D.C. Code § 12-101

Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024

Section 12-101 - Survival of rights of action

On the death of a person in whose favor or against whom a right of action has accrued for any cause prior to his death, the right of action, for all such cases, survives in favor of or against the legal representative of the deceased.

D.C. Code § 12-101

Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 509, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; Aug. 2, 1978, D.C. Law 2-95, § 2, 25 DCR 1270.

Section 24 of D.C. Law 15-354 provided that Title 12 is designated Title 12 of the District of Columbia Official Code.

Dissolution of corporations, effect, see §§ 29-101.88, 29-221.16 et seq. Wrongful death actions, see § 16-2701 et seq. .