{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-15-302","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 15-302","heading":"Period during which writ of execution may issue; returnable period.","body":"(a)\nA writ of execution on a judgment in a civil action may be issued within three years after:\n(1)\nthe expiration of any stay of execution agreed to by the parties; or\n(2)\nit first might have been issued under applicable provisions of law or rules of court.\n\n(b)\nA writ of execution shall be returnable on or before the sixtieth day after its date.","path":["Title 15. Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]","Chapter 3. Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees.","Subchapter I. Local Judgments and Decrees."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/15-302","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"f2eb005af6c4caba0529d849ffdb2742592a0dbc85b677f7f27bee4c8da2b766","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-15-301","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-15-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}