District of Columbia § 28-2502 Action on bonds in a penal sum containing an avoidance condition.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 28-2502 — Action on bonds in a penal sum containing an avoidance condition.

District of Columbia § 28-2502

Title 28Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]

Ch. 25Bonds and Undertakings.

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D.C. Code § 28-2502 (2026).

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A bond in a penal sum, containing a condition that it shall be void on the payment of a certain sum of money, or the performance of an act or of certain duties, has the same effect for the purpose of maintaining an action upon it as if it contained a covenant to pay the money or perform the act or the duties specified in the condition. But the damages to be recovered for a breach, or successive breaches, of the condition, as against the sureties therein, may not exceed the penalty of the bond.

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A bond in a penal sum, containing a condition that it shall be void on the payment of a certain sum of money, or the performance of an act or of certain duties, has the same effect for the purpose of maintaining an action upon it as if it contained a covenant to pay the money or perform the act or the duties specified in the condition. But the damages to be recovered for a breach, or successive breaches, of the condition, as against the sureties therein, may not exceed the penalty of the bond.