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.