{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-12-101","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 12-101","heading":"Survival of rights of action.","body":"On the death of a person in whose favor or against whom a right of action has accrued for any cause prior to his death, the right of action, for all such cases, survives in favor of or against the legal representative of the deceased.","path":["Title 12. Right to Remedy. [Enacted title]","Chapter 1. Abatement and Revivor."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/12-101","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"b974143c33a4a485c691ce74c69a8f4180fd95d4961bffa6c9003fcd3771aab8","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-11-2609","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-12-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}