2016 District of Columbia Code
Title 12 - Right to Remedy. §§ 12-101 - 12-311
Chapter 3 - Limitation of Actions. §§ 12-301 - 12-311
§ 12–307. Foreign judgments.
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.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 511, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1.)
Prior Codifications1981 Ed., § 12-307.
1973 Ed., § 12-307.
Section ReferencesThis section is referenced in § 12-308.
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