District of Columbia Statutes
§ 13-425 — Inconvenient forum.
District of Columbia § 13-425
JurisdictionDistrict of Columbia
Title 13Procedure Generally. [Enacted title]
Ch. 4Civil Jurisdiction and Service Outside the District of Columbia.
Subch. IIBases of Personal Jurisdiction over Persons Outside the District of Columbia.
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D.C. Code § 13-425 (2026).
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When any District of Columbia court finds that in the interest of substantial justice the action should be heard in another forum, the court may stay or dismiss such civil action in whole or in part on any conditions that may be just.
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Legislative History
July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 549, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 132(a)
Nearby Sections
15
§ 13-101
Prescription of rules by courts.§ 13-301
Courts to which applicable.§ 13-302
Service by marshal.§ 13-302.01
Service by Metropolitan Police Department.§ 13-303
Service or execution on Sunday.§ 13-333
Service on incompetent persons.§ 13-334
Service on foreign corporations.§ 13-339
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