District of Columbia
What District of Columbia law says about deposits, firings, overtime, collectors and accidents — and where each claim gets filed.
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| claim | free route | statute |
|---|---|---|
| Landlord & tenant a landlord keeping my deposit | — | 14 DCMR § 309 |
| Employment unpaid overtime | The Office of Wage-Hour at the Department of Employment Services takes the claim. Do not confuse it with the department's other “File a Claim” door, which is unemployment. The District's minimum wage rose to $18.40 an hour on 1 July 2026 for every worker whatever the employer's size, and it is that rate, not the federal one, that your overtime is calculated on.↗ | — |
| Consumer a debt collector harassing me | The Office of the Attorney General's consumer protection section takes the complaint. The District is not a state and its consumer protection law is its own: the Consumer Protection Procedures Act is enforced both by that office and by private suit, which is a second route the reader has here that they do not have in most states.↗ | — |
| Employment being fired for complaining | Your EEOC deadline here is 300 days rather than 180, because the DC Office of Human Rights takes charges of the same kind — the extension in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) turns on nothing else. Its own window is a full year from the day it happened or the day you found out, and the act has to have happened in the District. The state claim outlives the federal one here, so do not let the 300 days go by on the assumption that the longer number covers both.↗ | — |
| Injury a car accident | — | D.C. Code § 12-301(a)(8) |
free route · 3 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
statute · 2 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
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