(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.
(Feb. 10, 1996, D.C. Law 11-85, § 2, 42 DCR 6791.)
1981 Ed., § 15-905.
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 6 of the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]
Chapter 9 - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims
§ 15–902. Variation by agreement
§ 15–903. Determining money of the claim
§ 15–904. Determining amount of the money of certain contract claims
§ 15–905. Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim
§ 15–906. Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment
§ 15–907. Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceeding
§ 15–908. Prejudgment and judgment interest
§ 15–909. Enforcement of foreign judgments
§ 15–910. Determining United States dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes
§ 15–911. Effect of currency revalorization