Section 15-302 - Period during which writ of execution may issue; returnable period

Period during which writ of execution may issue; returnable period

(a) A writ of execution on a judgment in a civil action may be issued within three years after:

(1) the expiration of any stay of execution agreed to by the parties; or

(2) it first might have been issued under applicable provisions of law or rules of court.

(b) A writ of execution shall be returnable on or before the sixtieth day after its date.

CREDIT(S)

(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 525, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 15-302.
1973 Ed., § 15-302.

Current through September 13, 2012