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Chapter 1 - Rules of Procedure
§ 13–101. Prescription of rules by courts. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 552, Pub. L. 91-358,...
Chapter 3 - Process and Parties
Subchapter I - General Provisions
§ 13–301. Courts to which applicable - Except as otherwise specifically provided by law or rules of...
§ 13–302. Service by marshal - Subject to the provisions of law or rules of court...
§ 13–302.01. Service by Metropolitan Police Department - (a) The Metropolitan Police Department shall execute, upon request, a...
§ 13–303. Service or execution on Sunday. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 18, 1991, D.C. Law 9-5, § 3(c), 38...
Subchapter II - Service of Process; Legal Representatives
§ 13–331. Service under other laws and rules of court - This chapter does not limit or affect the right to...
§ 13–332. Service on infants; appointment and compensation of guardian and attorney - (a) When an infant is a party defendant in an...
§ 13–333. Service on incompetent persons - When a person non compos mentis is a party defendant...
§ 13–334. Service on foreign corporations - (a) In an action against a foreign corporation doing business...
§ 13–335. Service by publication on domestic or foreign corporations - In an action specified by section 13-336 , when process...
§ 13–336. Service by publication on nonresidents, absent defendants, and unknown heirs or devisees - (a) In actions specified by subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 13–337. Personal service outside District in lieu of publication - (a) In actions specified by section 13-336, personal service of...
§ 13–338. Prerequisites for order of publication - An order for the substitution of publication for personal service...
§ 13–339. Form of order of publication - An order of publication shall be in the following or...
§ 13–340. Manner of publication; mailing of copy; default; appointment and compensation of guardian and attorney - (a) An order of publication shall be published at least...
§ 13–341. Service by publication on persons unknown to be living or dead and on unknown heirs and devisees - (a) When a person would be a proper party to...
Chapter 4 - Civil Jurisdiction and Service Outside the District of Columbia
§ 13–401. Relation to other provisions of law - Except in cases of irreconcilable conflict, this chapter shall be...
§ 13–402. Uniformity of interpretation - When the statutory language so permits, this chapter shall be...
Subchapter II - Bases of Personal Jurisdiction over Persons Outside the District of Columbia
§ 13–421. Definition of person - As used in this subchapter, the term “person” includes an...
§ 13–422. Personal jurisdiction based upon enduring relationship - A District of Columbia court may exercise personal jurisdiction over...
§ 13–423. Personal jurisdiction based upon conduct - (a) A District of Columbia court may exercise personal jurisdiction...
§ 13–424. Service outside the District of Columbia - When the exercise of personal jurisdiction is authorized by this...
§ 13–425. Inconvenient forum - When any District of Columbia court finds that in the...
Subchapter III - Service Outside the District of Columbia
§ 13–431. Manner and proof of service - (a) When the law of the District of Columbia authorizes...
§ 13–432. Individuals eligible to make service - Service outside the District of Columbia may be made by...
§ 13–433. Individuals to be served; special cases - When the law of the District of Columbia requires that...
§ 13–434. Assistance to tribunals and litigants outside the District of Columbia - (a) A District of Columbia court may order service upon...
Chapter 4A - Interstate Depositions and Discovery; Uniform Act
§ 13–441. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Interstate Depositions...
§ 13–442. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Foreign...
§ 13–443. Issuance of subpoena - (a) To request issuance of a subpoena under this section,...
§ 13–444. Service of subpoena - A subpoena issued by a Clerk of Superior Court under...
§ 13–445. Deposition, production, and inspection - The rules of the Superior Court applicable to compliance with...
§ 13–446. Application to Superior Court - An application to the Superior Court for a protective order...
§ 13–447. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be...
§ 13–448. Application to pending actions - This chapter applies to requests for discovery in cases pending...
Chapter 5 - Counterclaims
§ 13–501. Counterclaim by way of set-off as an action by defendant - In a civil action, a defendant who files a counterclaim...
§ 13–502. Effect of assignment - When cross-demands have existed between persons under such circumstances that...
§ 13–503. Action against principal and sureties - In an action against principal and sureties, an indebtedness of...
§ 13–504. Action by trustee - When the plaintiff in a civil action is trustee for...
§ 13–505. Action by or against executor or administrator - In an action against an executor or administrator, in his...
Chapter 7 - Trial. [Repealed]
§ 13–701. Special juries in District Court. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 27, 1968, 82 Stat. 62, Pub. L. 90-274,...
§ 13–702. Jury trials in civil cases in Court of General Sessions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 552, Pub. L. 91-358,...