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PUBLIC LAW 88-241-DEC. 23, 1963

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§ 14-701. Presumption of death If a person leaves his domicile without a known intention of changing it, and does not return or is not heard from for seven years from the time of his so leaving, he shall be presumed to be dead in any case where his death is in question, unless proof is made that he was alive within that time. § 14-702. Person presumed dead found living If the person presumed to be dead pursuant to section 14r-701 is found to be living, a person injured by the presumption shall be restored to the rights of which he was deprived by reason of the presumption.

TITLE 15-^UDGMENTS AND EXECUTIONS; FEES AND COSTS CHAPTER 1. JUDGMENTS AND DECBEES 3. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS AND DECREES 6. EXEMPTIONS AND TBIAL OF BIGHT TO SEIZED PROPERTY..

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7. FEEB AND COSTS

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18-101 15-SOl 15-801

15-701

CHAPTER 1—JUDGMENTS AND DECREES SUBCHAPTER I—GENEBALLY See. 15-101. Enforceable period of judgments; expiration. 15-102. Lien of Judgment, decree, or forfeited recognizance. 15-103. Bffect of revival. 15-104. Priority of liens. 16-105. Decree confirming sale of property; effect; ordering conveyance. 15-106. Judgment and damages assessed in actions on bonds or penal sums. 15-107. Setting off jud^nents. SUBCHAPTER II—COUBT OF GENBBAL SESSIONS 15-131. Judgments and executions generally; interest. 15-132. Enforceable period of Judgments; effect of docketing in District Court; Domestic Belations Branch. 15-133. Satisfaction of Judgment; recordation. Subchapter I—Generally § 15-101. Enforceable period of judgments; expiration (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, every final judgment or final decree for the payment of money rendered in the: (1) United States District Court for the District of Columbia; or (2) civil division of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, when certified to and docketed in the clerk's office of the District Court— is enforceable, by an execution issued thereon, for the period of twelve years only from the date when an execution might first be issued thereon, or from the date of the last order of revival thereof. The time during which the judgment creditor is stayed from enforcing the judgment, by written agreement filed in the case, or other order, or by the operation of an appeal, may not be computed as a part of the period within which the judgment is enforceable by execution. (b) A t the expiration of the twelve-year period provided by subsection (a) of this section, the judgment or decree shall cease to have any operation or effect. Thereafter, except in the case of a proceeding that may be then pending for the enforcement of the judgment or decree, action may not be brought on it, nor may it be revived, and execution may not issue on it.

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