District of Columbia Statutes

§ 15-905 — Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim.

District of Columbia·Title 15 Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]·Ch. 9 Uniform Foreign-Money Claims.
(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.

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Legislative History

Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-85, § 2, 42 DCR 6791

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