Statute of limitations. An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country or 15 years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign country. (Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.) Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 9 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
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