
(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 554, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 144(13).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-710.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–711. Deposit or security for costs in Superior Court

§ 15–711. Deposit or security for costs in Superior Court.
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 .
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 535, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 554, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 144(14).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-711.
1973 Ed., § 15-711.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–713. Deposits for jury trials in Superior Court

§ 15–713. Deposits for jury trials in Superior Court.
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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 536, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 554, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 144(14).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-713.
1973 Ed., § 15-713.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–714. Witness fees for attendance in Superior Court

§ 15–714. Witness fees for attendance in Superior Court.
(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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 536, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; Dec. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 742, Pub. L. 90-226, title VIII, § 803(a); July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 554, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 144(15)(A).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-714.
1973 Ed., § 15-714.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 11-1527.
Cross References
Fees of jurors serving in Superior Court, see § 11-1906.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–715. Witness fees in prosecutions for cruelty to children or animals

§ 15–715. Witness fees in prosecutions for cruelty to children or animals.
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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 536, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-715.
1973 Ed., § 15-715.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–716. Advances to Court of General Sessions Clerk for witness fees. [Repealed]

§ 15–716. Advances to Court of General Sessions Clerk for witness fees. [Repealed]
Repealed.
(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 554, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 144(16).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-716.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–717. Marriage license and related fees

§ 15–717. Marriage license and related fees.
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.
(July 5, 1966, 80 Stat. 265, Pub. L. 89-493, § 13(d)(2); July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 554, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 144(17).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-717.
1973 Ed., § 15-717.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–718. Juror fees

§ 15–718. Juror fees.
(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.
(Mar. 9, 1988, D.C. Law 7-81, § 2(c), 34 DCR 8115; Aug. 17, 1991, D.C. Law 9-19, title I, § 104, 38 DCR 4066; Aug. 17, 1991, D.C. Law 9-43, § 2, 38 DCR 4985; Aug. 25, 1994, D.C. Law 10-156, § 2, 41 DCR 4876; Mar. 14, 2007, D.C. Law 16-272, § 2(a), 54 DCR 856.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-718.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 16-272 added subsec. (e).
Emergency Legislation
For temporary (90-day) addition of § 15-719 1981 Ed., see § 2 of the Foster Children’s Guardianship Emergency Act of 2000 (D.C. Act 13-433, August 14, 2000, 47 DCR 7467).
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 7 - Fees and Costs › § 15–719. Adoption court costs and fees

§ 15–719. Adoption court costs and fees.
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.
(Apr. 4, 2001, D.C. Law 13-273, § 2(c), 48 DCR 1637.)
Emergency Legislation
For temporary (90 day) addition of this section, see § 2(b) of the Foster Children’s Guardianship Legislative Review Emergency Act of 2000 (D.C. Act 13-490, November 29, 2000, 48 DCR 63).
For temporary (90 day) addition of § 15-719, see § 2(b) of the Foster Children’s Guardianship Legislative Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2000 (D.C. Act 13-490, December 18, 2000, 48 DCR 45).
For temporary (90 day) addition of section, see § 2(c) of Foster Children’s Guardianship Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2001 (D.C. Act 14-4, February 13, 2001, 48 DCR 2254).
Temporary Legislation
Section 2(b) of D.C. Law 13-208 added this section.
Section 5(b) of D.C. Law 13-208 provided that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 9 - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims › § 15–902. Variation by agreement

§ 15–902. Variation by agreement.
(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.
(Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-85, § 2, 42 DCR 6791; Mar. 13, 2004, D.C. Law 15-105, § 101, 51 DCR 881; Apr. 13, 2005, D.C. Law 15-354, § 85(e), 52 DCR 2638.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-902.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 15-105, in subsec. (a), substituted “this chapter” for “this act”.
D.C. Law 15-354, in subsec. (a), substituted “this chapter” for “this subchapter”.
D.C. Law 15-354 validated a previously made technical correction.
Editor's Notes
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 3 of the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 9 - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims › § 15–903. Determining money of the claim

§ 15–903. Determining money of the claim.
(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.
(Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-85, § 2, 42 DCR 6791.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-903.
Editor's Notes
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 4 of the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 9 - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims › § 15–904. Determining amount of the money of certain contract claims

§ 15–904. Determining amount of the money of certain contract claims.
(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.
(Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-85, § 2, 42 DCR 6791.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-904.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 15-901 and § 15-906.
Editor's Notes
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 5 of the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 9 - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims › § 15–905. Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim

§ 15–905. Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim.
(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.
(Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-85, § 2, 42 DCR 6791.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-905.
Editor's Notes
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 6 of the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 9 - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims › § 15–906. Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment

§ 15–906. Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment.
(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.
(Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-85, § 2, 42 DCR 6791.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-906.
Editor's Notes
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 7 of the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 9 - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims › § 15–907. Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceeding

§ 15–907. Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceeding.
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.
(Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-85, § 2, 42 DCR 6791.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-907.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 15-909.
Editor's Notes
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 8 of the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title] › Chapter 9 - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims › § 15–908. Prejudgment and judgment interest

§ 15–908. Prejudgment and judgment interest.
(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.
(Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-85, § 2, 42 DCR 6791.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-908.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 15-906.
Editor's Notes
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 9 of the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act.