6 chapters · 42 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 13-301 Courts to which applicable
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Except as otherwise specifically provided by law or rules of court, this chapter applies to the District of Columbia courts.
D.C. Code § 13-302 Service by marshal
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Subject to the provisions of law or rules of court for service by other persons, the United States marshal for the District of Columbia or his deputy shall serve the process of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 13-302.01 Service by Metropolitan Police Department
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(a) The Metropolitan Police Department shall execute, upon request, a bench warrant in any case in which paternity establishment or child support is at issue. (b) The Metropolitan Police Department shall serve civil process in any case in which paternity establishment or child su…
D.C. Code § 13-303 Service or execution on Sunday
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 13-331 Service under other laws and rules of court
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This chapter does not limit or affect the right to serve process in any other manner now or hereafter required or permitted by: (1) other law, including Chapter 4 of this title or, any other provisions of this Code; or (2) rule of court.
D.C. Code § 13-332 Service on infants; appointment and compensation of guardian and attorney
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(a) When an infant is a party defendant in an action, the summons and complaint shall be served upon him personally and, when he is under 16 years of age, upon the person with whom he resides, if within the District. The infant shall be produced in court unless, for cause shown, …
D.C. Code § 13-333 Service on incompetent persons
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When a person non compos mentis is a party defendant in an action, process shall be served upon him personally, if within the District, and upon his committee, if there is one within the District.
D.C. Code § 13-334 Service on foreign corporations
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(a) In an action against a foreign corporation doing business in the District, process may be served on the agent of the corporation or person conducting its business, or, when he is absent and can not be found, by leaving a copy at the principal place of business in the District…
D.C. Code § 13-335 Service by publication on domestic or foreign corporations
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In an action specified by section 13-336 , when process can not be served upon a domestic or foreign corporation, the corporation may be proceeded against as a nonresident defendant, by notice by publication.
D.C. Code § 13-336 Service by publication on nonresidents, absent defendants, and unknown heirs or devisees
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(a) In actions specified by subsection (b) of this section, publication may be substituted for personal service of process upon a defendant who can not be found and who is shown by affidavit to be a nonresident, or to have been absent from the District for at least six months, or…
D.C. Code § 13-337 Personal service outside District in lieu of publication
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(a) In actions specified by section 13-336, personal service of process may be made on a nonresident defendant out of the District, and the service has the same effect, and no other, as an order of publication duly executed. (b) The service may be made by any person not a party t…
D.C. Code § 13-338 Prerequisites for order of publication
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An order for the substitution of publication for personal service may not be made until: (1) a summons for the defendant has been issued and returned “Not to be found,” and (2) the nonresidence of the defendant or his absence for at least six months is proved by affidavit to the …
D.C. Code § 13-339 Form of order of publication
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An order of publication shall be in the following or an equivalent form: United States District Court for the District of Columbia. AB, plaintiff, versus In ____. No. ____ CD, defendant. The object of this action is to (state it briefly). On motion of the plaintiff, it is this __…
D.C. Code § 13-340 Manner of publication; mailing of copy; default; appointment and compensation of guardian and attorney
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(a) An order of publication shall be published at least once a week for three successive weeks, or oftener, or for such further time as the court orders. In actions for divorce in which service by publication is authorized under this chapter, and satisfactory evidence is presente…
D.C. Code § 13-341 Service by publication on persons unknown to be living or dead and on unknown heirs and devisees
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(a) When a person would be a proper party to a judicial proceeding if living, and upon allegation under oath and proof satisfactory to the court that it is unknown whether he is living or dead, he may be proceeded against as if he were living, and with like effect, if a represent…