District Of Columbia § 28-2303 - Assignment of nonnegotiable contract.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 28-2303 — Assignment of nonnegotiable contract., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 28-2303. Assignment of nonnegotiable contract.
28-2303An owner of a nonnegotiable written agreement for the payment of money, including a nonnegotiable bill of exchange and a promissory note, or for the delivery of personal property, an open account, debt, and demand of a liquidated character, except a claim against the United States or the salary of a public officer, may assign it in writing, and the assignee may maintain an action thereon in his own name.
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