D.C. Code § 12-307

Foreign judgments.

Effective Dec 23, 1963Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 511, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1

An action upon a judgment or decree rendered in a State, territory, commonwealth or possession of the United States or in a foreign country is barred if by the laws of that jurisdiction, the action would there be barred and the judgment or decree would be incapable of being otherwise enforced there.

History

Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 511, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 12-307.

1981 Ed., § 12-307.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 12-308.

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