District of Columbia Statutes
§ 12-101 — Survival of rights of action.
District of Columbia § 12-101
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Bluebook
D.C. Code § 12-101 (2026).
Text
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.
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Legislative History
Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 509, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; Aug. 2, 1978, D.C. Law 2-95, § 2, 25 DCR 1270
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