Title 12 — Right to Remedy. [Enacted title]
2 chapters · 15 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 12-301 Limitation of time for bringing actions
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[(a)] Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, actions for the following purposes may not be brought after the expiration of the period specified below from the time the right to maintain the action accrues: (1) for the recovery of lands, tenements, or hereditaments— 15 …
D.C. Code § 12-302 Disability of plaintiff
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(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, when a person entitled to maintain an action is, at the time the right of action accrues: (1) under 18 years of age; or (2) non compos mentis; or (3) imprisoned — he or his proper representative may bring action within the…
D.C. Code § 12-303 Absence or concealment of defendant
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(a) When a person who is a resident of the District of Columbia is out of the District or has absconded or concealed himself at the time a cause of action accrues against him, the period limited for the bringing of the action does not begin to run until he comes into the District…
D.C. Code § 12-304 Actions stayed by court or statute
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When the bringing of an action is stayed by an injunction or other order of a court of justice, or by statutory prohibition, the time of the stay may not be computed as a part of the period within which the action must be brought.
D.C. Code § 12-305 Actions against decedents’ estates
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In an action against the estate of a deceased person, the interval, not exceeding two years, between the death of the deceased and 6 months after the date of the first publication of notice of the appointment of a personal representative under section 20-704 may not be computed a…
D.C. Code § 12-306 Directions as to debts in a will
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 12-307 Foreign judgments
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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 other…
D.C. Code § 12-308 Actions by the United States
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Sections 12-301 , 12-302 , 12-305 , and 12-307 do not apply to an action in which the United States is the real and not merely the nominal plaintiff.
D.C. Code § 12-309 Actions against District of Columbia for unliquidated damages; time for notice
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an action may not be maintained against the District of Columbia for unliquidated damages to person or property unless, within six months after the injury or damage was sustained, the claimant, his agent, or attorney has g…
D.C. Code § 12-310 Actions arising out of death or injury caused by defective or unsafe improvements to real property
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(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), any action — (A) to recover damages for — (i) personal injury, (ii) injury to real or personal property, or (iii) wrongful death, resulting from the defective or unsafe condition of an improvement to real property, and (B) for contribu…
D.C. Code § 12-311 Actions arising out of death or injury caused by exposure to asbestos
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(a) In any civil action for injury or illness based upon exposure to asbestos, the time for the commencement of the action shall be the later of the following: (1) Within one year after the date the plaintiff first suffered disability; (2) Within one year after the date the plain…