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PUBLIC LAW 89-745-NOV. 2, 1966

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Public Law 89-745 AN ACT

November 2, 1966

To provide that a judgment or decree of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions shall not constitute a lien until filed and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

[H. R. 17798]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the D.C. United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. (a) Section 15-101 (a)(2) of the District of Columbia ne^nt?"''^'"^ Code is amended by striking out "when certified to and docketed in 77 Stat. 522. the clerk's office of the District Court" and inserting in lieu thereof "when filed and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia". SEC. 2. (a) Section 15-102(a) of the District of Columbia Code is amended to read as follows: " (a) Each— "(1) final judgment or decree for the payment of money rendered in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from the date when it is rendered, "(2) final judgment or decree rendered in the civil division of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, from the date such judgment or decree is filed and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, "(3) recognizance taken by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or a judge thereof, from the date when such recognizance is declared forieited, and "(4) recognizance taken by the criminal division of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, or a judge thereof, from the date the entry or order of forfeiture of such recognizance is filed and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, shall constitute a lien on all the freehold and leasehold estates, legal and equitable, of the defendants bound by such judgment, decree, or recognizance, in any land, tenements, or hereditaments in the District of Columbia, whether the estates are in possession or are reversions or remainders, vested or contingent. Such liens on equitable interests may be enforced only by an action to foreclose." (b) Subsection (b) of section 16-102 of the District of Columbia Repeal. Code is repealed and subsection (c) is redesignated subsection (b). SEC. 3. (a) The section heading for section 15-132 of the District of Columbia Code and subsection (a) of such section are amended to read as follows: "§ 15-132. Enforceable period of unrecorded judgments—Enforcement of judgments, etc., of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions " (a) A judgment entered by the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions shall remain in force only during the six-year period beginning on the date such judgment is entered unless it is filed and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia within such six-year period. The provisions of this title relating to enforcement of judgments, executions thereon, and writs and proceedings in aid of execution thereof, shall be applicable to

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