Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024
Section 15-905 - Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim(a) A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.(b) An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant.(c) A person may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.(d) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-85, § 2, 42 DCR 6791.Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 6 of the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act.