Enforceable period of judgments; effect of docketing in District Court; Domestic Relations Branch

§ 15–132. Enforceable period of judgments; effect of docketing in District Court; Domestic Relations Branch (a) A judgment entered by the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions shall remain in force for only six years, unless it is docketed in the office of the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Upon being so docketed, the judgment has the same force and effect for all purposes as if it were a judgment of the District Court, and, until it is so docketed, it does not become a lien upon any real property in the District. The clerk of the District Court shall charge a fee of 50 cents for docketing the judgment. (b) A judgment of the Domestic Relations Branch of the Court of General Sessions has the same legal status as a lieu upon real property as a judgment of the District Court. (c) Upon the payment of a fee of 50 cents, the clerk of the Court of General Sessions shall prepare a copy of any judgment of the civil division of the Court, that is in force.