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Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 11–101. Judicial power - The judicial power in the District of Columbia is vested...
§ 11–102. Status of District of Columbia Court of Appeals - The highest court of the District of Columbia is the...
Chapter 3 - United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
§ 11–301. Jurisdiction of appeals from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals - In addition to its jurisdiction as a United States court...
Chapter 5 - United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Subchapter I - Jurisdiction
§ 11–501. Civil jurisdiction - In addition to its jurisdiction as a United States district...
§ 11–502. Criminal jurisdiction - In addition to its jurisdiction as a United States district...
§ 11–503. Removal of cases from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia - A civil action or criminal prosecution in the Superior Court...
Subchapter II - Auditor
§ 11–521. Appointment of Auditor - For so long as the business of the court may...
Chapter 7 - District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Subchapter I - Continuation and Organization
§ 11–701. Continuation of court; court of record; seal - (a) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals (hereafter in...
§ 11–702. Composition - The court shall consist of a chief judge and eight...
§ 11–703. Judges; service; compensation - (a) The chief judge and the judges of the court...
§ 11–704. Oath of judges - Each judge, when appointed, shall take the oath prescribed for...
§ 11–705. Assignment of judges; divisions; hearings - (a) Judges of the court shall sit on the court...
§ 11–706. Absence, disability, or disqualification of judges; vacancies; quorum - (a) When the chief judge of the court is absent...
§ 11–707. Assignment of judges to and from Superior Court - (a) The chief judge of the District of Columbia Court...
§ 11–708. Clerks and secretaries for judges - Each judge may appoint and remove a personal secretary. The...
§ 11–709. Reports - Each judge shall submit to the chief judge such reports...
§ 11–710. Emergency authority to conduct proceedings outside District of Columbia - (a) In general. — The court may hold special sessions...
Subchapter II - Jurisdiction
§ 11–721. Orders and judgments of the Superior Court - (a) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has jurisdiction...
§ 11–722. Administrative orders and decisions - The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has jurisdiction (1)...
§ 11–723. Certification of questions of law - (a) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals may answer...
Subchapter III - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 11–741. Contempt powers - (a) Subject to the limitation described in subsection (b), and...
§ 11–742. Oaths, affirmations, and acknowledgments - Each judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals...
§ 11–743. Rules of court - The District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall conduct its...
§ 11–744. Judicial conference - The chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of...
§ 11–745. Emergency authority to toll or delay proceedings - (a) Tolling or Delaying Proceedings. — (1) In general. —...
Chapter 9 - Superior Court of the District of Columbia
§ 11–901. Continuation of courts; court of record; seal - The District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, the Juvenile...
§ 11–902. Organization of the court - (a) In general. — The Superior Court shall consist of...
§ 11–903. Composition - The Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall consist...
§ 11–904. Judges; service; compensation - (a) The chief judge and the judges of the Superior...
§ 11–905. Oath of judges - Each judge of the Superior Court, when appointed shall take...
§ 11–906. Administration by chief judge; discharge of duties - (a) The chief judge shall administer and superintend the business...
§ 11–907. Absence, disability, or disqualification of chief judge - (a) When the chief judge of the court is absent...
§ 11–908. Designation and assignment of judges - (a) Subject to subsection 11-908A, the chief judge may designate...
§ 11–908A. Special rules regarding assignment and service of judges of Family Court - (a) Number of judges. — (1) In general. — The...
§ 11–909. Meetings and reports - (a) The judges of the Superior Court shall meet upon...
§ 11–910. Clerks and secretaries for judges - Each judge of the Superior Court may appoint and remove...
§ 11–911. Emergency authority to conduct proceedings outside District of Columbia - (a) In general. — The Superior Court may hold special...
§ 11–921. Civil jurisdiction - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Superior Court...
§ 11–922. Transfer of civil actions to Superior Court - (a) In a civil action begun in the United States...
§ 11–923. Criminal jurisdiction; commitment - (a) The Superior Court has jurisdiction over all criminal cases...
§ 11–924. Jurisdiction with respect to violations of the Rules and Regulations of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - The Superior Court has jurisdiction with respect to any violation,...
§ 11–925. Rules regarding certain pending child custody cases - (a) In any pending case involving custody over a minor...
§ 11–941. Issuance of warrants; record - Subject to Title 23, judges of the Superior Court may,...
§ 11–942. Subpenas [Subpoenas] - (a) The Superior Court may compel the attendance of witnesses...
§ 11–943. Process - (a) All process other than a subpena [subpoena] may be...
§ 11–944. Contempt power - (a) Subject to the limitation described in subsection (b), and...
§ 11–945. Oaths, affirmations, and acknowledgments - Each judge and each employee of the Superior Court authorized...
§ 11–946. Rules of court - The Superior Court shall conduct its business according to the...
§ 11–947. Emergency authority to toll or delay proceedings - (a) Tolling or Delaying Proceedings. — (1) In general. —...
Chapter 11 - Family Court of the Superior Court
§ 11–1101. Jurisdiction of the Family Court - (a) In General. — The Family Court of the District...
§ 11–1102. Use of alternative dispute resolution - To the greatest extent practicable and safe, cases and proceedings...
§ 11–1103. Standards of practice for appointed counsel - The Superior Court shall establish standards of practice for attorneys...
§ 11–1104. Administration - (a) “One Family, One Judge” Requirement for Cases and Proceedings....
§ 11–1105. Social services and other related services - (a) Onsite Coordination of Services and Information. — (1) In...
§ 11–1106. Reports to Congress - Not later than 90 days after the end of each...
Chapter 12 - Tax Division of the Superior Court
§ 11–1201. Exclusive jurisdiction - The Tax Division of the Superior Court shall be assigned...
§ 11–1202. Abolition of other remedies - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the jurisdiction of the...
§ 11–1203. Rules and regulations - The Superior Court may make such rules and regulations for...
Chapter 13 - Small Claims and Conciliation Branch of the Superior Court
Subchapter I - Continuation and Sessions
§ 11–1301. Continuation of Branch - The Small Claims and Conciliation Branch shall continue as a...
§ 11–1302. Sessions - The Small Claims and Conciliation Branch, with a judge in...
Subchapter II - Jurisdiction and Procedures
§ 11–1321. Exclusive jurisdiction of small claims - The Small Claims and Conciliation Branch has exclusive jurisdiction of...
§ 11–1322. Arbitration and conciliation - In order to effect the speedy settlement of controversies, and...
§ 11–1323. Certification of cases by Superior Court judges; recertification; certification by Branch - (a) When the interests of justice seem to require and...
Chapter 15 - Judges of the District of Columbia Courts
Subchapter I - Appointment; Qualifications; Service of Judges
§ 11–1501. Appointment and qualifications of judges - (a) The President of the United States shall nominate, and...
§ 11–1502. Tenure - Subject to mandatory retirement at age 74 and to the...
§ 11–1503. Designation of Chief Judge - (a) The chief judge of a District of Columbia court...
§ 11–1504. Services of retired judges - (a)(1) A judge, retired for reasons other than disability, who...
§ 11–1505. Vacations - (a) Each judge of the District of Columbia courts shall...
Subchapter II - The District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure
§ 11–1521. Establishment of Commission - There shall be a District of Columbia Commission on Judicial...
§ 11–1522. Membership - (a) The Commission shall consist of five members appointed as...
§ 11–1523. Terms of office; vacancy; continuation of service by a member - (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the term of...
§ 11–1524. Compensation - Members of the Tenure Commission shall serve without compensation for...
§ 11–1525. Operations; personnel; administrative services - (a) The Commission may make such rules and regulations for...
§ 11–1526. Removal; involuntary retirement; proceedings - (a)(1) A judge of a District of Columbia court shall...
§ 11–1527. Procedures - (a)(1) On its own initiative, or upon complaint or report...
§ 11–1528. Privilege; confidentiality - (a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the filing of papers with,...
§ 11–1529. Judicial review - (a) A judge aggrieved by an order of removal or...
§ 11–1530. Financial statements - (a) Pursuant to such rules as the Commission shall promulgate,...
Subchapter III - Retirement
§ 11–1561. Definitions - For purposes of this subchapter — (1) The term “judge”...
§ 11–1562. Eligibility for retirement - (a) A judge is eligible for retirement under this subchapter...
§ 11–1563. Withholding of retirement payments; lump-sum credit - (a) There shall be deducted and withheld from the basic...
§ 11–1564. Computation of retirement salary; election to credit other service - (a) The retirement salary of a judge who retires pursuant...
§ 11–1565. Service by retired judges - Any retired judge performing judicial duties as a senior judge...
§ 11–1566. Survivor annuity; election; relinquishment - (a) Any judge, whether or not subject to sections 11-1562...
§ 11–1567. Survivor annuity; payments to fund - (a) There shall be deducted and withheld from the salary...
§ 11–1568. Survivor annuity; entitlement; computation - (a) The service of a judge for the purpose of...
§ 11–1568.01. Opportunity to revoke a previous survivor annuity election - (1)(A) Any individual who, before the date of the enactment...
§ 11–1568.02. Additional opportunity to make a survivor annuity election - (1) Any individual who, on or before the date of...
§ 11–1568.03. Period for exercise of right to revoke or elect - The right to revoke an election under subsection (d) or...
§ 11–1569. Survivor annuity; payment; order of precedence - (a) Survivor annuities shall accrue monthly and shall be due...
§ 11–1570. The District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund - (a) There is established in the Treasury a fund known...
§ 11–1571. Periodic increases; existing rights - (a) The retirement salary of any judge, or the annuity...
§ 11–1572. Regulations; effect on Reform Act - (a) The Secretary is authorized to issue regulations to implement,...
Chapter 17 - Administration of District of Columbia Courts
Subchapter I - Court Administration
§ 11–1701. Administration of District of Columbia court system - (a) There shall be a Joint Committee on Judicial Administration...
§ 11–1702. Responsibilities of chief judges in the respective courts - (a) The Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court...
§ 11–1703. Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts; appointment; compensation - (a) There shall be an Executive Officer of the District...
§ 11–1704. Oath of the Executive Officer - The Executive Officer shall take an oath or affirmation for...
Subchapter II - Court Personnel
§ 11–1721. Clerks of courts - The District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Superior...
§ 11–1722. Director of Social Services - (a) There shall be a Director of Social Services in...
§ 11–1723. Fiscal Officer - (a) There shall be a Fiscal Officer in the District...
§ 11–1724. Auditor-Master - There shall be an Auditor-Master of the Superior Court who...
§ 11–1725. Appointment of nonjudicial personnel - (a) Subject to the approval of the Joint Committee, the...
§ 11–1726. Compensation and benefits for court personnel - (a) In the case of nonjudicial employees of the District...
§ 11–1727. Court reporters - (a) The Executive Officer shall appoint reporters who shall be...
§ 11–1728. Recruitment and training of personnel and travel - (a) The Executive Officer shall be responsible for recruiting such...
§ 11–1729. Service of United States marshal - The United States Marshal for the District of Columbia shall...
§ 11–1730. Reports of court personnel - (a) Judges of the courts shall furnish time and attendance...
§ 11–1731. Reports of other personnel - The Executive Officer or the chief judge may request such...
§ 11–1732. Magistrate judges - (a) With the approval of a majority of the judges...
§ 11–1732A. Special rules for magistrate judges of the Family Court of the Superior Court and the Domestic Violence Unit - (a) Use of social workers in advisory merit selection panel....
§ 11–1733. Collection, compromise, and waiver of employee debts and erroneous payments - (a) Collection of debts and erroneous payments made to employees.—...
Subchapter III - Duties and Responsibilities
§ 11–1741. Court operations and organization - Within the respective District of Columbia courts, and subject to...
§ 11–1742. Property and disbursement - (a) The Executive Officer shall be responsible, subject to the...
§ 11–1742a. Multiyear contracting authority and leasing agreements - (a) Severable services contracts for periods crossing fiscal years. —...
§ 11–1743. Annual budget and expenditures - (a) The Joint Committee shall prepare and submit to the...
§ 11–1744. Information and liaison services - The Executive Officer shall be responsible for — (1) collecting...
§ 11–1745. Reports and records - (a) The Executive Officer shall prepare and publish, subject to...
§ 11–1746. Certification of copies of papers or documents filed in District of Columbia courts - The Executive Officer shall provide that, if any person filing...
§ 11–1747. Delegation of authority - The Executive Officer and court officers appointed by the Executive...
§ 11–1748. Authority of courts to accept certain types of payments - (a) Definitions.--In this section, the term `electronic funds transfer'-- (1)...
Chapter 19 - Juries and Jurors
§ 11–1901. Declaration of policy - A jury selection system is hereby established for the Superior...
§ 11–1902. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the...
§ 11–1903. Prohibition of discrimination - A citizen of the District of Columbia may not be...
§ 11–1904. Jury system plan - (a) The Board of Judges shall adopt, implement, and as...
§ 11–1905. Master juror list - (a) The jury system plan shall provide for the compilation...
§ 11–1906. Qualification of jurors - (a) The jury system plan shall provide for procedures for...
§ 11–1907. Summoning of prospective jurors - (a) At such times as are determined under the jury...
§ 11–1908. Exclusion from jury service - (a) Subject to the provisions of this section and of...
§ 11–1909. Deferral from jury service - A qualified prospective juror may be deferred from jury service...
§ 11–1910. Challenging compliance with selection procedures - (a) A party may challenge the composition of a jury...
§ 11–1911. Length of service - The length of service for grand and petit jurors shall...
§ 11–1912. Juror fees - (a) Notwithstanding section 602(a) of the District of Columbia Home...
§ 11–1913. Protection of employment of jurors - (a) An employer shall not deprive an employee of employment,...
§ 11–1914. Preservation of records - (a) All records and lists compiled and maintained in connection...
§ 11–1915. Fraud in the selection process - An individual who commits fraud in the processing or selection...
§ 11–1916. Grand jury; additional grand jury - (a) A grand jury serving in the District of Columbia...
§ 11–1917. Coordination and cooperation of courts - To the extent feasible, the Superior Court and the United...
§ 11–1918. Effect of invalidity - If any provision of this Act [chapter] or the application...
Chapter 21 - Register of Wills
§ 11–2101. Continuation of office - The Office of the Register of Wills shall continue as...
§ 11–2102. Appointment; oath; qualifications; compensation - (a) The Superior Court shall appoint and remove the Register...
§ 11–2103. Services as clerk - With respect to the Probate Division of the Superior Court,...
§ 11–2104. Powers and duties; restrictions - (a) The Register of Wills may — (1) receive inventories...
§ 11–2105. Deputies and other employees - The Executvie [Executive] Officer of the District of Columbia courts...
§ 11–2106. Accounts - All fees, costs, and other moneys, except uncollected fees not...
Chapter 23 - Medical Examiner
§ 11–2301. Medical Examiner; Deputies; appointment, qualifications, and compensation. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 518, Pub. L. 91-358,...
§ 11–2302. Supporting services and facilities. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 518, Pub. L. 91-358,...
§ 11–2303. Former duties of coroner; oaths; teaching. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 518, Pub. L. 91-358,...
§ 11–2304. Deaths to be investigated; notification and investigation of deaths. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 518, Pub. L. 91-358,...
§ 11–2305. Possession of evidence and property. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 519, Pub. L. 91-358,...
§ 11–2306. Further investigation; autopsy. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 519, Pub. L. 91-358,...
§ 11–2307. Autopsy by pathologist other than medical examiner. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 519, Pub. L. 91-358,...
§ 11–2308. Delivery of body; expenses. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 519, Pub. L. 91-358,...
§ 11–2309. Records; reports; fees for other services. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 520, Pub. L. 91-358,...
§ 11–2310. Records as evidence. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 520, Pub. L. 91-358,...
§ 11–2311. Autopsies performed under court order. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 520, Pub. L. 91-358,...
§ 11–2312. Tissue transplants. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 520, Pub. L. 91-358,...
Chapter 25 - Attorneys
§ 11–2501. Admission to bar; regulations; prior admission - (a) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall make...
§ 11–2502. Censure, suspension, or disbarment for cause - The District of Columbia Court of Appeals may censure, suspend...
§ 11–2503. Disbarment upon conviction of crime; procedure for censure, suspension, or disbarment - (a) When a member of the bar of the District...
§ 11–2504. Censure, suspension, or disbarment by other courts - The Federal courts in the District of Columbia and the...
Chapter 26 - Representation of Indigents in Criminal Cases
§ 11–2601. Plan for furnishing representation of indigents in criminal cases - The Joint Committee on Judicial Administration shall place in operation,...
§ 11–2602. Appointment of counsel - Counsel furnishing representation under the plan shall in every case...
§ 11–2603. Duration and substitution of appointments - A person for whom counsel is appointed shall be represented...
§ 11–2604. Payment for representation - (a) Any attorney appointed pursuant to this chapter shall, at...
§ 11–2605. Services other than counsel - (a) Counsel for a person who is financially unable to...
§ 11–2606. Receipt of other payments - (a) Whenever the court finds that funds are available for...
§ 11–2607. Preparation of budget - The joint committee shall prepare and include in its annual...
§ 11–2608. Authorization of appropriations - There are authorized to be appropriated for payment to the...
§ 11–2609. Authority of Council. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1093, Pub. L. 93-412,...