Statute of limitations

  1. Law
  2. District of Columbia Code
  3. Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]
  4. Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees
  5. Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments
  6. Statute of limitations

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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.


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