{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-15-101","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 15-101","heading":"Enforceable period of judgments; expiration.","body":"(a)\nExcept as provided by subsection (b) of this section, every final judgment or final decree for the payment of money rendered in the —\n(1)\nUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia; or\n(2)\nSuperior Court of the District of Columbia,\n\n(b)\nAt the expiration of the twelve-year period provided by subsection (a) of this section, the judgment or decree shall cease to have any operation or effect. Thereafter, except in the case of a proceeding that may be then pending for the enforcement of the judgment or decree, action may not be brought on it, nor may it be revived, and execution may not issue on it.","path":["Title 15. Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]","Chapter 1. Judgments and Decrees."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/15-101","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"07a2acefec8a0de53050c6a06dff27239f1473f8376d0acf37ad2e1ab39ce5d9","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-14-702","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-15-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}