GroundRules
D.C. Code § 15-905: Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 15. Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]
- Chapter 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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