{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2303","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28-2303","heading":"Assignment of nonnegotiable contract.","body":"An owner of a nonnegotiable written agreement for the payment of money, including a nonnegotiable bill of exchange and a promissory note, or for the delivery of personal property, an open account, debt, and demand of a liquidated character, except a claim against the United States or the salary of a public officer, may assign it in writing, and the assignee may maintain an action thereon in his own name.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Chapter 23. Assignment of Choses in Action."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28-2303","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"6a9257a2653bd23e5fe67cdd1ee4bf3a000c5ce4092004f4ddd54022566ea815","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2302","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}