Subchapter I. General Provisions.


  • Current through October 23, 2012
  • Except in cases of irreconcilable conflict, this chapter shall be construed to augment, and not to repeal, any other law of the District of Columbia authorizing another basis of jurisdiction or permitting another procedure for service in civil proceedings in the District of Columbia courts.

    (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 548, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 132(a).)

    HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

    Prior Codifications

    1981 Ed., § 13-401.

    1973 Ed., § 13-401.

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  • When the statutory language so permits, this chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to make it uniform with the laws of those jurisdictions which enact in comparable form the first two articles of the Uniform Interstate and International Procedure Act.

    (July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 548, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 132(a).)

    HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

    Prior Codifications

    1981 Ed., § 13-402.

    1973 Ed., § 13-402.