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Division II - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURETitle 15 - JUDGMENTS AND EXECUTIONS; FEES AND COSTSChapter 3 - ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS AND DECREES
Subchapter II-A - UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS
Section 15-366 - Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment

D.C. Code § 15-366

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Section 15-366 - Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment
(a) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment.
(b) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought in a pending action, the issue of recognition may be raised by counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense.

D.C. Code § 15-366

Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.

Uniform Law: This section is based on § 6 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.