Title 14 — Proof. [Enacted title]
4 chapters · 25 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 14-301 Parties and other interested persons generally
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Except as otherwise provided by law, a person is not incompetent to testify in a civil action or proceeding by reason of his being a party thereto or interested in the result thereof. If otherwise competent to testify, he is competent to give evidence on his own behalf and compet…
D.C. Code § 14-302 Testimony against deceased or incapable person
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(a) In a civil action against: (1) a person who, from any cause, is legally incapable of testifying, or (2) the committee, trustee, executor, administrator, heir, legatee, devisee, assignee, or other representative of a deceased person or of a person so incapable of testifying, a…
D.C. Code § 14-303 Testimony of deceased or incapable person
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When a party, after having testified at a time while he was competent to do so, dies or becomes incapable of testifying, his testimony may be given in evidence in any trial or hearing in relation to the same subject-matter between the same parties or their legal representatives, …
D.C. Code § 14-304 Death or incapacity of partner or other interested person
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Where any of the original parties to a contract or transaction which is the subject of investigation are partners or other joint contractors, or jointly entitled or liable, and some of them have died or become incapable of testifying, any others with whom the contract or transact…
D.C. Code § 14-305 Competency of witnesses; impeachment by evidence of conviction of crime
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(a) No person is incompetent to testify, in either civil or criminal proceedings, by reason of his having been convicted of a criminal offense. (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), for the purpose of attacking the credibility of a witness, evidence that the witness has bee…
D.C. Code § 14-306 Spouse or domestic partner
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(a) In civil and criminal proceedings, a spouse or domestic partner is competent but not compellable to testify for or against their spouse or domestic partner. (b) In civil and criminal proceedings, a spouse or domestic partner is not competent to testify as to any confidential …
D.C. Code § 14-307 Physicians and mental health professionals
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(a) In the Federal courts in the District of Columbia and District of Columbia courts a physician or surgeon or mental health professional as defined by § 7-1201.01(11) or a domestic violence counselor as defined in § 14-310(a)(2), a human trafficking counselor as defined in § 14…
D.C. Code § 14-308 Assessment officials as expert witnesses in condemnation proceedings
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In an action for the condemnation of lands, an official or other employee of the District, charged with the duty of appraising real property for assessment purposes, is not disqualified, by reason of the fact that he is so employed, from testifying as an expert witness to the mar…
D.C. Code § 14-309 Clergy
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A priest, clergyman, rabbi, or other duly licensed, ordained, or consecrated minister of a religion authorized to perform a marriage ceremony in the District of Columbia or duly accredited practitioner of Christian Science may not be examined in any civil or criminal proceedings …
D.C. Code § 14-310 Domestic violence counselors
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1) “Confidential communication” means information exchanged between a victim and a domestic violence counselor during the course of the counselor providing counseling, support, and assistance to a victim, including all records kept…
D.C. Code § 14-311 Human trafficking counselors
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1) “Confidential communication” means information exchanged between a victim and a human trafficking counselor during the course of the counselor providing counseling, support, and assistance to a victim, including all records kept…
D.C. Code § 14-312 Sexual assault victim advocates
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1) “Confidential communication” means information exchanged between a sexual assault victim and a sexual assault victim advocate during the course of the advocate providing counseling, support, and assistance to the victim, includi…