District of Columbia · Through 2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)

D.C. Code § 13-425: Inconvenient forum.

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Title 13. Procedure Generally. [Enacted title]
Chapter 4. Civil Jurisdiction and Service Outside the District of Columbia.
Subchapter II. Bases of Personal Jurisdiction over Persons Outside the District of Columbia.

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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