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D.C. Code § 15-302: Period during which writ of execution may issue; returnable period.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 15. Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]
- Chapter 3. Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees.
- Subchapter I. Local Judgments and Decrees.
(a)
A writ of execution on a judgment in a civil action may be issued within three years after:
(1)
the expiration of any stay of execution agreed to by the parties; or
(2)
it first might have been issued under applicable provisions of law or rules of court.
(b)
A writ of execution shall be returnable on or before the sixtieth day after its date.
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