District of Columbia § 28-2303 Assignment of nonnegotiable contract.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 28-2303 — Assignment of nonnegotiable contract.

District of Columbia § 28-2303

Title 28Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]

Ch. 23Assignment of Choses in Action.

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D.C. Code § 28-2303 (2026).

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An owner of a nonnegotiable written agreement for the payment of money, including a nonnegotiable bill of exchange and a promissory note, or for the delivery of personal property, an open account, debt, and demand of a liquidated character, except a claim against the United States or the salary of a public officer, may assign it in writing, and the assignee may maintain an action thereon in his own name.

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An owner of a nonnegotiable written agreement for the payment of money, including a nonnegotiable bill of exchange and a promissory note, or for the delivery of personal property, an open account, debt, and demand of a liquidated character, except a claim against the United States or the salary of a public officer, may assign it in writing, and the assignee may maintain an action thereon in his own name.