D.C. Code § 22-4237 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 42A / § 22-4237
§ 22-4237. Prearrest Diversion Task Force.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on September 26, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version .*
(a) There is established a Prearrest Diversion Task Force ("Task Force") within the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.
(b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members and organizations, or their designees:
  (1) The Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice;
  (2) The Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services;
  (3) The Chief of Police of the Metropolitan Police Department;
  (4) The Director of the Department of Behavioral Health;
  (5) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia;
  (6) The chairperson of the Council committee with jurisdiction over judiciary and public safety matters;
  (7) The Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council;
  (8) One representative from a community organization with expertise in mental or behavioral health issues, appointed by the Chairperson of the Task Force;
  (9) One representative from a community organization with expertise in substance use disorder issues, appointed by the Chairperson of the Task Force; and
  (10) One representative from a community organization with expertise in housing issues, appointed by the Chairperson of the Task Force.
(c) The members of the Task Force shall select a Chairperson of the Task Force.
(d) In addition to the members described in subsection (b) of this section, the Chairperson of the Task Force shall invite the following individuals, or their designees, to participate as members of the Task Force:
  (1) The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia;
  (2) The Director of the Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia;
  (3) The Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia; and
  (4) The Director of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia's Family Court Social Services Division.
(e) As needed, the Task Force may establish subcommittees of its members.
(f) The duties of the Task Force shall include:
  (1) Reviewing and assessing best practices for prearrest diversion;
  (2) Making recommendations for prearrest diversion of certain misdemeanor offenses, and certain categories of persons;
  (3) Making recommendations regarding the programs, facilities, personnel, and funding that are necessary to implement prearrest diversion;
  (4) Making recommendations for any legislative changes that are necessary to enable prearrest diversion;
  (5) Implementing prearrest diversion of certain misdemeanor offenses, and categories of persons identified by the Task Force as being appropriate for diversion;
  (6) Identifying any potential improvements in police training or procedures relating to police interactions with individuals impacted by homelessness, mental or behavioral health issues, or substance abuse; and
  (7) Identifying individuals who frequently interact with police, are frequent mental health consumers, or have suffered from chronic homelessness, and ensure that those individuals are connected to social services.
(g) No later than June 2025, the Task Force shall convene for an initial meeting. Following that initial meeting, the Task Force shall meet on, at least, a monthly basis, until it issues its initial recommendations as required under subsection (h) of this section. Thereafter, the Task Force shall continue to meet at a frequency as determined by the Chairperson of the Task Force.
(h) No later than July 31, 2026, the Task Force shall issue initial recommendations for prearrest diversion of certain misdemeanor offenses and categories of persons identified pursuant to subsection (f)(5) of this section.
D.C. Code § 22-3009.01 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 30 / § 22-3009.01
§ 22-3009.01. First degree sexual abuse of a minor.
Status: in_force

Whoever, being 18 years of age or older, is in a significant relationship with a minor, and engages in a sexual act with that minor or causes that minor to engage in a sexual act shall be imprisoned for not more than 15 years and may be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
D.C. Code § 22-1901 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 19 / § 22-1901
§ 22-1901. Definition and penalty.
Status: in_force

If any person in the District related to another person within and not including the fourth degree of consanguinity, computed according to the rules of the Roman or civil law, shall marry or cohabit with or have sexual intercourse with such other so-related person, knowing him or her to be within said degree of relationship, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of incest, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 12 years. In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 .
D.C. Code § 22-3156 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 31B / § 22-3156
§ 22-3156. Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

There is jurisdiction to prosecute any person who participates in the commission of any offense described in this chapter if any act in furtherance of the offense occurs in the District of Columbia or where the effect of any act in furtherance of the offense occurs in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 22-2101 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 21 / § 22-2101
§ 22-2101. Murder in the first degree — Purposeful killing; killing while perpetrating certain crimes.
Status: in_force

Whoever, being of sound memory and discretion, kills another purposely, either of deliberate and premeditated malice or by means of poison, or in perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate an offense punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, or without purpose to do so kills another in perpetrating or in attempting to perpetrate any arson, as defined in § 22-301 or § 22-302 , first degree sexual abuse, first degree child sexual abuse, first degree cruelty to children, mayhem, robbery, or kidnaping, or in perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate any housebreaking while armed with or using a dangerous weapon, or in perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate a felony involving a controlled substance, is guilty of murder in the first degree. For purposes of imprisonment following revocation of release authorized by § 24-403.01(b)(7) , murder in the first degree is a Class A felony.
D.C. Code § 22-1716 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 17 / § 22-1716
§ 22-1716. Statement of purpose.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this subchapter to legalize lotteries, daily numbers games, bingo, raffles, Monte Carlo night parties, game of skill machines, and sports wagering, which activities are to be conducted only by the District of Columbia and only those licensed by the District of Columbia and subject to the jurisdiction, authority, and control of the District of Columbia. These activities will provide revenue to the District of Columbia and will provide the citizens of the District of Columbia financial benefits.
D.C. Code § 22-3002 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 30 / § 22-3002
§ 22-3002. First degree sexual abuse.
Status: in_force

(a) A person shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life, and in addition, may be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , if that person engages in or causes another person to engage in or submit to a sexual act in the following manner:
  (1) By using force against that other person;
  (2) By threatening or placing that other person in reasonable fear that any person will be subjected to death, bodily injury, or kidnapping;
  (3) After rendering that other person unconscious; or
  (4) After administering to that other person by force or threat of force, or without the knowledge or permission of that other person, a drug, intoxicant, or other similar substance that substantially impairs the ability of that other person to appraise or control his or her conduct.
(b) The court may impose a prison sentence in excess of 30 years only in accordance with § 22-3020 or § 24-403.01(b-2) . For purposes of imprisonment following revocation of release authorized by § 24-403.01(b)(7) , the offense defined by this section is a Class A felony.
D.C. Code § 22-5215 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 52 / § 22-5215
§ 22-5215. Discrimination by theatre proprietors against persons wearing uniform of armed services prohibited.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1321 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / § 22-1321
§ 22-1321. Disorderly conduct.
Status: in_force

(a) In any place open to the general public, and in the communal areas of multi-unit housing, it is unlawful for a person to:
  (1) Intentionally or recklessly act in such a manner as to cause another person to be in reasonable fear that a person or property in a person’s immediate possession is likely to be harmed or taken;
  (2) Incite or provoke violence where there is a likelihood that such violence will ensue; or
  (3) Direct abusive or offensive language or gestures at another person (other than a law enforcement officer while acting in his or her official capacity) in a manner likely to provoke immediate physical retaliation or violence by that person or another person.
(b) It is unlawful for a person to engage in loud, threatening, or abusive language, or disruptive conduct, with the intent and effect of impeding or disrupting the orderly conduct of a lawful public gathering, or of a congregation of people engaged in any religious service or in worship, a funeral, or similar proceeding.
(c) It is unlawful for a person to engage in loud, threatening, or abusive language, or disruptive conduct with the intent and effect of impeding or disrupting the lawful use of a public conveyance by one or more other persons.
(c-1) It is unlawful for a person to engage in loud, threatening, or abusive language, or disruptive conduct in a public building with the intent and effect of impeding or disrupting the orderly conduct of business in that public building.
(d) It is unlawful for a person to make an unreasonably loud noise between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. that is likely to annoy or disturb one or more other persons in their residences.
(e) It is unlawful for a person to urinate or defecate in public, other than in a urinal or toilet.
(f) It is unlawful for a person to stealthily look into a window or other opening of a dwelling, as defined in § 6-101.07 , under circumstances in which an occupant would have a reasonable expectation of privacy. It is not necessary that the dwelling be occupied at the time the person looks into the window or other opening.
(g) It is unlawful, under circumstances whereby a breach of the peace may be occasioned, to interfere with any person in any public place by jostling against the person, unnecessarily crowding the person, or placing a hand in the proximity of the person’s handbag, pocketbook, or wallet.
(h) A person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , imprisoned not more than 90 days, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-3155 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 31B / § 22-3155
§ 22-3155. Use, dissemination, or detonation of a weapon of mass destruction.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who uses, disseminates, or detonates a weapon of mass destruction capable of causing multiple deaths, serious bodily injuries to multiple persons, or massive destruction of property may, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for life.
(b) A person who attempts or conspires to use, disseminate, or detonate a weapon of mass destruction capable of causing multiple deaths, serious bodily injuries to multiple persons, or massive destruction of property may, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not more than 30 years.
(c) In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 .
D.C. Code § 22-4016 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 40 / § 22-4016
§ 22-4016. No change in age of consent; registration not required for offenses between consenting adults.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not change the age of consent for any sexual conduct under any law of the District of Columbia.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the following do not constitute registration offenses:
  (1) Any sexual offense between consenting adults or an attempt, conspiracy or solicitation to commit such an offense, except for offenses to which consent is not a defense as provided in § 22-3017 ;
  (2) Any misdemeanor offense that involved a person’s sexual touching or attempted or solicited sexual touching of an undercover law enforcement officer where the person believed that the officer was an adult; and
  (3) Any misdemeanor offense committed against an adult, except where the offender agrees in a plea agreement to be subject to sex offender registration requirements.
D.C. Code § 22-1007 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 10 / § 22-1007
§ 22-1007. Impounded animals to be supplied with food and water.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall impound, or cause to be impounded in any pound, any creature, shall supply the same, during such confinement, with a sufficient quantity of good and wholesome food and water; and in default thereof shall, upon conviction, be punished for every such offense in the same manner provided in § 22-1001 .
D.C. Code § 22-4014 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 40 / § 22-4014
§ 22-4014. Duties of sex offenders.
Status: in_force

During the registration period, a sex offender shall, in the time and manner specified by the Agency:
(1) Register with the Agency as a sex offender;
(2) Provide any information required for registration, and cooperate in photographing and fingerprinting;
(3) Report any change of residence or other change in registration information;
(4) Periodically verify address and such other registration information as the Agency may specify, including complying with any requirement to return address verification forms or appear in person for the purpose of verification;
(5) Report if the sex offender is moving to another state, or works or attends school in another state, and register in any such state;
(6) Acknowledge receipt of information concerning the sex offender’s duties under this chapter, including reading and signing a form or forms stating that these duties have been explained to the sex offender; and
(7) Meet with responsible officers and officials for the purpose of carrying out any requirements adopted by the Agency under this chapter.
D.C. Code § 22-4515 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 45 / § 22-4515
§ 22-4515. Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any violation of any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is specifically provided shall be punished by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-4607 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 46 / § 22-4607
§ 22-4607. Violations of §§ 22-4602 to 22-4606 where value of property less than $100.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1201 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 12 / § 22-1201
§ 22-1201. Debt adjusting; prohibitions; exceptions; penalties; prosecutions for violations.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3306 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 33 / § 22-3306
§ 22-3306. Defacing books, manuscripts, publications, or works of art.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall wrongfully deface, injure, or mutilate, tear, or destroy any book, pamphlet, or manuscript, or any portion thereof belonging to the Library of Congress, or to any public library in the District of Columbia, whether the property of the United States or of the District of Columbia or of any individual or corporation in said District, or who shall wrongfully deface, injure, mutilate, tear, or destroy any book, pamphlet, document, manuscript, public record, print, engraving, medal, newspaper, or work of art, the property of the United States or of the District of Columbia, shall be held guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall, when the offense is not otherwise punishable by some statute of the United States, be punished by a fine of not less than $10 and not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , and by imprisonment for not less than 1 month nor more than 180 days, or both, for every such offense.
D.C. Code § 22-2403 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / § 22-2403
§ 22-2403. Subornation of perjury.
Status: in_force

A person commits the offense of subornation of perjury if that person wilfully procures another to commit perjury. Any person convicted of subornation of perjury shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-3901 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 39 / § 22-3901
§ 22-3901. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Convicted” means having received a verdict, or a finding, of guilt in a criminal proceeding, adjudicated as being delinquent in a juvenile proceeding, or having entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.
(2) “HIV test” means blood testing for the human immunodeficiency virus (“HIV”) or any other identified causative agent of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (“AIDS”).
(3) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia, or his or her designee.
(4) “Offense” means any prohibited activity involving a sexual act that includes contact between the penis and the vulva or the penis and the anus, however slight, or contact between the mouth and the penis, the mouth and the vulva, or the mouth and the anus.
(5) “Victim” means a person injured by the commission of an offense, and includes the parent or legal guardian of the victim, if the victim is a minor, or the spouse, domestic partner, or child of a victim, if the victim is deceased or incapacitated.
D.C. Code § 22-1710 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 17 / § 22-1710
§ 22-1710. Penalty for bucketing or keeping bucket-shop.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-4008 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 40 / § 22-4008
§ 22-4008. Verification functions of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency.
Status: in_force

(a) The Agency shall have the authority to adopt and implement procedures and requirements for verification of address information and other information required for registration under this chapter. The procedures and requirements may include, but need not be limited to, requirements that the sex offender:
  (1) Verify address information or other information at least annually, or at more frequent intervals as specified by the Agency;
  (2) Return address verification forms;
  (3) Appear in person for purposes of verification;
  (4) Cooperate in the taking of fingerprints and photographs, as part of the verification process; and
  (5) Update any information that has changed since any preceding registration or verification as part of the verification process.
(b) The Agency shall have the authority to immediately notify the Metropolitan Police Department if the Agency is unable to verify the address of or locate a sex offender who is required to register under this chapter or if the sex offender otherwise fails to comply with any requirements of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 22-703 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 7 / § 22-703
§ 22-703. Obstructing justice.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3004 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 30 / § 22-3004
§ 22-3004. Third degree sexual abuse.
Status: in_force

A person shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years and may be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , if that person engages in or causes sexual contact with or by another person in the following manner:
(1) By using force against that other person;
(2) By threatening or placing that other person in reasonable fear that any person will be subjected to death, bodily injury, or kidnapping;
(3) After rendering that person unconscious; or
(4) After administering to that person by force or threat of force, or without the knowledge or permission of that other person, a drug, intoxicant, or similar substance that substantially impairs the ability of that other person to appraise or control his or her conduct.
D.C. Code § 22-3903 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 39 / § 22-3903
§ 22-3903. Rules.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , issue rules to implement this chapter.
(b) The rules shall include provisions regarding notification to the victim of his or her right to request an HIV test, confidentiality of the test results, free counselling for the victim and the convicted individual concerning HIV testing and HIV disease, and referral for appropriate health care and supportive services.
D.C. Code § 22-4308 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 43 / § 22-4308
§ 22-4308. Confiscation of fishing equipment used in violation of the law.
Status: repealed

Recodified at § 8-2221.08
D.C. Code § 22-5201 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 52 / § 22-5201
§ 22-5201. “Gift enterprise” defined.
Status: omitted

Omitted.
D.C. Code § 22-1323 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / § 22-1323
§ 22-1323. Obstructing bridges connecting D.C. and Virginia.
Status: in_force

Effective with respect to conduct occurring on or after August 5, 1997, whoever in the District of Columbia knowingly and willfully obstructs any bridge connecting the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia:
(1) Shall be fined not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000, and in addition may be imprisoned not more than 30 days; or
(2) If applicable, shall be subject to prosecution by the District of Columbia under the provisions of District law and regulation amended by the Safe Streets Anti-Prostitution Amendment Act of 1996.
(3) The fine set forth in this section shall not be limited by § 22-3571.01 .
D.C. Code § 22-4608 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 46 / § 22-4608
§ 22-4608. Conversion by commission merchant, consignee, person selling goods on commission, and auctioneers.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3252 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3252
§ 22-3252. Blackmail.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the offense of blackmail when that person, with intent to obtain property of another or to cause another to do or refrain from doing any act, threatens to:
  (1) Accuse another person of a crime;
  (2) Expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or false, tending to subject another person to hatred, contempt, ridicule, embarrassment, or other injury to reputation;
  (3) Impair the reputation of another person, including a deceased person;
  (4) Distribute a photograph, video, or audio recording, whether authentic or inauthentic, tending to subject another person to hatred, contempt, ridicule, embarrassment, or other injury to reputation; or
  (5) Notify a federal, state, or local government agency or official of, or publicize, another person's immigration or citizenship status.
(b) Any person convicted of blackmail shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-2404 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / § 22-2404
§ 22-2404. False swearing.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the offense of false swearing if under oath or affirmation he or she wilfully makes a false statement, in writing, that is in fact material and the statement is one which is required by law to be sworn or affirmed before a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths.
(b) Any person convicted of false swearing shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-3226.03 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3226.03
§ 22-3226.03. Surety bond requirements for telephone solicitors.
Status: in_force

(a) The application for registration or renewal shall be accompanied by a surety bond in the amount of $50,000. The bond shall provide for the indemnification of any person suffering a loss as the result a violation of this subchapter.
(b) The surety may terminate the bond upon giving a 60-day written notice to the principal and to the Mayor.
(c) Unless the bond is replaced by that of another surety before the expiration of the 60-day notice of cancellation, the registration of the principal shall be treated as lapsed.
D.C. Code § 22-701 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 7 / § 22-701
§ 22-701. Definition and penalty.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-4505.01 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 45 / § 22-4505.01
§ 22-4505.01. Off-duty law enforcement officers carrying restrictions.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding § 22-4505 or any other law, no off-duty law enforcement officer shall carry any firearm, openly or concealed, in the following locations or under the following circumstances:
  (1) A building or office occupied by the government of the District of Columbia, its agencies, or its instrumentalities;
  (2) A District government property or park;
  (3) Any private residential property other than the officer's own residence, if:
    (A) The property displays clear and conspicuous signage indicating that firearms are prohibited; or
    (B) The property owner or person in control of the premises directly communicates, orally or in writing, to the law enforcement officer in advance of entry onto the residential property that the carrying of pistols is prohibited;
  (4) Any private property that does not belong to the law enforcement officer and that is not a residence, including private property open to the public, if:
    (A) The property is posted with conspicuous signage prohibiting the carrying of a pistol; or
    (B) The owner or authorized agent personally communicates to the law enforcement officer that the carrying of pistols is prohibited; and
  (5) In a church, synagogue, mosque, or other place where people regularly assemble for religious worship and that is not otherwise covered by paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection, if:
    (A) The property is posted with conspicuous signage prohibiting the carrying of a pistol; or
    (B) The owner or authorized agent communicates to the law enforcement officer that carrying a pistol is prohibited.
(b) For the purposes of this section:
  (1) A law enforcement officer shall be an off-duty law enforcement officer when the officer is not performing an official duty for the governmental agency that authorizes the officer to carry a firearm.
  (2) A Metropolitan Police Department officer's authorized service weapon includes the officer's authorized off-duty service weapon.
(c) This section shall not apply to the carrying of authorized service weapons by:
  (1) Law enforcement officers employed by the District, including members of the Metropolitan Police Department; or
  (2) An officer, agent, or employee of the United States, a State, or political subdivision thereof, who is authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of law and who is engaged in the lawful performance of their official duties, including travel to or from any official activity and participation in an authorized honor guard.
D.C. Code § 22-4108 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 41 / § 22-4108
§ 22-4108. Duties of the Board of Parole.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1706 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 17 / § 22-1706
§ 22-1706. Three-card monte and confidence games.
Status: in_force

Whoever shall in the District deal, play, or practice, or be in any manner accessory to the dealing or practicing, of the confidence game or swindle known as 3-card monte, or of any such game, play, or practice, or any other confidence game, play, or practice, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 and by imprisonment for not more than 180 days.
D.C. Code § 22-4117 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 41 / § 22-4117
§ 22-4117. Applicability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-2731 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 27 / § 22-2731
§ 22-2731. Prostitution free zone; penalty.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-4321 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 43 / § 22-4321
§ 22-4321. Killing game birds and permits therefor.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3226.06 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3226.06
§ 22-3226.06. Unlawful acts and practices.
Status: in_force

(a) A telephone solicitor commits the offense of telephone solicitation fraud when engaged in any one of the following:
  (1) Fails to obtain or maintain a valid certificate of registration;
  (2) Obtains a certificate of registration through any false or fraudulent pretence or representation in any registration application;
  (3) Knowingly fails to have received written consent to use the name of a charitable organization;
  (4) Knowingly misrepresents any of the following:
    (A) The total cost of the goods or services that are the subject of the telephone solicitation sales call;
    (B) Material restrictions, material limitations, or material conditions to the purchase of goods or services that are the subject of a telephone solicitation;
    (C) Material aspects of the performance, efficacy, nature or characteristics of goods or services that are the subject of a telephone solicitation; or
    (D) Material aspects of the nature of terms of the telephone solicitor’s refund, cancellation, exchange or repurchase policies;
  (5) Induces a consumer to purchase goods or services by means of a false or fraudulent pretense, representation or promise;
  (6) Charges a consumer’s checking or savings account without the consumer’s express written authorization; or
  (7) Procures the services of any professional delivery, courier, or other pickup service to obtain immediate receipt and/or possession of a consumer’s payment unless the goods are delivered with the opportunity to inspect before payment is collected.
(b) A person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in §§ 22-3226.09 and 22-3226.10 .
D.C. Code § 22-3024 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 30 / § 22-3024
§ 22-3024. Privilege inapplicable for spouses or domestic partners.
Status: in_force

Laws attaching a privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses or domestic partners are inapplicable in prosecutions under subchapter II of this chapter where the defendant is or was married to the victim, or is or was a domestic partner of the victim, or where the victim is a child.
D.C. Code § 22-4151 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 41B / § 22-4151
§ 22-4151. Qualifying offenses.
Status: in_force

(a) The following criminal offenses shall be qualifying offenses for the purposes of DNA collection under the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000, approved December 19, 2000 (Pub. L. No. 106-546; 114 Stat. 2726) [42 U.S.C. §§ 14135-14135 e]:
  (1) Any felony;
  (2) Any offense for which the penalty is greater than one year imprisonment;
  (3) § 22-1312(b) (lewd, indecent, or obscene acts (knowingly in the presence of a child under the age of 16 years));
  (4) § 22-2201 (certain obscene activities involving minors);
  (5) § 22-3102 (sexual performances using minors);
  (6) § 22-3006 (misdemeanor sexual abuse);
  (7) § 22-3010.01 (misdemeanor sexual abuse of a child or minor); and
  (8) Attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the offenses listed in paragraphs (1) through (7) of this subsection.
(b) DNA collected by an agency of the District of Columbia shall not be searched for the purpose of identifying a family member related to the individual from whom the DNA sample was acquired.
D.C. Code § 22-4707 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 47 / § 22-4707
§ 22-4707. Receiving property stolen from District.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1804 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 18 / § 22-1804
§ 22-1804. Second conviction.
Status: in_force

(a) If any person: (1) is convicted of a criminal offense (other than a non-moving traffic offense) under a law applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia; and (2) was previously convicted of a criminal offense under any law of the United States or of a state or territory of the United States which offense, at the time of the conviction referred to in clause (1) of this subsection, is the same as, constitutes, or necessarily includes, the offense referred to in that clause, such person may be sentenced to pay a fine in an amount not more than one and one-half times the maximum fine prescribed for the conviction referred to in clause (1) of this subsection and sentenced to imprisonment for a term not more than one and one-half times the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed for that conviction. If such person was previously convicted more than once of an offense described in clause (2) of this subsection, such person may be sentenced to pay a fine in an amount not more than 3 times the maximum fine prescribed for the conviction referred to in clause (1) of this subsection and sentenced to imprisonment for a term not more than 3 times the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed for that conviction. No conviction with respect to which a person has been pardoned on the ground of innocence shall be taken into account in applying this section.
(b) This section shall not apply in the event of conflict with any other provision of law which provides an increased penalty for a specific offense by reason of a prior conviction of the same or any other offense.
D.C. Code § 22-3225.09 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3225.09
§ 22-3225.09. Insurance fraud prevention and detection.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 6 months of April 27, 1999, every insurer licensed in the District shall submit to the Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation, an insurance fraud prevention and detection plan (“plan”). The plan shall indicate specific procedures for the accomplishment of the following:
  (1) Prevention, detection, and investigation of insurance fraud;
  (2) Orientation of employees on insurance fraud prevention and detection;
  (3) Employment of fraud investigators;
  (4) Reporting of insurance fraud to the appropriate authorities; and
  (5) Collection of restitution for financial loss caused by insurance fraud.
(b) The Commissioner may review the plan for compliance with this section and may order reasonable modification or request a summary of the plan. The Commissioner may establish by regulation a fine for an insurer failing to comply with the plan. The plan shall not be deemed a public record for the purposes of any public records or subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 2 .
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an insurer who fails to submit an insurance prevention and detection plan, or the warning provision required by subsection (d) of this section shall be subject to a fine of $500 per day, not to exceed $25,000.
(d) No later than 6 months after April 27, 1999, all insurance application forms and all claim forms shall contain a conspicuous warning in language the same or substantially similar to the following:
“WARNING: It is a crime to provide false or misleading information to an insurer for the purpose of defrauding the insurer or any other person. Penalties include imprisonment and/or fines. In addition, an insurer may deny insurance benefits if false information materially related to a claim was provided by the applicant.”.
(e) None of the requirements of this section shall be deemed to apply to reinsurers, reinsurance contracts, reinsurance agreements, or reinsurance claims transactions.
D.C. Code § 22-1006 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 10 / § 22-1006
§ 22-1006. Prosecution of offenders; disposition of fines.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of all marshals, deputy marshals, police officers, or any humane officer of the Washington Humane Society, to prosecute all violations of the provisions of §§ 22-1001 to 22-1009 and §§ 22-1011 , 22-1013 , and 22-1014 , which shall come to their notice or knowledge, and fines and forfeitures collected upon or resulting from the complaint or information of any humane officer of the Washington Humane Society under §§ 22-1001 to 22-1009 and §§ 22-1011 , 22-1013 , and 22-1014 [repealed] shall inure and be paid over to said association, in aid of the benevolent objects for which it was incorporated.
D.C. Code § 22-5212 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 52 / § 22-5212
§ 22-5212. Mislabeling potatoes -- Penalties.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1307 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / § 22-1307
§ 22-1307. Crowding, obstructing, or incommoding.
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for a person, alone or in concert with others:
  (1) To crowd, obstruct, or incommode:
    (A) The use of any street, avenue, alley, road, highway, or sidewalk;
    (B) The entrance of any public or private building or enclosure;
    (C) The use of or passage through any public building or public conveyance; or
    (D) The passage through or within any park or reservation; and
  (2) To continue or resume the crowding, obstructing, or incommoding after being instructed by a law enforcement officer to cease the crowding, obstructing, or incommoding.
(b) (1) It is unlawful for a person, alone or in concert with others, to engage in a demonstration in an area where it is otherwise unlawful to demonstrate and to continue or resume engaging in a demonstration after being instructed by a law enforcement officer to cease engaging in a demonstration.
  (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term “demonstration” means marching, congregating, standing, sitting, lying down, parading, demonstrating, or patrolling by one or more persons, with or without signs, for the purpose of persuading one or more individuals, or the public, or to protest some action, attitude, or belief.
(c) A person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-5209 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 52 / § 22-5209
§ 22-5209. Mislabeling potatoes.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1509 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 15 / § 22-1509
§ 22-1509. “person” defined.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-723 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 7 / § 22-723
§ 22-723. Tampering with physical evidence; penalty.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the offense of tampering with physical evidence if, knowing or having reason to believe an official proceeding has begun or knowing that an official proceeding is likely to be instituted, that person alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, or removes a record, document, or other object, with intent to impair its integrity or its availability for use in the official proceeding.
(b) Any person convicted of tampering with physical evidence shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-2722 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 27 / § 22-2722
§ 22-2722. Keeping bawdy or disorderly houses.
Status: in_force

Whoever is convicted of keeping a bawdy or disorderly house in the District shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-1012.01 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 10 / § 22-1012.01
§ 22-1012.01. Prohibiting sexual contact between a person and animal.
Status: in_force

(a) First degree. A person commits first degree sexual contact between a person and animal when the person knowingly causes another person to engage in sexual contact with an animal:
  (1) By means of debt bondage or making an explicit or implicit coercive threat; or
  (2) When, in fact, the other person is:
    (A) Under 18 years of age; or
    (B) A vulnerable adult.
(b) Second degree. A person commits second degree sexual contact between a person and animal when the person knowingly engages in a sexual contact with an animal.
(c) Defenses. It is an affirmative defense to liability under this section if the conduct constituting an offense is one of the following acts that is otherwise lawful:
  (1) The practice of veterinary medicine, performed by a licensed veterinarian or a certified veterinary technician under the guidance of a licensed veterinarian;
  (2) Artificial insemination of animals for the purpose of procreation;
  (3) Animal husbandry practices, including raising, breeding or assisting with the birthing process of animals; or
  (4) Any other practice that provides care for animals or conformation judging.
(d) Penalties. A person convicted of:
  (1) First degree sexual contact between a person and animal shall be fined no more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or incarcerated for no more than 2 years, or both.
  (2) Second degree sexual contact between a person and animal shall be fined no more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or incarcerated for no more than 180 days, or both.
(e) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Coercive threat" means a communication that, unless the recipient of the communication complies, a person will:
    (A) Engage in conduct that, in fact, constitutes a criminal offense;
    (B) Take or withhold action as a public official, or cause a public official to take or withhold action;
    (C) Accuse a person of a crime;
    (D) Expose a secret, publicize an asserted fact, or distribute a photograph, video or audio recording, regardless of the truth or authenticity of the secret, fact, or item, that tends to subject another person to, or perpetuate:
      (i) Hatred, contempt, ridicule, or other significant injury to personal; or
      (ii) Significant injury to credit or business reputation;
    (E) Notify a federal, state, or local government agency or official of, or publicize, another person's immigration or citizenship status;
    (F) Restrict a person's access to either a controlled substance that the person owns or a prescription medication that the person owns; or
    (G) Cause any harm that is sufficiently serious, under all the circumstances, to compel a reasonable person of the same background and in the same circumstances as the complainant to comply.
  (2) "Debt bondage" means the status or condition of a person who provides services or commercial sex acts for a real or alleged debt, where:
    (A) The value of the services or commercial sex acts, as reasonably assessed, is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt;
    (B) The length and nature of the services or commercial sex acts are not respectively limited and defined; or
    (C) The amount of the debt does not reasonably reflect the value of the items or services for which the debt was incurred.
  (3) "Sexual contact" means an act between a person and an animal for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, abuse, or financial gain that involves:
    (A) Contact between the sex organs or anus of one and the mouth, anus or sex organs of the other;
    (B) Touching or fondling by a person of the sex organs or anus of an animal, either directly or through clothing, without a bona fide veterinary or animal husbandry purpose;
    (C) A transfer or transmission of semen by the person upon any part of the animal; or
    (D) The insertion, however slight, of a part of a person's body or an object into the vaginal or anal opening of an animal or the insertion of a part of the animal's body into the vaginal or anal opening of the person.
  (4) "Veterinary purpose" means the practice of veterinary medicine, performed by a licensed veterinarian or a certified veterinary, intended to address the medical condition of an animal, such as an existing or recurring illness, infection, disease, injury, or abnormal condition that compromises the animal's health.  The term "veterinary purpose" does not include cosmetic or aesthetic reasons or reasons of convenience in keeping or handling the animal.
  (5) "Vulnerable adult" means a person who is 18 years of age or older and has one or more physical or mental limitations that substantially impairs the person's ability to independently provide for their daily needs or safeguard their person, property, or legal interests.
D.C. Code § 22-2704 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 27 / § 22-2704
§ 22-2704. Abducting or enticing child from his or her home for purposes of prostitution; harboring such child.
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for any person, for purposes of prostitution, to:
  (1) Persuade, entice, or forcibly abduct a child under 18 years of age from his or her home or usual abode, or from the custody and control of the child’s parents or guardian; or
  (2) Secrete or harbor any child so persuaded, enticed, or abducted from his or her home or usual abode, or from the custody and control of the child’s parents or guardian.
(b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
D.C. Code § 22-1807 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 18 / § 22-1807
§ 22-1807. Punishment for offenses not covered by provisions of Code.
Status: in_force

Whoever shall be convicted of any criminal offense not covered by the provisions of any section of this Code, or of any general law of the United States not locally inapplicable in the District of Columbia, shall be punished by a fine not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-3225.08 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3225.08
§ 22-3225.08. Investigation and report of insurance fraud.
Status: in_force

(a) Based upon a reasonable belief, an insurer, insurance professional, and any other pertinent person, shall report to the Metropolitan Police Department or the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking, actions that may constitute the commission of insurance fraud, and assist in the investigation of insurance fraud by reasonably providing information when required by an investigating authority.
(b) The Commissioner may investigate suspected fraudulent insurance acts and persons engaged in the business of insurance. Nothing in this subchapter shall preempt the authority or relieve the duty of other law enforcement or regulatory agencies to investigate, examine, and prosecute suspected violations of law.
(c) An insurer, insurance professional, or any other pertinent person who fails to reasonably assist the investigation of an insurance fraud or fails to report an insurance fraud, and who is injured by that insurance fraud, shall be estopped from receiving restitution as provided in § 22-3225.05 .
(d) Any information, documentation, or other evidence provided under this section by an insurer, its employees, producers, or agents, or by any other person, to the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking, the Metropolitan Police Department, or any other law enforcement agency in connection with any investigation of suspected fraud is not subject to public inspection as long as the Commissioner or law enforcement agency deems the withholding to be necessary to complete an investigation of the suspected fraud or to protect the person or entity investigated from unwarranted injury.
(e) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3502 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 35 / § 22-3502
§ 22-3502. “Vagrants” defined.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1834 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 18A / § 22-1834
§ 22-1834. Sex trafficking of children.
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for an individual or a business knowingly to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, or maintain by any means a person who will be caused as a result to engage in a commercial sex act knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that the person has not attained the age of 18 years.
(b) In a prosecution under subsection (a) of this section in which the defendant had a reasonable opportunity to observe the person recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, or maintained, the government need not prove that the defendant knew that the person had not attained the age of 18 years.
D.C. Code § 22-3226.04 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3226.04
§ 22-3226.04. Security alternative to surety bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant required under this subchapter to file a bond with a registration application may file with the Mayor, in lieu thereof, a certificate of deposit or government bond in the amount of $50,000.
(b) The Mayor shall hold the certificate of deposit or government bond for 3 years starting from the date the telemarketing business ceases to operate or the registration lapses in order to pay claims made against the telemarketing business during its period of operation after which time the Mayor shall return any remaining balance.
(c) The registration of the telemarketing business shall be treated as lapsed if, at any time, the amount of bond, cash, certificate of deposit or government bonds falls below the amount required by this section.
(d) The surety bond shall remain in effect for 3 years from the period the telemarketing business ceases to operate in the District.
(e) The aggregate liability of the surety company to all persons injured by a telephone solicitor’s violations of this subchapter shall not exceed the amount of the bond.
D.C. Code § 22-2712 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 27 / § 22-2712
§ 22-2712. Operating house of prostitution.
Status: in_force

Any person who, within the District of Columbia, knowingly, shall accept, receive, levy, or appropriate any money or other valuable thing, without consideration other than the furnishing of a place for prostitution or the servicing of a place for prostitution, from the proceeds or earnings of any individual engaged in prostitution shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 5 years and by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 .
D.C. Code § 22-3531 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 35A / § 22-3531
§ 22-3531. Voyeurism.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Electronic device” means any electronic, mechanical, or digital equipment that captures visual or aural images, including cameras, computers, tape recorders, video recorders, and cellular telephones.
  (2) “Private area” means the naked or undergarment-clad genitals, pubic area, anus, or buttocks, or female breast below the top of the areola.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, it is unlawful for any person to occupy a hidden observation post or to install or maintain a peephole, mirror, or any electronic device for the purpose of secretly or surreptitiously observing an individual who is:
  (1) Using a bathroom or rest room;
  (2) Totally or partially undressed or changing clothes; or
  (3) Engaging in sexual activity.
(c) (1) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, it is unlawful for a person to electronically record, without the express and informed consent of the individual being recorded, an individual who is:
    (A) Using a bathroom or rest room;
    (B) Totally or partially undressed or changing clothes; or
    (C) Engaging in sexual activity.
  (2) Express and informed consent is only required when the individual engaged in these activities has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, it is unlawful for a person to intentionally capture an image of a private area of an individual, under circumstances in which the individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without the individual’s express and informed consent.
(e) This section does not prohibit the following:
  (1) Any lawful law enforcement, correctional, or intelligence observation or surveillance;
  (2) Security monitoring in one’s own home;
  (3) Security monitoring in any building where there are signs prominently displayed informing persons that the entire premises or designated portions of the premises are under surveillance; or
  (4) Any electronic recording of a medical procedure which is conducted under circumstances where the patient is unable to give consent.
(f) (1) A person who violates subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.
  (2) A person who distributes or disseminates, or attempts to distribute or disseminate, directly or indirectly, by any means, a photograph, film, videotape, audiotape, compact disc, digital video disc, or any other image or series of images or sounds or series of sounds that the person knows or has reason to know were taken in violation of subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
(g) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia, or his or her assistants, shall prosecute a violation of subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section for which the penalty is set forth in subsection (f)(1) of this section.
D.C. Code § 22-1510 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 15 / § 22-1510
§ 22-1510. Making, drawing, or uttering check, draft, or order with intent to defraud; proof of intent; “credit” defined.
Status: in_force

Any person within the District of Columbia who, with intent to defraud, shall make, draw, utter, or deliver any check, draft, order, or other instrument for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository, knowing at the time of such making, drawing, uttering, or delivering that the maker or drawer has not sufficient funds in or credit with such bank or other depository for the payment of such check, draft, order, or other instrument in full upon its presentation, shall, if the amount of such check, draft, order, or other instrument is $1,000 or more, be guilty of a felony and fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not less than 1 year nor more than 3 years, or both; or if the amount of such check, draft, order, or other instrument has some value, be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both. As against the maker or drawer thereof the making, drawing, uttering, or delivering by such maker or drawer of a check, draft, order, or other instrument, payment of which is refused by the drawee because of insufficient funds of the maker or drawer in its possession or control, shall be prima facie evidence of the intent to defraud and of knowledge of insufficient funds in or credit with such bank or other depository, provided such maker or drawer shall not have paid the holder thereof the amount due thereon, together with the amount of protest fees, if any, within 5 days after receiving notice in person, or writing, that such check, draft, order, or other instrument has not been paid. The word “credit,” as used herein, shall be construed to mean arrangement or understanding, express or implied, with the bank or other depository for the payment of such check, draft, order, or other instrument.
D.C. Code § 22-3203 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3203
§ 22-3203. Consecutive sentences.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may be convicted of any combination of theft, identity theft, fraud, credit card fraud, unauthorized use of a vehicle, commercial piracy, and receiving stolen property for the same act or course of conduct; provided, that no person shall be consecutively sentenced for any such combination or combinations that arise from the same act or course of conduct.
(b) Convictions arising out of the same act or course of conduct shall be considered as one conviction for purposes of any application of repeat offender sentencing provisions.
D.C. Code § 22-3001 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 30 / § 22-3001
§ 22-3001. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Actor” means a person accused of any offense proscribed under this chapter.
(2) “Bodily injury” means injury involving loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty, or physical disfigurement, disease, sickness, or injury involving significant pain.
(3) “Child” means a person who has not yet attained the age of 16 years.
(4) “Consent” means words or overt actions indicating a freely given agreement to the sexual act or contact in question. Lack of verbal or physical resistance or submission by the victim, resulting from the use of force, threats, or coercion by the defendant shall not constitute consent.
(4A) “Domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3) .
(4B) “Domestic partnership” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(4) .
(5) “Force” means the use or threatened use of a weapon; the use of such physical strength or violence as is sufficient to overcome, restrain, or injure a person; or the use of a threat of harm sufficient to coerce or compel submission by the victim.
(5A) “Minor” means a person who has not yet attained the age of 18 years.
(6) “Official custody” means:
  (A) Detention following arrest for an offense; following surrender in lieu of arrest for an offense; following a charge or conviction of an offense, or an allegation or finding of juvenile delinquency; following commitment as a material witness; following or pending civil commitment proceedings, or pending extradition, deportation, or exclusion;
  (B) Custody for purposes incident to any detention described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, including transportation, medical diagnosis or treatment, court appearance, work, and recreation; or
  (C) Probation or parole.
(7) "Serious bodily injury" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 22-404.01(d) .
(8) “Sexual act” means:
  (A) The penetration, however slight, of the anus or vulva of another by a penis;
  (B) Contact between the mouth and the penis, the mouth and the vulva, or the mouth and the anus; or
  (C) The penetration, however slight, of the anus or vulva by a hand or finger or by any object, with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.
  (D) The emission of semen is not required for the purposes of subparagraphs (A)-(C) of this paragraph.
(9) “Sexual contact” means the touching with any clothed or unclothed body part or any object, either directly or through the clothing, of the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.
(10) “Significant relationship” includes:
  (A) A parent, sibling, aunt, uncle, or grandparent, whether related by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or adoption;
  (B) A legal or de facto guardian or any person, more than 4 years older than the victim, who resides intermittently or permanently in the same dwelling as the victim;
  (C) The person or the spouse, domestic partner, or paramour of the person who is charged with any duty or responsibility for the health, welfare, or supervision of the victim at the time of the act;
  (D) Any employee, contractor, consultant, or volunteer of a school, religious institution, or an educational, social, recreational, athletic, musical, charitable, or youth facility, organization, or program, including a teacher, coach, counselor, clergy, youth leader, chorus director, bus driver, administrator, or support staff, or any other person in a position of trust with or authority over a child or a minor.
(11) “Victim” means a person who is alleged to have been subject to any offense set forth in subchapter II of this chapter .
D.C. Code § 22-1601 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 16 / § 22-1601
§ 22-1601. Fornication.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-4402 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 44 / § 22-4402
§ 22-4402. Throwing or depositing matter in Potomac River.
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any wharf or dock, any master or captain of any vessel, or any person or persons to cast, throw, drop, or deposit any stone, gravel, sand, ballast, dirt, oyster shells, or ashes in the water in any part of the Potomac River or its tributaries in the District of Columbia, or on the shores of said river below highwater mark, unless for the purpose of making a wharf, after permission has been obtained from the Mayor of the District of Columbia for that purpose, which wharf shall be sufficiently inclosed and secured so as to prevent injury to navigation.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any wharf or dock, any captain or master of any vessel, or any other person or persons to cast, throw, deposit, or drop in any dock or in the waters of the Potomac River or its tributaries in the District of Columbia any dead fish, fish offal, dead animals of any kind, condemned oysters in the shell, watermelons, cantaloupes, vegetables, fruits, shavings, hay, straw, or filth of any kind whatsoever.
(c) Nothing in this section contained shall be construed to interfere with the work of improvement in or along the said river and harbor under the supervision of the United States government.
(d) Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or by imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
D.C. Code § 22-4131 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 41A / § 22-4131
§ 22-4131. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Actual innocence” or “actually innocent” means that the person did not commit the crime of which he or she was convicted.
(2) “Biological material” means the contents of a sexual assault examination kit, bodily fluids (including, but not limited to, blood, semen, saliva, and vaginal fluid), hair, skin tissue, fingernail scrapings, bone, or other human DNA source matter which apparently derived from the perpetrator of a crime or, under circumstances that may be probative of the perpetrator’s identity, apparently derived from the victim of a crime. This definition applies equally to material that is present on other evidence, including, but not limited to, clothing, ligatures, bedding or other household material, drinking cups, or cigarettes, and to material that is recovered from evidence and thereafter maintained separately from that evidence, including, but not limited to, on a slide, on a swab, in cuttings, or in scrapings.
(3) “Crime of violence” means the crimes cited in § 23-1331(4) .
(4) “DNA” means deoxyribonucleic acid.
(5) “DNA testing” means forensic DNA analysis of biological material.
(6) “Law enforcement agencies” means the Metropolitan Police Department, the Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, prosecutors, or any other governmental agency that has the authority to investigate, make arrests for, or prosecute or adjudicate District of Columbia criminal or delinquency offenses. The term “law enforcement agencies” shall include law enforcement agencies that have entered into cooperative agreements with the Metropolitan Police Department pursuant to § 5-133.17 , to the extent the law enforcement agency is acting pursuant to such a cooperative agreement.
(7) “New evidence” means evidence that:
  (A) Was not personally known and could not, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, have been personally known to the movant at the time of the trial or the plea proceeding;
  (B) Was personally known to the movant at the time of the trial or the plea proceeding, but could not be produced at that time because:
    (i) The presence or the testimony of a witness could not be compelled or, in the exercise of reasonable diligence by the movant, otherwise obtained; or
    (ii) Physical evidence, in the exercise of the movant’s reasonable diligence, could not be obtained; or
  (C) Was obtained as a result of post-conviction DNA testing.
D.C. Code § 22-5211 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 52 / § 22-5211
§ 22-5211. Mislabeling potatoes -- Law not applicable to seed potatoes.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-4504.02 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 45 / § 22-4504.02
§ 22-4504.02. Transportation of firearms.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not transport a firearm unless the person:
  (1) Is not otherwise prohibited by law from transporting, shipping, or receiving the firearm;
  (2) Is transporting the firearm for a lawful purpose from a place where the person may lawfully possess and carry the firearm to another place where the person may lawfully possess and carry the firearm; and
  (3) Transports the firearm in accordance with this section.
(b) (1) If the transportation of the firearm is by a vehicle, the firearm shall be unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported shall be readily accessible or directly accessible from the passenger compartment of the transporting vehicle.
  (2) If the transporting vehicle does not have a compartment separate from the driver’s compartment, the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console, and the firearm shall be unloaded.
(c) If the transportation of the firearm is in a manner other than in a vehicle, the firearm shall be:
  (1) Unloaded;
  (2) Inside a locked container; and
  (3) Separate from any ammunition.
(d) The requirements of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to a person who has a license to carry a pistol concealed upon their person pursuant to § 22-4506 and who is transporting the firearm concealed upon their person.
(e) The requirements of subsection (c) of this section shall not apply to a person who has a license to carry a pistol concealed upon their person pursuant to § 22-4506 and who is transporting the firearm concealed upon their person.
(f) Prosecutions for violations of this section shall be brought by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia in the name of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 22-704 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 7 / § 22-704
§ 22-704. Corrupt influence; officials.
Status: in_force

(a) Whosoever corruptly, directly or indirectly, gives any money, or other bribe, present, reward, promise, contract, obligation, or security for the payment of any money, present, reward, or thing of value to any ministerial, administrative, executive, or judicial officer of the District of Columbia, or any employee, or other person acting in any capacity for the District of Columbia, or any agency thereof, either before or after the officer, employee, or other person acting in any capacity for the District of Columbia is qualified, with intent to influence such official’s action on any matter which is then pending, or may by law come or be brought before such official in such official’s official capacity, or to cause such official to execute any of the powers in such official vested, or to perform any duties of such official required, with partiality or favor, or otherwise than is required by law, or in consideration that such official being authorized in the line of such official’s duty to contract for any advertising or for the furnishing of any labor or material, shall directly or indirectly arrange to receive or shall receive, or shall withhold from the parties so contracted with, any portion of the contract price, whether that price be fixed by law or by agreement, or in consideration that such official has nominated or appointed any person to any office or exercised any power in such official vested, or performed any duty of such official required, with partiality or favor, or otherwise contrary to law; and whosoever, being such an official, shall receive any such money, bribe, present, or reward, promise, contract, obligation, or security, with intent or for the purpose or consideration aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of bribery and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than 6 months nor more than 5 years. In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 .
(b) Whosoever corrupts or attempts, directly or indirectly, to corrupt any special master, auditor, juror, arbitrator, umpire, or referee, by giving, offering, or promising any gift or gratuity whatever, with intent to bias the opinion, or influence the decision of such official, in relation to any matter pending in the court, or before an inquest, or for the decision of which such arbitrator, umpire, or referee has been chosen or appointed, and every official who receives, or offers or agrees to receive, a bribe in any of the cases above mentioned shall be guilty of bribery and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as hereinbefore provided.
D.C. Code § 22-4510 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 45 / § 22-4510
§ 22-4510. Licenses of weapons dealers; records; by whom granted; conditions.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia may, in his or her discretion, grant licenses and may prescribe the form thereof, effective for not more than 1 year from date of issue, permitting the licensee to sell pistols, machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, and blackjacks at retail within the District of Columbia subject to the following conditions in addition to those specified in § 22-4509 , for breach of any of which the license shall be subject to forfeiture and the licensee subject to punishment as provided in this chapter:
  (1) The business shall be carried on only in the building designated in the license.
  (2) The license or a copy thereof, certified by the issuing authority, shall be displayed on the premises where it can be easily read.
  (3) No pistol shall be sold: (A) if the seller has reasonable cause to believe that the purchaser is not of sound mind or is forbidden by § 22-4503 to possess a pistol [now “firearm”] or is under the age of 21 years; and (B) unless the purchaser is personally known to the seller or shall present clear evidence of his or her identity. No machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, or blackjack shall be sold to any person other than the persons designated in § 22-4514 as entitled to possess the same, and then only after permission to make such sale has been obtained from the Chief of Police of the District of Columbia.
  (4) A true record shall be made in a book kept for the purpose, the form of which may be prescribed by the Mayor, of all pistols, machine guns, and sawed-off shotguns in the possession of the licensee, which said record shall contain the date of purchase, the caliber, make, model, and manufacturer’s number of the weapon, to which shall be added, when sold, the date of sale.
  (5) A true record in duplicate shall be made of every pistol, machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, and blackjack sold, said record to be made in a book kept for the purpose, the form of which may be prescribed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia and shall be personally signed by the purchaser and by the person effecting the sale, each in the presence of the other and shall contain the date of sale, the name, address, occupation, color, and place of birth of the purchaser, and, so far as applicable, the caliber, make, model, and manufacturer’s number of the weapon, and a statement by the purchaser that the purchaser is not forbidden by § 22-4503 to possess a pistol [now “firearm”]. One copy of said record shall, within 7 days, be forwarded by mail to the Chief of Police of the District of Columbia and the other copy retained by the seller for 6 years.
  (6) No pistol or imitation thereof or placard advertising the sale thereof shall be displayed in any part of said premises where it can readily be seen from the outside. No license to sell at retail shall be granted to anyone except as provided in this section.
(b) Any license issued pursuant to this section shall be issued by the Metropolitan Police Department as a Public Safety endorsement to a basic business license under the basic business license system as set forth in subchapter I-A of Chapter 28 of Title 47 of the District of Columbia Official Code [ § 47-2851.01 et seq.].
D.C. Code § 22-1803 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 18 / § 22-1803
§ 22-1803. Attempts to commit crime.
Status: in_force

Whoever shall attempt to commit any crime, which attempt is not otherwise made punishable by chapter 19 of An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1321), shall be punished by a fine not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or by imprisonment for not more than 180 days, or both. Except, whoever shall attempt to commit a crime of violence as defined in § 23-1331 shall be punished by a fine not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-4708 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 47 / § 22-4708
§ 22-4708. Destroying stolen property.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-301 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 3 / § 22-301
§ 22-301. Definition and penalty.
Status: in_force

Whoever shall maliciously burn or attempt to burn any dwelling, or house, barn, or stable adjoining thereto, or any store, barn, or outhouse, or any shop, office, stable, store, warehouse, or any other building, or any steamboat, vessel, canal boat, or other watercraft, or any railroad car, the property, in whole or in part, of another person, or any church, meetinghouse, schoolhouse, or any of the public buildings in the District, belonging to the United States or to the District of Columbia, shall suffer imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 10 years. In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 .
D.C. Code § 22-1837 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 18A / § 22-1837
§ 22-1837. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, whoever violates § 22-1832 , § 22-1833 , or § 22-1834 shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.
  (2) Whoever violates sections § 22-1832 , § 22-1833 , or § 22-1834 when the victim is held or provides services for more than 180 days shall be fined not more than 1 1/2 times the maximum fine authorized for the designated act, imprisoned for not more than 1 1/2 times the maximum term authorized for the designated act, or both.
(b) Whoever violates § 22-1835 shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
(c) Whoever violates § 22-1836 shall be fined or imprisoned up to the maximum fine or term of imprisonment for a violation of each referenced section.
(d) Whoever attempts to violate § 22-1832 , § 22-1833 , § 22-1834 , § 22-1835 or § 22-1836 shall be fined not more than 1/2 the maximum fine otherwise authorized for the offense, imprisoned for not more than 1/2 the maximum term otherwise authorized for the offense, or both.
(e) No person shall be sentenced consecutively for violations of §§ 22-1833 and 22-1834 for an offense arising out of the same incident.
D.C. Code § 22-2703 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 27 / § 22-2703
§ 22-2703. Suspension of sentence; conditions; enforcement.
Status: in_force

The court may impose conditions upon any person found guilty under § 22-2701 , and so long as such person shall comply therewith to the satisfaction of the court the imposition or execution of sentence may be suspended for such period as the court may direct; and the court may at or before the expiration of such period remand such sentence or cause it to be executed. Conditions thus imposed by the court may include an order to stay away from the area within which the offense or offenses occurred, submission to medical and mental examination, diagnosis and treatment by proper public health and welfare authorities, and such other terms and conditions as the court may deem best for the protection of the community and the punishment, control, and rehabilitation of the defendant. The Department of Human Services of the District of Columbia, the Women’s Bureau of the Police Department, and the probation officers of the court are authorized and directed to perform such duties as may be directed by the court in effectuating compliance with the conditions so imposed upon any defendant.
D.C. Code § 22-4403 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 44 / § 22-4403
§ 22-4403. Deposits of deleterious matter in Rock Creek or Potomac River.
Status: in_force

No person shall allow any tar, oil, ammoniacal liquor, or other waste products of any gas works or works engaged in using such products, or any waste product whatever of any mechanical, chemical, manufacturing, or refining establishment to flow into or be deposited in Rock Creek or the Potomac River or any of its tributaries within the District of Columbia or into any pipe or conduit leading to the same.
D.C. Code § 22-1316 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / § 22-1316
§ 22-1316. Interference with foreign diplomatic and consular offices, officers, and property — Penalties; exception.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1931 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 19A / § 22-1931
§ 22-1931. Obstructing, preventing, or interfering with reports to or requests for assistance from law enforcement agencies, medical providers, or child welfare agencies.
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly disconnect, damage, disable, temporarily or permanently remove, or use physical force or intimidation to block access to any telephone, radio, computer, or other electronic communication device with a purpose to obstruct, prevent, or interfere with:
  (1) The report of any criminal offense to any law enforcement agency;
  (2) The report of any bodily injury or property damage to any law enforcement agency;
  (3) A request for ambulance or emergency medical assistance to any governmental agency, or any hospital, doctor, or other medical service provider, or
  (4) The report of any act of child abuse or neglect to a law enforcement or child welfare agency.
(b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-1314 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / § 22-1314
§ 22-1314. Disturbing religious congregation.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-4603 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 46 / § 22-4603
§ 22-4603. Embezzlement of note not delivered.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-404 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / § 22-404
§ 22-404. Assault or threatened assault in a menacing manner; stalking.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Whoever unlawfully assaults, or threatens another in a menacing manner, shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or be imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both.
  (2) Whoever unlawfully assaults, or threatens another in a menacing manner, and intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes significant bodily injury to another shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or be imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both.
  (3) For the purposes of this section, the term "significant bodily injury" means:
    (A) An injury that, to prevent long-term physical damage or to abate severe pain, requires hospitalization or medical treatment beyond what a layperson can personally administer;
    (B) A fracture of a bone;
    (C) A laceration for which the victim required stitches, sutures, staples, or closed-skin adhesives, or a laceration that is at least one inch in length and at least one quarter of an inch in depth;
    (D) A burn of at least second degree severity;
    (E) Any loss of consciousness;
    (F) A traumatic brain injury; or
    (G) An injury where medical testing, beyond what a layperson can personally administer, was performed to ascertain whether there was an injury described in subparagraphs (A)-(F) of this paragraph.
(b) Repealed.
(c) Repealed.
(d) Repealed.
(e) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-2751 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 27A / § 22-2751
§ 22-2751. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Demonstration” means marching, congregating, standing, parading, demonstrating, or patrolling by one or more persons, with or without signs.
(2) “Mask” means a covering for the face or part of the face whereby the identity of the wearer is disguised. The term “Mask” shall not include clothing worn for the purpose of providing protection from the elements nor clothing worn as a religious covering.
(3) “Residence” means a building or structure, but not a hotel, used or designed to be used, in whole or in part, as a living or a sleeping place by one or more individuals.
(4) "Sound amplifying device" means any machine, device, or loudspeaker that amplifies sound of the human voice, music, or any other sound. The term "sound amplifying device" shall not include automobile audio systems when used and heard only by the occupants of the vehicle in which the automobile audio system is installed.
D.C. Code § 22-2303 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / § 22-2303
§ 22-2303. Permitted activity.
Status: in_force

Acts authorized as an exercise of a person’s constitutional right to picket, protest, or speak, and acts authorized by a permit issued by the District of Columbia government shall not constitute unlawful activity under this chapter.
D.C. Code § 22-405 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / § 22-405
§ 22-405. Assault on member of police force, campus or university special police, or fire department.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “law enforcement officer” means any officer or member of any police force operating and authorized to act in the District of Columbia, including any reserve officer or designated civilian employee of the Metropolitan Police Department, any licensed special police officer, any officer or member of any fire department operating in the District of Columbia, any emergency medical technician, paramedic, intermediate paramedic, or other member of any emergency medical services department operating in the District of Columbia, any officer or employee of any penal or correctional institution of the District of Columbia, any officer or employee of the government of the District of Columbia charged with the supervision of juveniles being confined pursuant to law in any facility of the District of Columbia regardless of whether such institution or facility is located within the District, any investigator or code inspector employed by the government of the District of Columbia, or any officer or employee of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, the Social Services Division of the Superior Court, or Pretrial Services Agency charged with intake, assessment, or community supervision.
(b) Whoever without justifiable and excusable cause assaults a law enforcement officer on account of, or while that law enforcement officer is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be  imprisoned not more than 6 months or fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
(c) (1) A person who violates subsection (b) of this section and causes significant bodily injury to the law enforcement officer, or commits a violent act that creates a grave risk of causing significant bodily injury to the officer, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "significant bodily injury" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 22-404(a)(3) .
(d) It is neither justifiable nor excusable cause for a person to use force to resist an arrest when such an arrest is made by an individual he or she has reason to believe is a law enforcement officer, whether or not such arrest is lawful.
D.C. Code § 22-3225.05 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3225.05
§ 22-3225.05. Restitution.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the penalties provided under § 22-3225.04 , a person convicted under this subchapter shall make monetary restitution for any loss caused by the offense. The court shall determine the form and method of payment which, if by installment, shall not exceed 5 years.
(b) Any person, including the District, injured as the result of an insurance fraud in the first degree may bring suit in the appropriate court to recover ordinary damages including attorney’s fees and other costs and punitive damages which shall not be less than $500 nor more than $50,000. Except where punitive damages are sought, the court shall award treble damages where the offense is proven by clear and convincing evidence to be in accordance with an established pattern or practice.
(c) Notwithstanding any action that may be brought by the United States Attorney’s office to recoup its costs in prosecuting these cases, the Corporation Counsel may bring a civil suit against any person convicted under this subchapter in order to recover investigation and prosecution-related costs incurred by the District.
(d) A suit under subsection (b) of this section must be filed within 3 years of the act constituting the offense or within 3 years of the time the plaintiff discovered or with reasonable diligence could have discovered the act, whichever is later. This 3 year statute of limitations shall not apply to the District.
(e) Remedies provided in this section shall be exclusive and may not be claimed in conjunction with any other remedies available under the law.
D.C. Code § 22-4114 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 41 / § 22-4114
§ 22-4114. Transfer of information and central data base.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3204 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3204
§ 22-3204. Case referral.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, in cases involving more than one jurisdiction, or in cases where more than one District of Columbia agency is responsible for investigating an alleged violation, the investigating agency to which the report was initially made may refer the matter to another investigating or law enforcement agency with proper jurisdiction.
D.C. Code § 22-3302 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 33 / § 22-3302
§ 22-3302. Unlawful entry on property.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Any person who, without lawful authority, shall enter, or attempt to enter, any private dwelling, building, or other property, or part of such dwelling, building, or other property, against the will of the lawful occupant or of the person lawfully in charge thereof, or being therein or thereon, without lawful authority to remain therein or thereon shall refuse to quit the same on the demand of the lawful occupant, or of the person lawfully in charge thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , imprisonment for not more than 180 days, or both. The presence of a person in any private dwelling, building, or other property that is otherwise vacant and boarded-up or otherwise secured in a manner that conveys that it is vacant and not to be entered, or displays a no trespassing sign, shall be prima facie evidence that any person found in such property has entered against the will of the person in legal possession of the property.
  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term “private dwelling” includes a privately owned house, apartment, condominium, or any building used as living quarters, or cooperative or public housing, as defined in section 3(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, approved August 22, 1974 (88 Stat. 654; 42 U.S.C. § 1437a(b)), the development or administration of which is assisted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or housing that is owned, operated, or financially assisted by the District of Columbia Housing Authority.
(b) Any person who, without lawful authority, shall enter, or attempt to enter, any public building, or other property, or part of such building, or other property, against the will of the lawful occupant or of the person lawfully in charge thereof or his or her agent, or being therein or thereon, without lawful authority to remain therein or thereon shall refuse to quit the same on the demand of the lawful occupant, or of the person lawfully in charge thereof or his or her agent, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-2603.01 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 26 / § 22-2603.01
§ 22-2603.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Cellular telephone or other portable communication device and accessories thereto” means any device carried, worn, or stored that is designed, intended, or readily converted to create, receive or transmit oral or written messages or visual images, access or store data, or connect electronically to the Internet, or any other electronic device that enables communication in any form. The term “cellular telephone or other portable communication device and accessories thereto” includes portable 2-way pagers, hand-held radios, cellular telephones, Blackberry-type devices, personal digital assistants or PDAs, computers, cameras, and any components of these devices. The term “cellular telephone or other portable communication device and accessories thereto” also includes any new technology that is developed for communication purposes and includes accessories that enable or facilitate the use of the cellular telephone or other portable communication device.
(2) (A) “Class A Contraband” means:
    (i) Any item, the mere possession of which is unlawful under District of Columbia or federal law;
    (ii) Any controlled substance listed or described in Unit A of Chapter 9 of Title 48 [ § 48-901.01 et seq.] or any controlled substance scheduled by the Mayor pursuant to § 48-902.01 ;
    (iii) Any dangerous weapon or object which is capable of such use as may endanger the safety or security of a penal institution or secure juvenile residential facility or any person therein, including,:
      (I) A firearm or imitation firearm, or any component of a firearm;
      (II) Ammunition or ammunition clip;
      (III) A stun gun, as defined in § 7-2501.01(17A) ;
      (IV) Flammable liquid or explosive powder;
      (V) A knife, screwdriver, ice pick, box cutter, needle, or any other object or tool that can be used for cutting, slicing, stabbing, or puncturing a person;
      (VI) A shank or homemade knife; or
      (VII) Tear gas, pepper spray, or other substance that can be used to cause temporary blindness or incapacitation;
    (iv) Any object designed or intended to facilitate an escape;
    (v) Handcuffs, security restraints, handcuff keys, or any other object designed or intended to lock, unlock, or release handcuffs or security restraints;
    (vi) A hacksaw, hacksaw blade, wire cutter, file, or any other object or tool that can be used to cut through metal, concrete, or plastic;
    (vii) Rope; or
    (viii) When possessed by, given to, or intended to be given to an inmate or securely detained juvenile, a correctional officer’s uniform, law enforcement officer’s uniform, medical staff clothing, any other uniform, or civilian clothing.
  (B) The term “Class A contraband” does not include any object or substance which a person is authorized to possess in the penal institution or secure juvenile residential facility by the director of the penal institution or secure juvenile residential facility and that is in the form or quantity for which it was authorized.
(3) (A) “Class B Contraband” means:
    (i) Any alcoholic liquor or beverage;
    (ii) A hypodermic needle or syringe or other item that can be used for the administration of unlawful controlled substances; or
    (iii) A cellular telephone or other portable communication device and accessories thereto.
  (B) The term “Class B contraband” does not include any object or substance which a person is authorized to possess in the penal institution or secure juvenile residential facility by the director of the penal institution or secure juvenile residential facility and that is in the form or quantity for which it was authorized.
(4) (A) “Class C Contraband” means any article or thing which a person confined in a penal institution or secure juvenile residential facility is prohibited from obtaining or possessing by rule. The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [ § 2-501 et seq.], shall promulgate by rulemaking the articles or things that are Class C contraband. The rules shall be posted in the facility to give notice of the prohibited articles or things.
  (B) The term “Class C contraband” does not include any object or substance which a person is authorized to possess in the penal institution or secure juvenile residential facility by the director of the penal institution or secure juvenile residential facility and that is in the form or quantity for which it was authorized.
(5) “Grounds” means the area of land occupied by the penal institution or secure juvenile residential facility and its yard and outbuildings, with a clearly identified perimeter.
(6) “Penal institution” means any penitentiary, prison, jail, or secure facility owned, operated, or under the control of the Department of Corrections, whether located within the District of Columbia or elsewhere.
(7) “Secure juvenile residential facility” means a locked residential facility providing custody, supervision, and care for one or more juveniles that is owned, operated, or under the control of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, excluding residential treatment facilities and accredited hospitals.
D.C. Code § 22-4109 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 41 / § 22-4109
§ 22-4109. Verification.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-501 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 5 / § 22-501
§ 22-501. Bigamy.
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever, having a spouse or domestic partner living, marries or enters a domestic partnership with another shall be deemed guilty of bigamy, and on conviction thereof shall suffer imprisonment for not less than 2 nor more than 7 years; provided, that this section shall not apply to any person whose:
  (1) Spouse or domestic partner has been continually absent for 5 successive years next before such marriage or domestic partnership without being known to such person to be living within that time;
  (2) Marriage to said living spouse shall have been dissolved by a valid decree of a competent court, or shall have been pronounced void by a valid decree of a competent court on the ground of the nullity of the marriage contract; or
  (3) Domestic partnership with said living domestic partner has been terminated in accordance with § 32-702(d) , or § 16-904(e) .
(a-1) In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 .
(b) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3) .
  (2) “Domestic partnership” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(4) .
D.C. Code § 22-2201 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 22 / § 22-2201
§ 22-2201. Certain obscene activities and conduct declared unlawful; definitions; penalties; affirmative defenses; exception.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) It shall be unlawful in the District of Columbia for a person knowingly:
    (A) To sell, deliver, distribute, or provide, or offer or agree to sell, deliver, distribute, or provide any obscene, indecent, or filthy writing, picture, sound recording, or other article or representation;
    (B) To present, direct, act in, or otherwise participate in the preparation or presentation of, any obscene, indecent, or filthy play, dance, motion picture, or other performance;
    (C) To pose for, model for, print, record, compose, edit, write, publish, or otherwise participate in preparing for publication, exhibition, or sale, any obscene, indecent, or filthy writing, picture, sound recording, or other article or representation;
    (D) To sell, deliver, distribute, or provide, or offer or agree to sell, deliver, distribute or provide any article, thing, or device which is intended for or represented as being for indecent or immoral use;
    (E) To create, buy, procure, or possess any matter described in the preceding subparagraphs of this paragraph with intent to disseminate such matter in violation of this subsection;
    (F) To advertise or otherwise promote the sale of any matter described in the preceding subparagraphs of this paragraph; or
    (G) To advertise or otherwise promote the sale of material represented or held out by such person to be obscene.
  (2) (A) For purposes of subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the creation, purchase, procurement, or possession of a mold, engraved plate, or other embodiment of obscenity specially adapted for reproducing multiple copies or the possession of more than 3 copies, of obscene, indecent, or filthy material shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to disseminate such material in violation of this subsection.
    (B) For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the term “knowingly” means having general knowledge of, or reason to know, or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry of, the character and content of any article, thing, device, performance, or representation described in paragraph (1) of this subsection which is reasonably susceptible of examination.
  (3) When any person is convicted of a violation of this subsection, the court in its judgment of conviction may, in addition to the penalty prescribed, order the confiscation and disposal of any materials described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, which were named in the charge against such person and which were found in the possession or under the control of such person at the time of such person’s arrest.
(b) (1) It shall be unlawful in the District of Columbia for any person knowingly:
    (A) To sell, deliver, distribute, or provide, or offer or agree to sell, deliver, distribute, or provide to a minor:
      (i) Any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body, which depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse and which taken as a whole is patently offensive because it affronts prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; or
      (ii) Any book, magazine, or other printed matter however reproduced or sound recording, which depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse or which contains explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse and which taken as a whole is patently offensive because it affronts prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; or
    (B) To exhibit to a minor, or to sell or provide to a minor an admission ticket to, or pass to, or to admit a minor to, premises whereon there is exhibited, a motion picture, show, or other presentation which, in whole or in part, depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse and which taken as a whole is patently offensive because it affronts prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors.
  (2) For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection:
    (A) The term “minor” means any person under the age of 17 years.
    (B) The term “nudity” includes the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a full opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a full opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.
    (C) The term “sexual conduct” includes acts of sodomy, masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, or physical contact with a person’s clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if such person be a female, breast.
    (D) The term “sexual excitement” includes the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.
    (E) The term “sado-masochistic abuse” includes flagellation or torture by or upon a person clad in undergarments or a mask or bizarre costume, or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so clothed.
    (F) The term “knowingly” means having a general knowledge of, or reason to know, or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry or both of:
      (i) The character and content of any material described in paragraph (1) of this subsection which is reasonably susceptible of examination by the defendant; and
      (ii) The age of the minor.
(c) It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of violating subsection (a) or (b) of this section that the dissemination was to institutions or individuals having scientific, educational, or other special justification for possession of such material.
(d) Nothing in this section shall apply to a licensee under the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.) while engaged in activities regulated pursuant to such Act.
(e) A person convicted of violating subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall for the 1st offense be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both. A person convicted of a 2nd or subsequent offense under subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be fined not less than $1,000 and not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not less than 6 months or more than 3 years, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-3312.05 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 33 / § 22-3312.05
§ 22-3312.05. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of §§ 22-3312.01 through 22-3312.05 , the term:
(1) “Abate” means to effectively remove.
(2) Repealed.
(3) Repealed.
(4) “Graffiti” means an inscription, writing, drawing, marking, or design that is painted, sprayed, etched, scratched, or otherwise placed on structures, buildings, dwellings, statues, monuments, fences, vehicles, or other similar materials that are on public or private property without the  consent of the owner, manager, or agent in charge of the property, and the graffiti is visible from a public right-of-way.
(5) “Graffiti material” means any aerosol can, bottle, spray device or other mechanism designed to dispense paint or a similar substance under pressure, indelible marker, paint stick, adhesive label, and engraving device capable of leaving a visible mark on a natural or man-made surface.
(6) “Minor” means a person less than 18 years of age.
(7) Repealed.
(8) Repealed.
(9) “Public or private property” shall include any building, bridge, fence or other structure, any street, alley, sidewalk, or other vehicular or pedestrian right-of-way, any article of street furniture, lamppost, bus shelter, newspaper box, or trash receptacle, any tree, rock, or other natural fixture, any utility or public service equipment, or any other personal property located outdoors, whether publicly or privately owned.
(10) “Sign” means a name, identification, description, display, or illustration which is affixed to, or represented directly or indirectly upon a building, structure, or piece of land and which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization, or business.
D.C. Code § 22-1805a — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 18 / § 22-1805a
§ 22-1805a. Conspiracy to commit crime.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) If 2 or more persons conspire either to commit a criminal offense or to defraud the District of Columbia or any court or agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, each shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both, except that if the object of the conspiracy is a criminal offense punishable by less than 5 years, the maximum penalty for the conspiracy shall not exceed the maximum penalty provided for that offense.
  (2) If 2 or more persons conspire to commit a crime of violence as defined in § 23-1331(4) , each shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 nor the maximum fine prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy, whichever is less, or imprisoned not more than 15 years nor the maximum imprisonment prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy, whichever is less, or both.
(b) No person may be convicted of conspiracy unless an overt act is alleged and proved to have been committed by 1 of the conspirators pursuant to the conspiracy and to effect its purpose.
(c) When the object of a conspiracy contrived within the District of Columbia is to engage in conduct in a jurisdiction outside the District of Columbia which would constitute a criminal offense under an act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia if performed therein, the conspiracy is a violation of this section if:
  (1) Such conduct would also constitute a crime under the laws of the other jurisdiction if performed therein; or
  (2) Such conduct would constitute a criminal offense under an act of Congress exclusively applicable to the District of Columbia even if performed outside the District of Columbia.
(d) A conspiracy contrived in another jurisdiction to engage in conduct within the District of Columbia which would constitute a criminal offense under an act of Congress exclusively applicable to the District of Columbia if performed within the District of Columbia is a violation of this section when an overt act pursuant to the conspiracy is committed within the District of Columbia. Under such circumstances, it is immaterial and no defense to a prosecution for conspiracy that the conduct which is the object of the conspiracy would not constitute a crime under the laws of the other jurisdiction.
D.C. Code § 22-3226.01 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3226.01
§ 22-3226.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Applicant” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, cooperative, corporation, nonprofit organization, and any other organization required to register with the District to conduct telemarketing in the District of Columbia.
(2) “Certificate of registration” means a document issued by the District government showing that a named individual or business has registered as a telephone solicitor with the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
(3) “Consumer” means a person who is or may be required to pay for goods or services offered by a telephone solicitor through telemarketing.
(4) “Goods” or “services” means any real property or any tangible or intangible personal property or services of any kind provided or offered to a consumer.
(5) “Licensed securities, commodities or investment broker” means a licensed or registered securities, commodities or investment broker.
(6) “Seller” means any person, who, in connection with a telemarketing transaction, provides, offers to provide, or arranges for others to provide goods or services to the customer in exchange for consideration.
(7) “Telemarketing” means a plan, program or campaign which is conducted to induce the purchase of goods or services by use of one or more telephones. Telemarketing does not include a one-time or infrequent transaction unrelated to a pattern of repeated transactions. Telemarketing does not include a telephone call to a consumer:
  (A) As a one-time or infrequent transaction unrelated to a pattern of repeated transactions;
  (B) To provide information to a consumer and in which payment for the sale of good or services is not accepted in that telephone call;
  (C) To administer an existing account or service an existing customer (including product safety recalls);
  (D) To respond to a consumer’s request; or
  (E) In which payment for the sale of good or services is not accepted in that telephone call.
(8) “Telephone solicitor” means a person (acting himself or itself, or through an agent) who initiates a telephone call to a consumer in the District of Columbia as a part of a plan, program, or campaign which is conducted to induce the purchase of goods or services by the use of one or more telephones. A telephone solicitor does not include a person who initiates a telephone call to a consumer:
  (A) As a one-time or infrequent transaction unrelated to a pattern of repeated transactions;
  (B) To provide information to a consumer and in which payment for the sale of good or services is not accepted in that telephone call;
  (C) To administer an existing account or service an existing customer (including product safety recalls);
  (D) To respond to a consumer’s request; or
  (E) Does not accept payment for the sale of good or services in that telephone call.
D.C. Code § 22-2705 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 27 / § 22-2705
§ 22-2705. Pandering; inducing or compelling an individual to engage in prostitution.
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for any person, within the District of Columbia to:
  (1) Place or cause, induce, entice, procure, or compel the placing of any individual in the charge or custody of any other person, or in a house of prostitution, with intent that such individual shall engage in prostitution;
  (2) Cause, compel, induce, entice, or procure or attempt to cause, compel, induce, entice, or procure any individual:
    (A) To reside with any other person for the purpose of prostitution;
    (B) To reside or continue to reside in a house of prostitution; or
    (C) To engage in prostitution; or
  (3) Take or detain an individual against the individual’s will, with intent to compel such individual by force, threats, menace, or duress to marry the abductor or to marry any other person.
(b) It is unlawful for any parent, guardian, or other person having legal custody of the person of an individual, to consent to the individual’s being taken, detained, or used by any person, for the purpose of prostitution or a sexual act or sexual contact.
(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person who violates subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
  (2) A person who violates subsection (a) or (b) of this section when the individual so placed, caused, compelled, induced, enticed, procured, taken, detained, or used or attempted to be so placed, caused, compelled, induced, enticed, procured, taken, detained, or used is under the age of 18 years shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 20 years or by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
D.C. Code § 22-1513 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 15 / § 22-1513
§ 22-1513. Penalty under § 22-1511.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or association violating any of the provisions of § 22-1511 shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or by imprisonment of not more than 60 days, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. A corporation convicted of an offense under the provisions of § 22-1511 shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , and its president or such other officials as may be responsible for the conduct and management thereof shall be imprisoned not more than 60 days, in the discretion of the court.
D.C. Code § 22-2719 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 27 / § 22-2719
§ 22-2719. Bond for abatement; order for delivery of premises; effect of release.
Status: in_force

If the owner appears and pays all costs of the proceeding and files a bond, with sureties to be approved by the clerk, in the full value of the property, to be ascertained by the court or, in vacation, by the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia, conditioned that such owner will immediately abate said nuisance and prevent the same from being established or kept within a period of 1 year thereafter, the court, or, in vacation, the judge, may, if satisfied of such owner’s good faith, order the premises closed under the order of abatement to be delivered to said owner and said order of abatement canceled so far as the same may relate to said property; and if the proceeding be an action in equity and said bond be given and costs therein paid before judgment and order of abatement, the action shall be thereby abated as to said building only. The release of the property under the provisions of this section shall not release it from judgment, lien, penalty, or liability to which it may be subject by law.
D.C. Code § 22-1841 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 18A / § 22-1841
§ 22-1841. Data collection and dissemination.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Persons engaged in human trafficking or human trafficking-related crimes" includes:
    (A) Any person who attempts to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, or obtain, or successfully recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains, by any means, another person, intending or knowing that the person will be subjected to forced labor or services; and
    (B) Any person who purchases or receives the benefits of commercial sex acts, sexual performance, labor, or services by victims of human trafficking or human trafficking-related crimes.
  (2) "Human trafficking-related crimes" means pimping, pandering, procuring, operating a house of prostitution, keeping a bawdy or disorderly house, possessing a sexual performance by a minor, visa fraud, document fraud, and assisting in unlawful entry into the United States, as well as violations of §§ 22-1832 , 22-1833 , 22-1834 , 22-1835 , and 22-1836 .
  (3) "Victim" means any person who has suffered a physical, mental, or emotional injury as a direct or indirect result of human trafficking or a human trafficking-related crime.
(b) The District, in cooperation with appropriate criminal justice agencies, shall collect statistical data related to human trafficking. The data shall include:
  (1) Numbers of investigations, arrests, prosecutions, and convictions of traffickers and those committing human trafficking-related crimes;
  (2) Numbers of and demographic characteristics of persons engaged in human trafficking or human trafficking-related crimes, including age, race, sex;
  (3) Numbers of and demographic characteristics of victims, including age, race, sex, national origin, and current citizenship; and
  (4) Human trafficking routes and patterns in and out of the District of Columbia.
(c) The Mayor shall elicit the cooperation and assistance of other government agencies, and non-government organizations as appropriate, to assist in the data collection required under subsection (b) of this section. The appropriate authorities in each agency shall make best efforts to collect information relevant to tracking progress on human trafficking.
(d) The District shall publish, periodically and not less than once every 36 months, a report of all current statistical data described in subsection (b) of this section.
(e) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1863 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 18B / § 22-1863
§ 22-1863. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a person convicted of unlawful distribution of a prohibited animal product shall:
  (1) For a first offense, be fined no more than $1,000 or twice the value of the prohibited animal product, whichever is greater, incarcerated for no more than 30 days, or both;
  (2) For a second offense, be fined no more than $5,000 or twice the value of the prohibited animal product, whichever is greater, incarcerated for no more than one year, or both; and
  (3) For a third or subsequent offense, be fined no more than $25,000 or thrice the value of the prohibited animal product, whichever is greater, incarcerated for no more than 3 years, or both.
(b) For any offense where the total value of the prohibited animal product is greater than $25,000, a person convicted of unlawful distribution of a prohibited animal product shall be fined thrice the value of the prohibited animal product, incarcerated for no more than 3 years, or both.
(c) If the person convicted of unlawful distribution of a prohibited animal product is not an individual, the court may double the applicable fine specified in subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section.
(d) The fines set forth in this section shall not be limited by § 22-3571.01 .
D.C. Code § 22-3602 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 36 / § 22-3602
§ 22-3602. Enhanced penalty for committing certain dangerous and violent crimes against a citizen patrol member.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the term “citizen patrol” means a group of residents of the District of Columbia organized for the purpose of providing additional security surveillance for certain District of Columbia neighborhoods with the goal of crime prevention. The term shall include, but is not limited to, Orange Hat Patrols, Red Hat Patrols, Blue Hat Patrols, or Neighborhood Watch Associations.
(b) Any person who commits any offense listed in subsection (c) of this section against a member of a citizen patrol (“member”) while that member is participating in a citizen patrol, or because of the member’s participation in a citizen patrol, may be punished with a fine up to 1 1/2 times the maximum fine otherwise authorized for the offense or may be imprisoned for a term of up to 1 1/2 times the maximum term of imprisonment otherwise authorized for this offense, or both.
(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall apply to the following offenses: taking or attempting to take property from another by force or threat of force, forcible rape, or assault with intent to commit forcible rape, murder, mayhem, kidnapping, robbery, burglary, voluntary manslaughter, extortion or blackmail accompanied by threats of violence, assault with a deadly weapon, simple assault, aggravated assault, or a conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses as defined by an Act of Congress or law of the District of Columbia if the offense is punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year.
D.C. Code § 22-4332 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 43 / § 22-4332
§ 22-4332. Delegation of functions by Secretary of the Interior and Mayor; Council to make regulations; “Mayor” and “Secretary of the Interior” defined.
Status: omitted

Recodified at § 8-2221.32 .
D.C. Code § 22-1403 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 14 / § 22-1403
§ 22-1403. False personation before court, officers, notaries.
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever falsely personates another person before any court of record or judge thereof, or clerk of court, or any officer in the District authorized to administer oaths or take the acknowledgment of deeds or other instruments or to grant marriage licenses or accepts domestic partnership registrations, with intent to defraud, shall be imprisoned for not less than 1 year nor more than 5 years.
(a-1) In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 .
(b) For the purposes of this section, the term “domestic partnership” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(4) .
D.C. Code § 22-1831 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 18A / § 22-1831
§ 22-1831. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process” means the use or threatened use of law or legal process, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose for which the law was not designed, to exert pressure on another person to cause that person to take some action or refrain from taking some action.
(2) “Business” means any corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, holding company, joint stock, trust, and any legal entity through which business is conducted.
(3) “Coercion” means any one of, or a combination of, the following:
  (A) Force, threats of force, physical restraint, or threats of physical restraint;
  (B) Serious harm or threats of serious harm;
  (C) The abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process;
  (D) Fraud or deception;
  (E) Any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that if that person did not perform labor or services, that person or another person would suffer serious harm or physical restraint;
  (F) Facilitating or controlling a person’s access to an addictive or controlled substance or restricting a person’s access to prescription medication; or
  (G) Knowingly participating in conduct with the intent to cause a person to believe that he or she is the property of a person or business and that would cause a reasonable person in that person’s circumstances to believe that he or she is the property of a person or business.
(4) “Commercial sex act” means any sexual act or sexual contact on account of which or for which anything of value is given to, promised to, or received by any person. The term “commercial sex act” includes a violation of § 22-2701 , § 22-2704 , §§ 22-2705 to 22-2712 , §§ 22-2713 to 22-2720 , and § 22-2722 .
(4A) "Court" means the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
(5) “Debt bondage” means the status or condition of a person who provides labor, services, or commercial sex acts, for a real or alleged debt, where:
  (A) The value of the labor, services, or commercial sex acts, as reasonably assessed, is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt;
  (B) The length and nature of the labor, services, or commercial sex acts are not respectively limited and defined; or
  (C) The amount of the debt does not reasonably reflect the value of the items or services for which the debt was incurred.
(5A) "Eligible offense" means any criminal offense under the District of Columbia Official Code, except an ineligible offense.
(5B) "Ineligible offense" means:
  (A) Assault with intent to kill or poison, or to commit first degree sexual abuse, second degree sexual abuse, or child sexual abuse, under § 22-401 ; provided, that assault with intent to rob under § 22-401 shall constitute an eligible offense.
  (B) Sex trafficking of children under § 22-1834 ;
  (C) Murder in the first degree under § 22-2101 ;
  (D) Murder in the first degree — Placing obstructions upon or displacement of railroads under § 22-2102 ;
  (E) Murder in the second degree under § 22-2103 ;
  (F) Murder of law enforcement officer under § 22-2106 ;
  (G) Solicitation of murder under § 22-2107(a) ;
  (H) Armed carjacking under § 22-2803(b)(1) ;
  (I) First degree sexual abuse under § 22-3002 ;
  (J) First degree child sexual abuse under § 22-3008 ;
  (K) First degree sexual abuse of a minor under § 22-3009.01 ;
  (L) First degree sexual abuse of a secondary education student under § 22-3009.03 ;
  (M) First degree sexual abuse of a ward, patient, client, or prisoner under § 22-3013 ;
  (N) First degree sexual abuse of a patient or client under § 22-3015 ;
  (O) An act of terrorism under § 22-3153 ;
  (P) Provision of material support or resources for an act of terrorism under § 22-3153(m) ;
  (Q) Solicitation of material support or resources to commit an act of terrorism under § 22-3153(n) ;
  (R) Manufacture or possession of a weapon of mass destruction under § 22-3154(a) ;
  (S) Attempt or conspiracy to manufacture or possess a weapon of mass destruction under § 22-3154(b) ;
  (T) Use, dissemination, or detonation of a weapon of mass destruction under § 22-3155(a) ;
  (U) Attempt or conspiracy to use, disseminate, or detonate a weapon of mass destruction under § 22-3155(b) ; or
  (V) Attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the offenses listed in this paragraph, except conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of children under § 22-1834 .
(6) “Labor” means work that has economic or financial value.
(7) “Serious harm” means any harm, whether physical or nonphysical, including psychological, financial, or reputational harm, that is sufficiently serious, under all the surrounding circumstances, to compel a reasonable person of the same background and in the same circumstances to perform or to continue to perform labor, services, or commercial sex acts to avoid incurring that harm.
(8) “Services” means legal or illegal duties or work done for another, whether or not compensated.
(9) “Sexual act” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 22-3001(8) .
(10) “Sexual contact” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 22-3001(9) .
(11) “Venture” means any group of 2 or more individuals associated in fact, whether or not a legal entity.
(12) "Victim of trafficking" means:
  (A) A person against whom the following offenses were committed:
    (i) Forced labor under § 22-1832 ;
    (ii) Trafficking in labor or commercial sex acts under § 22-1833 ; or
    (iii) Sex trafficking of children under § 22-1834 ; or
  (B) A person who has been subject to an act or practice described in section 103(9) or (10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, approved October 28, 2000 (114 Stat. 1469; 22 U.S.C. § 7102(9) or (10)).
D.C. Code § 22-722 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 7 / § 22-722
§ 22-722. Prohibited acts; penalty.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the offense of obstruction of justice if that person:
  (1) Knowingly uses intimidation or physical force, threatens or corruptly persuades another person, or by threatening letter or communication, endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede a juror in the discharge of the juror’s official duties;
  (2) Knowingly uses intimidating or physical force, threatens or corruptly persuades another person, or by threatening letter or communication, endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede a witness or officer in any official proceeding, with intent to:
    (A) Influence, delay, or prevent the truthful testimony of the person in an official proceeding;
    (B) Cause or induce the person to withhold truthful testimony or a record, document, or other object from an official proceeding;
    (C) Evade a legal process that summons the person to appear as a witness or produce a document in an official proceeding; or
    (D) Cause or induce the person to be absent from a legal official proceeding to which the person has been summoned by legal process;
  (3) Harasses another person with the intent to hinder, delay, prevent, or dissuade the person from:
    (A) Attending or testifying truthfully in an official proceeding;
    (B) Reporting to a law enforcement officer the commission of, or any information concerning, a criminal offense;
    (C) Arresting or seeking the arrest of another person in connection with the commission of a criminal offense; or
    (D) Causing a criminal prosecution or a parole or probation revocation proceeding to be sought or instituted, or assisting in a prosecution or other official proceeding;
  (4) Injures or threatens to injure any person or his or her property on account of the person or any other person giving to a criminal investigator in the course of any criminal investigation information related to a violation of any criminal statute in effect in the District of Columbia;
  (5) Injures or threatens to injure any person or his or her property on account of the person or any other person performing his official duty as a juror, witness, or officer in any court in the District of Columbia; or
  (6) Corruptly, or by threats of force, any way obstructs or impedes or endeavors to obstruct or impede the due administration of justice in any official proceeding.
(b) Any person convicted of obstruction of justice shall be sentenced to a maximum period of incarceration of not less than 3 years and not more than 30 years, or shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both. For purposes of imprisonment following revocation of release authorized by § 24-403.01 , obstruction of justice is a Class A felony.
D.C. Code § 22-3902 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 39 / § 22-3902
§ 22-3902. Testing and counseling.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the request of a victim, the court shall order any individual convicted of an offense, as defined by § 22-3901 , to furnish a blood sample to be tested for the presence of HIV.
(b) The court shall promptly notify the Mayor of any court order for an HIV test. Upon receipt of a court order for an HIV test, the Mayor shall promptly collect a blood sample from the convicted individual and conduct an HIV test on the blood sample.
(c) After conducting the HIV test, the Mayor shall promptly notify the victim and the convicted individual of the results of the HIV test. The Mayor shall not disclose the results of the HIV test without also providing, offering, or arranging for appropriate counselling and referral for appropriate health care and support services to the victim and the convicted individual.
(d) The victim may disclose the results of the HIV test to any other individual to protect the health and safety of the victim, the victim’s sexual partners, or the victim’s family.
(e) The result of any HIV test conducted under this section shall not be admissible as evidence of guilt or innocence in any criminal proceeding.
D.C. Code § 22-3201 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3201
§ 22-3201. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Appropriate” means to take or make use of without authority or right.
(2) “Deprive” means:
  (A) To withhold property or cause it to be withheld from a person permanently or for so extended a period or under such circumstances as to acquire a substantial portion of its value; or
  (B) To dispose of the property, or use or deal with the property so as to make it unlikely that the owner will recover it.
(2A) “Person” means an individual (whether living or dead), trust, estate, fiduciary, partnership, company, corporation, association, organization, union, government department, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal entity.
(3) “Property” means anything of value. The term “property” includes, but is not limited to:
  (A) Real property, including things growing on, affixed to, or found on land;
  (B) Tangible or intangible personal property;
  (C) Services;
  (D) Credit;
  (E) Debt; and
  (F) A government-issued license, permit, or benefit.
(4) “Property of another” means any property in which a government or a person other than the accused has an interest which the accused is not privileged to interfere with or infringe upon without consent, regardless of whether the accused also has an interest in that property. The term “property of another” includes the property of a corporation or other legal entity established pursuant to an interstate compact. The term “property of another” does not include any property in the possession of the accused as to which any other person has only a security interest.
(5) “Services” includes, but is not limited to:
  (A) Labor, whether professional or nonprofessional;
  (B) The use of vehicles or equipment;
  (C) Transportation, telecommunications, energy, water, sanitation, or other public utility services, whether provided by a private or governmental entity;
  (D) The supplying of food, beverage, lodging, or other accommodation in hotels, restaurants, or elsewhere;
  (E) Admission to public exhibitions or places of entertainment; and
  (F) Educational and hospital services, accommodations, and other related services.
(6) “Stolen property” includes any property that has been obtained by conduct previously known as embezzlement.
(7) “Value” with respect to a credit card, check, or other written instrument means the amount of money, credit, debt, or other tangible or intangible property or services that has been or can be obtained through its use, or the amount promised or paid by the credit card, check, or other written instrument.
D.C. Code § 22-3304 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 33 / § 22-3304
§ 22-3304. Depredation of fixtures in houses.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1501 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 15 / § 22-1501
§ 22-1501. Forgery.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3022 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 30 / § 22-3022
§ 22-3022. Admissibility of other evidence of victim’s past sexual behavior.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a criminal case in which a person is accused of an offense under subchapter II of this chapter , evidence of a victim’s past sexual behavior other than reputation or opinion evidence is also not admissible, unless such evidence other than reputation or opinion evidence is:
  (1) Admitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and is constitutionally required to be admitted; or
  (2) Admitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and is evidence of:
    (A) Past sexual behavior with persons other than the accused, offered by the accused upon the issue of whether the accused was or was not, with respect to the alleged victim, the source of semen or bodily injury; or
    (B) Past sexual behavior with the accused where consent of the alleged victim is at issue and is offered by the accused upon the issue of whether the alleged victim consented to the sexual behavior with respect to which such offense is alleged.
(b) (1) If the person accused of committing an offense under subchapter II of this chapter intends to offer under subsection (a) of this section, evidence of specific instances of the alleged victim’s past sexual behavior, the accused shall make a written motion to offer such evidence not later than 15 days before the date on which the trial in which such evidence is to be offered is scheduled to begin, except that the court may allow the motion to be made at a later date, including during trial, if the court determines either that the evidence is newly discovered and could not have been obtained earlier through the exercise of due diligence or that the issue to which such evidence relates has newly arisen in the case. Any motion made under this paragraph, and the accompanying offer of proof, shall be filed under seal and served on all other parties and on the alleged victim.
  (2) The motion described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be accompanied by a written offer of proof. If the court determines that the offer of proof contains evidence described in subsection (a) of this section, the court shall order a hearing in chambers to determine if such evidence is admissible. At such hearing, the parties may call witnesses, including the alleged victim, and offer relevant evidence. If the relevancy of the evidence which the accused seeks to offer in the trial depends upon the fulfillment of a condition of fact, the court, at the hearing in chambers, or at a subsequent hearing in chambers scheduled for such purpose, shall accept evidence on the issue of whether such condition of fact is fulfilled and shall determine such issue.
  (3) If the court determines on the basis of the hearing described in paragraph (2) of this subsection that the evidence which the accused seeks to offer is relevant and that the probative value of such evidence outweighs the danger of unfair prejudice, such evidence shall be admissible in the trial to the extent an order made by the court specifies evidence which may be offered and areas with respect to which the alleged victim may be examined or cross-examined.
D.C. Code § 22-3227.01 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3227.01
§ 22-3227.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Financial injury” means all monetary costs, debts, or obligations incurred by a person as a result of another person obtaining, creating, possessing, or using that person’s personal identifying information in violation of this subchapter, including, but not limited to:
  (A) The costs of clearing the person’s credit rating, credit history, criminal record, or any other official record, including attorney fees;
  (B) The expenses related to any civil or administrative proceeding to satisfy or contest a debt, lien, judgment, or other obligation of the person that arose as a result of the violation of this subchapter, including attorney fees;
  (C) The costs of repairing or replacing damaged or stolen property;
  (D) Lost time or wages, or any similar monetary benefit forgone while the person is seeking redress for damages resulting from a violation of this subchapter; and
  (E) Lost time, wages, and benefits, other losses sustained, legal fees, and other expenses incurred as a result of the use, without permission, of one’s personal identifying information by another as prohibited by § 22-3227.02 .
(2) Repealed.
(3) “Personal identifying information” includes, but is not limited to, the following:
  (A) Name, address, telephone number, date of birth, or mother’s maiden name;
  (B) Driver’s license or driver’s license number, or non-driver’s license or non-driver’s license number;
  (C) Savings, checking, or other financial account number;
  (D) Social security number or tax identification number;
  (E) Passport or passport number;
  (F) Citizenship status, visa, or alien registration card or number;
  (G) Birth certificate or a facsimile of a birth certificate;
  (H) Credit or debit card, or credit or debit card number;
  (I) Credit history or credit rating;
  (J) Signature;
  (K) Personal identification number, electronic identification number, password, access code or device, electronic address, electronic identification number, routing information or code, digital signature, or telecommunication identifying information;
  (L) Biometric data, such as fingerprint, voice print, retina or iris image, or other unique physical representation;
  (M) Place of employment, employment history, or employee identification number; and
  (N) Any other numbers or information that can be used to access a person’s financial resources, access medical information, obtain identification, act as identification, or obtain property.
(4) “Property” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 22-3201(3) and shall include credit.
D.C. Code § 22-4517 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 45 / § 22-4517
§ 22-4517. Dangerous articles; definition; taking and destruction; procedure.
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, the term “dangerous article” means:
  (1) Any weapon such as a pistol, machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, blackjack, slingshot, sandbag, or metal knuckles; or
  (2) Any instrument, attachment, or appliance for causing the firing of any firearms to be silent or intended to lessen or muffle the noise of the firing of any firearms.
(b) A dangerous article unlawfully owned, possessed, or carried is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(c) When a police officer, in the course of a lawful arrest or lawful search, or when a designated civilian employee of the Metropolitan Police Department in the course of a lawful search, discovers a dangerous article which the officer reasonably believes is a nuisance under subsection (b) of this section the officer shall take it into his or her possession and surrender it to the Property Clerk of the Metropolitan Police Department.
(d) (1) Within 30 days after the date of such surrender, any person may file in the office of the Property Clerk of the Metropolitan Police Department a written claim for possession of such dangerous article. Upon the expiration of such period, the Property Clerk shall notify each such claimant, by registered mail addressed to the address shown on the claim, of the time and place of a hearing to determine which claimant, if any, is entitled to possession of such dangerous article. Such hearing shall be held within 60 days after the date of such surrender.
  (2) At the hearing the Property Clerk shall hear and receive evidence with respect to the claims filed under paragraph (1) of this subsection. Thereafter he or she shall determine which claimant, if any, is entitled to possession of such dangerous article and shall reduce his or her decision to writing. The Property Clerk shall send a true copy of such written decision to each claimant by registered mail addressed to the last known address of such claimant.
  (3) Any claimant may, within 30 days after the day on which the copy of such decision was mailed to such claimant, file an appeal in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. If the claimant files an appeal, he or she shall at the same time give written notice thereof to the Property Clerk. If the decision of the Property Clerk is so appealed, the Property Clerk shall not dispose of the dangerous article while such appeal is pending and, if the final judgment is entered by such court, he or she shall dispose of such dangerous article in accordance with the judgment of such court. The Superior Court of the District of Columbia is authorized to determine which claimant, if any, is entitled to possession of the dangerous article and to enter a judgment ordering a disposition of such dangerous article consistent with subsection (f) of this section.
  (4) If there is no such appeal, or if such appeal is dismissed or withdrawn, the Property Clerk shall dispose of such dangerous article in accordance with subsection (f) of this section.
  (5) The Property Clerk shall make no disposition of a dangerous article under this section, whether in accordance with his or her own decision or in accordance with the judgment of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, until the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia certifies to the Property Clerk that such dangerous article will not be needed as evidence.
(e) A person claiming a dangerous article shall be entitled to its possession only if: (1) such person shows, on satisfactory evidence, that such person is the owner of the dangerous article or is the accredited representative of the owner, and that the ownership is lawful; (2) such person shows on satisfactory evidence that at the time the dangerous article was taken into possession by a police officer or a designated civilian employee of the Metropolitan Police Department, it was not unlawfully owned and was not unlawfully possessed or carried by the claimant or with his or her knowledge or consent; and (3) the receipt of possession by the claimant does not cause the article to be a nuisance. A representative is accredited if such person has a power of attorney from the owner.
(f) If a person claiming a dangerous article is entitled to its possession as determined under subsections (d) and (e) of this section, possession of such dangerous article shall be given to such person. If no person so claiming is entitled to its possession as determined under subsections (d) and (e) of this section, or if there be no claimant, such dangerous article shall be destroyed. In lieu of such destruction, any such serviceable dangerous article may, upon order of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, be transferred to and used by any federal or District Government law-enforcing agency, and the agency receiving same shall establish property responsibility and records of these dangerous articles.
(g) The Property Clerk shall not be liable in damages for any action performed in good faith under this section.
D.C. Code § 22-3214 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3214
§ 22-3214. Commercial piracy.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of this section, the term:
  (1) “Owner”, with respect to phonorecords or copies, means the person who owns the original fixation of the property involved or the exclusive licensee in the United States of the rights to reproduce and distribute to the public phonorecords or copies of the original fixation. In the case of a live performance the term “owner” means the performer or performers.
  (2) “Proprietary information” means customer lists, mailing lists, formulas, recipes, computer programs, unfinished designs, unfinished works of art in any medium, process, program, invention, or any other information, the primary commercial value of which may diminish if its availability is not restricted.
  (3) “Phonorecords” means material objects in which sounds, other than those accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work, are fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the sounds can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. The term “phonorecords” includes the material object in which the sounds are first fixed.
(b) A person commits the offense of commercial piracy if, with the intent to sell, to derive commercial gain or advantage, or to allow another person to derive commercial gain or advantage, that person reproduces or otherwise copies, possesses, buys, or otherwise obtains phonorecords of a sound recording, live performance, or copies of proprietary information, knowing or having reason to believe that the phonorecord or copies were made without the consent of the owner. A presumption of the requisite intent arises if the accused possesses 5 or more unauthorized phonorecords either of the same sound recording or recording of a live performance.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit:
  (1) Copying or other reproduction that is in the manner specifically permitted by Title 17 of the United States Code; or
  (2) Copying or other reproduction of a sound recording that is made by a licensed radio or television station or a cable broadcaster solely for broadcast or archival use.
(d) Any person convicted of commercial piracy shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 180 days, or both.
(e) This section does not apply to any sound recording initially fixed on or after February 15, 1972.
D.C. Code § 22-1002 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 10 / § 22-1002
§ 22-1002. Other cruelties to animals.
Status: in_force

Every owner, possessor, or person having the charge or custody of any animal, who cruelly drives or works the same when unfit for labor, or cruelly abandons the same, or who carries the same, or causes the same to be carried, in or upon any vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner, or knowingly and wilfully authorizes or permits the same to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering, or cruelty of any kind, shall be punished for every such offense in the manner provided in § 22-1001 .
D.C. Code § 22-4326 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 43 / § 22-4326
§ 22-4326. License for certain scientific purposes.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-4604 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 46 / § 22-4604
§ 22-4604. Receiving embezzled property.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3009.02 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 30 / § 22-3009.02
§ 22-3009.02. Second degree sexual abuse of a minor.
Status: in_force

Whoever, being 18 years of age or older, is in a significant relationship with a minor and engages in a sexual contact with that minor or causes that minor to engage in a sexual contact shall be imprisoned for not more than 7 1/2 years and may be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
D.C. Code § 22-3052 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 30A / § 22-3052
§ 22-3052. Unlawful disclosure.
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful in the District of Columbia for a person to knowingly disclose one or more sexual images of another identified or identifiable person when:
  (1) The person depicted did not consent to the disclosure of the sexual image;
  (2) The person disclosing the sexual image knew or consciously disregarded a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the person depicted did not consent to the disclosure; and
  (3) The person disclosed the sexual image with the intent to harm the person depicted or to receive financial gain.
(b) A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , imprisoned for not more than 180 days, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-1839 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 18A / § 22-1839
§ 22-1839. Reputation or opinion evidence.
Status: in_force

In a criminal case in which a person is accused of trafficking in commercial sex, as prohibited by § 22-1833 , sex trafficking of children, as prohibited by § 22-1834 , or benefitting financially from human trafficking, as prohibited by § 22-1836 , reputation or opinion evidence of the past sexual behavior of the alleged victim is not admissible. Evidence of an alleged victim’s past sexual behavior other than reputation or opinion evidence also is not admissible, unless such evidence other than reputation or opinion evidence is admitted in accordance with § 22-3022(b) , and is constitutionally required to be admitted.
D.C. Code § 22-4503 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 45 / § 22-4503
§ 22-4503. Unlawful possession of firearm.
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall own or keep a firearm, or have a firearm in his or her possession or under his or her control, within the District of Columbia, if the person:
  (1) Has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
  (2) Is not licensed under § 22-4510 to sell weapons, and the person has been convicted of violating this chapter;
  (3) Is a fugitive from justice;
  (4) Is addicted to any controlled substance, as defined in § 48-901.02(4) ;
  (5) Is subject to a court order that:
    (A) (i) Was issued after a hearing of which the person received actual notice, and at which the person had an opportunity to participate; or
      (ii) Remained in effect after the person failed to appear for a hearing of which the person received actual notice;
    (B) Restrains the person from assaulting, harassing, stalking, or threatening any person named in the order, or requires the person to stay away from, or have no contact with, any other person or a location; and
    (C) Requires the person to relinquish possession of any firearms; or
  (6) Has been convicted within the past 5 years of:
    (A) An intrafamily offense, as that term is defined in § 16-1001(8) , or any similar provision in the law of another jurisdiction; or
    (B) Stalking or attempted stalking, pursuant to Chapter 31A of this title , or any similar provision in the law of another jurisdiction.
(b) (1) A person who violates subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 10 years and shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a mandatory-minimum term of 1 year, unless she or he has a prior conviction for a crime of violence other than conspiracy, in which case she or he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 15 years and shall be sentenced to a mandatory-minimum term of 3 years.
  (2) A person sentenced to a mandatory-minimum term of imprisonment under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not be released from prison or granted probation or suspension of sentence prior to serving the mandatory-minimum sentence.
  (3) In addition to any other penalty provided under this subsection, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 .
(c) A person who violates subsection (a)(2) through (a)(6) of this section shall be sentenced to not less than 2 years nor more than 10 years, fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
(c-1) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to possess or receive any firearm which has had the importer's or manufacturer's serial number removed, obliterated, or altered.
  (2) It shall be unlawful for any person to receive, possess, conceal, store, barter, sell, or dispose of any stolen firearm or stolen ammunition, or pledge or accept as security for a loan any stolen firearm or stolen ammunition, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe  that the firearm or ammunition was stolen.
(c-2) A person who violates subsection (c-1) of this section shall upon conviction be fined no more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or incarcerated no less than 2 years nor more than 5 years, or both.
(d) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Crime of violence” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 23-1331(4) , or a crime under the laws of any other jurisdiction that involved conduct that would constitute a crime of violence if committed in the District of Columbia, or conduct that is substantially similar to that prosecuted as a crime of violence under the District of Columbia Official Code.
  (2) “Fugitive from justice” means a person who has:
    (A) Fled to avoid prosecution for a crime or to avoid giving testimony in a criminal proceeding; or
    (B) Escaped from a federal, state, or local prison, jail, halfway house, or detention facility or from the custody of a law enforcement officer.
D.C. Code § 22-4324 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 43 / § 22-4324
§ 22-4324. Hunting or disbursing of ducks, geese, and waterfowl.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3218.04 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3218.04
§ 22-3218.04. Penalties for violation.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates § 22-3218.02 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon a conviction, shall be imprisoned for not more than 60 days, or fined, not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both. In the case of a second or subsequent conviction, a person who violates § 22-3218.02 shall be imprisoned for not more than 180 days, or fined, not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
(b) In addition to the criminal penalties in subsection (a) of this section, a person who is found to have violated § 22-3218.02 in a civil proceeding shall be liable to the company using or engaged in the generation or distribution of electricity or gas for restitution of the amount of any losses or damage sustained.
D.C. Code § 22-1409 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 14 / § 22-1409
§ 22-1409. Use of official insignia; penalty for unauthorized use.
Status: in_force

(a) The Metropolitan Police Department and the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department shall have the sole and exclusive rights to have and use, in carrying out their respective missions, the official badges, patches, emblems, copyrights, descriptive or designating marks, and other official insignia displayed upon their current and future uniforms.
(b) Any person who, for any reason, makes or attempts to make unauthorized use of, or aids or attempts to aid another person in the unauthorized use or attempted unauthorized use of the official badges, patches, emblems, copyrights, descriptive or designated marks, or other official insignia of the Metropolitan Police Department or the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-2902 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / § 22-2902
§ 22-2902. Sale of unwholesome food — “Food” defined.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-951 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 9B / § 22-951
§ 22-951. Criminal street gangs.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) It is unlawful for a person to solicit, invite, recruit, encourage, or otherwise cause, or attempt to cause, another individual to become a member of, remain in, or actively participate in what the person knows to be a criminal street gang.
  (2) A person convicted of a violation of this subsection shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both.
(b) (1) It is unlawful for any person who is a member of or actively participates in a criminal street gang to knowingly and willfully participate in any felony or violent misdemeanor committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any other member or participant of that criminal street gang.
  (2) A person convicted of a violation of this subsection shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
(c) (1) It is unlawful for a person to use or threaten to use force, coercion, or intimidation against any person or property, in order to:
    (A) Cause or attempt to cause an individual to:
      (i) Join a criminal street gang;
      (ii) Participate in activities of a criminal street gang;
      (iii) Remain as a member of a criminal street gang; or
      (iv) Submit to a demand made by a criminal street gang to commit a felony in violation of the laws of the District of Columbia, the United States, or any other state; or
    (B) Retaliate against an individual for a refusal to:
      (i) Join a criminal street gang;
      (ii) Participate in activities of a criminal street gang;
      (iii) Remain as a member of a criminal street gang; or
      (iv) Submit to a demand made by a criminal street gang to commit a felony in violation of the laws of the District of Columbia, the United States, or any other state.
  (2) A person convicted of a violation of this subsection shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.
(d) The penalties under this section are in addition to any other penalties permitted by law.
(e) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Criminal street gang” means an association or group of 6 or more persons that:
    (A) Has as a condition of membership or continued membership, the committing of or actively participating in committing a crime of violence, as defined by § 23-1331(4) ); or
    (B) Has as one of its purposes or frequent activities, the violation of the criminal laws of the District, or the United States, except for acts of civil disobedience.
  (2) “Violent misdemeanor” shall mean:
    (A) Destruction of property ( § 22-303 );
    (B) Simple assault ( § 22-404(a) );
    (C) Stalking ( § 22-404(b) [see now § 22-3132 ]);
    (D) Threats to do bodily harm ( § 22-407 );
    (E) Criminal abuse or criminal neglect of a vulnerable adult ( § 22-936(a) );
    (F) Cruelty to animals ( § 22-1001(a) ); and
    (G) Possession of prohibited weapon ( § 22-4514 ).
D.C. Code § 22-1805 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 18 / § 22-1805
§ 22-1805. Persons advising, inciting, or conniving at criminal offense to be charged as principals.
Status: in_force

In prosecutions for any criminal offense all persons advising, inciting, or conniving at the offense, or aiding or abetting the principal offender, shall be charged as principals and not as accessories, the intent of this section being that as to all accessories before the fact the law heretofore applicable in cases of misdemeanor only shall apply to all crimes, whatever the punishment may be.
D.C. Code § 22-3805 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 38 / § 22-3805
§ 22-3805. Right to counsel.
Status: in_force

A patient shall have the right to have the assistance of counsel at every stage of the proceeding under this chapter. Before the court appoints psychiatrists pursuant to § 22-3806 it shall advise the patient of his or her right to counsel and shall assign counsel to represent him or her unless the patient is able to obtain counsel or elects to proceed without counsel.
D.C. Code § 22-4606 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 46 / § 22-4606
§ 22-4606. Embezzlement by warehouseman, factor, storage, forwarding, or commission merchant.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3225.06 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3225.06
§ 22-3225.06. Indemnity.
Status: in_force

An insurer shall not be liable for the following:
(1) Damages or restitution provided by this subchapter, either jointly, severably, or as a third party, for insurance fraud offense committed by an insured; or
(2) The defense of an insured or other person who is charged with insurance fraud.
D.C. Code § 22-2603.02 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 26 / § 22-2603.02
§ 22-2603.02. Unlawful possession of contraband.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as authorized by law, the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Corrections, or the Director of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, it is unlawful to:
  (1) Knowingly bring Class A, Class B, or Class C contraband into or upon the grounds of a penal institution or a secure juvenile residential facility with the intent that it be given to or received by an inmate or securely detained juvenile;
  (2) Knowingly cause another to bring Class A, Class B, or Class C contraband into or upon the grounds of a penal institution or a secure juvenile residential facility with the intent that it be given to or received by an inmate or securely detained juvenile; or
  (3) Knowingly place Class A, Class B, or Class C contraband in such proximity to a penal institution or a secure juvenile residential facility with the intent to give an inmate, a securely detained juvenile, a staff member, or a visitor access to the contraband.
(b) It is unlawful for an inmate, or securely detained juvenile, to possess Class A, Class B, or Class C contraband, regardless of the intent with which he or she possesses it.
(c) It is unlawful for an employee of the Department of Corrections or Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services who becomes aware of any violation of this section to fail to report such knowledge as required by department regulations, policies, or procedures.
(d) (1) Any item listed as contraband is not deemed to be contraband when issued by a penal institution or secure juvenile residential facility to an employee and the item is being used in the performance of the employee’s duties within the penal institution or secure juvenile residential facility.
  (2) Any item listed as contraband is not deemed to be contraband when issued by a law enforcement agency to its sworn officers and the item is being used in the performance of his or her duties.
(e) It is not unlawful for an attorney, or representative or agent of an attorney, during the course of a visit for the purpose of legal representation of the inmate or securely detained juvenile, to:
  (1) Possess a cellular telephone or other portable communication device and accessories thereto for the purpose of the legal visit for use by the attorney, representative, or agent, and not for the personal use of any inmate or securely detained juvenile; or
  (2) Give or transmit to an inmate or securely detained juvenile legal written or recorded communication pertaining to his or her legal representation.
(f) It is not unlawful for a person to possess or carry a controlled substance that is prescribed to that person and that is medically necessary for that person to carry.
D.C. Code § 22-4611 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 46 / § 22-4611
§ 22-4611. Taking property without right.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-201 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 2 / § 22-201
§ 22-201. Definition and penalty.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3225.11 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3225.11
§ 22-3225.11. Limited law enforcement authority.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commissioner shall have the power to issue and serve subpoenas, to compel witnesses to appear and testify, and to produce all books, records, papers, or documents in any insurance investigation or examination.
(b) Any willful false testimony by a witness before the Commissioner as to any material fact shall constitute perjury and shall be punished in the manner prescribed by law for such offense.
(c) If any witness having been personally summoned shall neglect or refuse to obey the subpoena issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner may, through the Corporation Counsel, report that fact to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or one of the judges thereof and the Court, or any judge thereof, may compel obedience to the subpoena to the same extent as witnesses may be compelled to obey the subpoenas of the Court.
(d) The Commissioner may administer oaths to witnesses summoned in any investigation or examination as set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
D.C. Code § 22-4241 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 42A / § 22-4241
§ 22-4241. Authorizing federal officials.
Status: in_force

(a) In general. — Each of the individuals described in subsection (b) is authorized to serve on the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, participate in the Council’s activities, and take such other actions as may be necessary to carry out the individual’s duties as a member of the Council.
(b) Individuals described. — The individuals described in this subsection are as follows:
  (1) The Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia.
  (2) The Director of the District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency.
  (3) The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.
  (4) The Director of the Bureau of Prisons.
  (5) The chair of the United States Parole Commission.
  (6) The Director of the United States Marshals Service.
D.C. Code § 22-4514 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 45 / § 22-4514
§ 22-4514. Possession of certain dangerous weapons prohibited; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall within the District of Columbia possess any item that is, in fact, a machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, bump stock, ghost gun, knuckles, or any instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a blackjack, slungshot, sand club, sandbag, switchblade knife, nor any instrument, attachment, or appliance for causing the firing of any firearm to be silent or intended to lessen or muffle the noise of the firing of any firearms; provided, however, that machine guns, or sawed-off shotgun, bump stock, ghost gun, knuckles, and blackjacks may be possessed by the members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps of the United States, the National Guard, or Organized Reserves when on duty, the Post Office Department or its employees when on duty, marshals, sheriffs, prison or jail wardens, or their deputies, policemen, or other duly-appointed law enforcement officers, including any designated civilian employee of the Metropolitan Police Department, or officers or employees of the United States duly authorized to carry such weapons, banking institutions, public carriers who are engaged in the business of transporting mail, money, securities, or other valuables, wholesale dealers and retail dealers licensed under § 22-4510 .
(b) No person shall within the District of Columbia possess, with intent to use unlawfully against another, an imitation pistol, or a dagger, dirk, razor, stiletto, or knife with a blade longer than 3 inches, or other dangerous weapon.
(c) Whoever violates this section shall be punished as provided in § 22-4515 unless:
  (1) The violation involves possession of a sawed-off shotgun, or ghost gun, in which case such person shall be fined no more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or incarcerated for no more than 5 years, or both;
  (2) The violation involves possession of a machine gun, in which case such person shall be fined no more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or incarcerated for no more than 5 years, which shall be imposed consecutive to any other sentence of imprisonment, or both; or
  (3) The violation occurs after such person has been convicted in the District of Columbia of a violation of this section, or of a felony, either in the District of Columbia or in another jurisdiction, in which case such person shall be fined no more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or incarcerated for no more than 10 years, or both.
(d) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1006.02 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 10 / § 22-1006.02
§ 22-1006.02. Possession of an implement of animal fighting.
Status: in_force

(a) Offense. A person commits the offense of possession of an implement of animal fighting when that person purposefully possesses, with the intent to use in furtherance of engaging in animal fighting, as described in § 22-1006.01 , an implement of animal fighting.
(b) (1) Penalties. A person convicted of possession of an implement of animal fighting shall be fined no more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or incarcerated for no more than 10 days, or both.
  (2) (A) Each implement of animal fighting possessed in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
    (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, no person shall be consecutively sentenced to more than 30 days for violations of this section that occurred within a single 90-day period.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term "implement of animal fighting" means the following objects when used in preparation for, or in furtherance of, animal fighting:
  (1) A breaking stick designed for insertion behind the molars of an animal to break the animal's grip on another animal or object;
  (2) A slatmill, carpetmill or another form of improvised treadmill;
  (3) A springpole that has a biting surface attached to a stretchable device, suspended at a height sufficient to prevent an animal from reaching the biting surface while touching the ground;
  (4) A fighting pit or other confined area designed to contain an animal fight; or
  (5) A breeding stand or rape stand used to immobilize female animals for breeding purposes.
D.C. Code § 22-3021 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 30 / § 22-3021
§ 22-3021. Reputation or opinion evidence of victim’s past sexual behavior inadmissible.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a criminal case in which a person is accused of an offense under subchapter II of this chapter , reputation or opinion evidence of the past sexual behavior of an alleged victim of such offense is not admissible.
(b) For the purposes of this subchapter, “past sexual behavior” means sexual behavior other than the sexual behavior with respect to which an offense under subchapter II of this chapter is alleged.
D.C. Code § 22-3214.01 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3214.01
§ 22-3214.01. Deceptive labeling.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Audiovisual works” means material objects upon which are fixed a series of related images which are intrinsically intended to be shown by the use of machines or devices such as projectors, viewers, or electronic equipment, now known or later developed, together with accompanying sounds, if any, regardless of the nature of the material objects, such as films or tapes, in which the works are embodied.
  (2) “Manufacturer” means the person who authorizes or causes the copying, fixation, or transfer of sounds or images to sound recordings or audiovisual works subject to this section.
  (3) “Sound recordings” means material objects in which sounds, other than those accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work, are fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the sounds can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device.
(b) A person commits the offense of deceptive labeling if, for commercial advantage or private financial gain, that person knowingly advertises, offers for sale, resale, or rental, or sells, resells, rents, distributes, or transports, or possesses for such purposes, a sound recording or audiovisual work, the label, cover, or jacket of which does not clearly and conspicuously disclose the true name and address of the manufacturer thereof.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit:
  (1) Any broadcaster who, in connection with, or as part of, a radio or television broadcast transmission, or for the purposes of archival preservation, transfers any sounds or images recorded on a sound recording or audiovisual work; or
  (2) Any person who, in his own home, for his own personal use, and without deriving any commercial advantage or private financial gain, transfers any sounds or images recorded on a sound recording or audiovisual work.
(d) (1) Any person convicted of deceptive labeling involving less than 1,000 sound recordings or less than 100 audiovisual works during any 180-day period shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.
  (2) Any person convicted of deceptive labeling involving 1,000 or more sound recordings or 100 or more audiovisual works during a 180-day period shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
(e) Upon conviction under this section, the court shall, in addition to the penalties provided by this section, order the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all sound recordings, audiovisual works, and equipment used, or attempted to be used, in violation of this section.
D.C. Code § 22-3225.04 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3225.04
§ 22-3225.04. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person convicted of insurance fraud in the first degree shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, any person convicted of insurance fraud in the second degree shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
  (2) Any person convicted of insurance fraud in the second degree who has been convicted previously of insurance fraud pursuant to § 22-3225.02 or § 22-3225.03 , or a felony conviction based on similar grounds in any other jurisdiction, shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.
(c) Any person convicted of misdemeanor insurance fraud shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 180 days, or both.
(d) A person convicted of a felony violation of this subchapter shall be disqualified from engaging in the business of insurance, subject to 18 U.S.C. § 1033(e)(2).
D.C. Code § 22-2716 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 27 / § 22-2716
§ 22-2716. Violation of injunction granted under § 22-2714.
Status: in_force

In case of the violation of any injunction granted under the provisions of § 22-2714 , the court, or, in vacation, a judge thereof, may summarily try and punish the offender. The proceedings shall be commenced by filing with the clerk of the court an information, under oath, setting out the alleged facts constituting such violation, upon which the court or judge shall cause a warrant to issue, under which the defendant shall be arrested. The trial may be had upon affidavits, or either party may at any stage of the proceedings demand the production and oral examination of the witnesses. A party found guilty of contempt, under the provisions of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $200 and not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or by imprisonment in the District Jail not less than three nor more than 6 months or by both fine and imprisonment.
D.C. Code § 22-2802 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 28 / § 22-2802
§ 22-2802. Attempt to commit robbery.
Status: in_force

Whoever attempts to commit robbery, as defined in § 22-2801 , by an overt act, shall be imprisoned for not more than 3 years or be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
D.C. Code § 22-2306 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / § 22-2306
§ 22-2306. Disclosure.
Status: in_force

Any arrest or conviction under this chapter shall be disclosed to public and private social service agencies that request the Metropolitan Police Department or the court to be notified of such events.
D.C. Code § 22-1341 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13A / § 22-1341
§ 22-1341. Unlawful entry of a motor vehicle.
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful to enter or be inside of the motor vehicle of another person without the permission of the owner or person lawfully in charge of the motor vehicle. A person who violates this subsection shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to:
  (1) An employee of the District government in connection with his or her official duties;
  (2) A tow crane operator who has valid authorization from the District government or from the property owner on whose property the motor vehicle is illegally parked; or
  (3) A person with a security interest in the motor vehicle who is legally authorized to seize the motor vehicle.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term “enter the motor vehicle” means to insert any part of one’s body into any part of the motor vehicle, including the passenger compartment, the trunk or cargo area, or the engine compartment.
[(d)] A violation of § 35-252 shall not constitute a violation of this section.
D.C. Code § 22-1512 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 15 / § 22-1512
§ 22-1512. Prosecution under § 22-1511.
Status: in_force

Prosecution under § 22-1511 shall be in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia upon information filed by the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia or an Assistant U.S. Attorney.
D.C. Code § 22-4509 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 45 / § 22-4509
§ 22-4509. Dealers of weapons to be licensed.
Status: in_force

No retail dealer shall within the District of Columbia sell or expose for sale or have in his or her possession with intent to sell, any pistol, machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, or blackjack without being licensed as provided in § 22-4510 . No wholesale dealer shall, within the District of Columbia, sell, or have in his or her possession with intent to sell, to any person other than a licensed dealer, any pistol, machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, or blackjack.
D.C. Code § 22-2401 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / § 22-2401
§ 22-2401. Perjury; subornation of perjury.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3319 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 33 / § 22-3319
§ 22-3319. Placing obstructions on or displacement of railway tracks.
Status: in_force

Whoever maliciously places an obstruction on or near the track of any steam or street railway, or displaces or injures anything appertaining to such track, with intent to endanger the passage of any locomotive or car, shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years. In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 .
D.C. Code § 22-851 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 8B / § 22-851
§ 22-851. Protection of District public officials.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Family member” means an individual to whom the official or employee of the District of Columbia is related by blood, legal custody, marriage, domestic partnership, having a child in common, the sharing of a mutual residence, or the maintenance of a romantic relationship not necessarily including a sexual relationship.
  (2) “Official or employee” means a person who currently holds or formerly held a paid or unpaid position in the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of government of the District of Columbia, including boards and commissions.
(b) A person who corruptly or, by threat or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, intimidates, impedes, interferes with, or retaliates against, or attempts to intimidate, impede, interfere with, or retaliate against any official or employee, while the official or employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duties or on account of the performance of those duties, shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
(c) A person who stalks, threatens, assaults, kidnaps, or injures any official or employee or vandalizes, damages, destroys, or takes the property of an official or employee, while the official or employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duties or on account of the performance of those duties, shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both, in addition to any other penalties authorized by law.
(d) A person who stalks, threatens, assaults, kidnaps, or injures a family member or vandalizes, damages, destroys, or takes the property of a family member on account of the performance of the official or employee’s duties, shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both, in addition to any other penalties authorized by law.
D.C. Code § 22-4516 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 45 / § 22-4516
§ 22-4516. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any part of this chapter is for any reason declared void, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 22-4506 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 45 / § 22-4506
§ 22-4506. Issue of a license to carry a pistol.
Status: in_force

(a) The Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (“Chief”) may, upon the application of a person having a bona fide residence or place of business within the District of Columbia, or of a person having a bona fide residence or place of business within the United States and a license to carry a pistol concealed upon his or her person issued by the lawful authorities of any State or subdivision of the United States, issue a license to such person to carry a pistol concealed upon his or her person within the District of Columbia for not more than 2 years from the date of issue, if it appears that the applicant has good reason to fear injury to his or her person or property or has any other proper reason for carrying a pistol, and that he or she is a suitable person to be so licensed.
(b) A non-resident who lives in a state that does not require a license to carry a concealed pistol may apply to the Chief for a license to carry a pistol concealed upon his or her person within the District of Columbia for not more than 2 years from the date of issue; provided, that he or she meets the same reasons and requirements set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) For any person issued a license pursuant to this section, or renewed pursuant to § 7-2509.03 , the Chief may limit the geographic area, circumstances, or times of the day, week, month, or year in which the license is effective, and may subsequently limit, suspend, or revoke the license as provided under § 7-2509.05 .
(d) The application for a license to carry shall be on a form prescribed by the Chief and shall bear the name, address, description, photograph, and signature of the licensee.
(e) Except as provided in § 7-2509.05(b) , any person whose application has been denied or whose license has been limited or revoked may, within 15 days after the date of the notice of denial or notice of intent, appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings pursuant to § 7-2509.08 .
D.C. Code § 22-2501 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 25 / § 22-2501
§ 22-2501. Possession of implements of crime; penalty.
Status: in_force

No person shall have in his or her possession in the District any instrument, tool, or implement for picking locks or pockets, with the intent to use such instrument, tool, or implement to commit a crime. Whoever violates this section shall be imprisoned for not more than 180 days  and may be fined not more than  and, in addition, may be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , unless the violation occurs after he or she has been convicted in the District of a violation of this section or of a felony, either in the District or another jurisdiction, in which case he or she shall be imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than 5 years and, in addition, may be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 .
D.C. Code § 22-3132 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 31A / § 22-3132
§ 22-3132. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Any device” means electronic, mechanical, digital or any other equipment, including: a camera, spycam, computer, spyware, microphone, audio or video recorder, global positioning system, electronic monitoring system, listening device, night-vision goggles, binoculars, telescope, or spyglass.
(2) “Any means” includes the use of a telephone, mail, delivery service, e-mail, website, or other method of communication or any device.
(3) “Communicating” means using oral or written language, photographs, pictures, signs, symbols, gestures, or other acts or objects that are intended to convey a message.
(4) “Emotional distress” means significant mental suffering or distress that may, but does not necessarily, require medical or other professional treatment or counseling;
(5) “Financial injury” means the monetary costs, debts, or obligations incurred as a result of the stalking by the specific individual, member of the specific individual’s household, a person whose safety is threatened by the stalking, or a person who is financially responsible for the specific individual and includes:
  (A) The costs of replacing or repairing any property that was taken or damaged;
  (B) The costs of clearing the specific individual’s name or his or her credit, criminal, or any other official record;
  (C) Medical bills;
  (D) Relocation expenses;
  (E) Lost employment or wages; and
  (F) Attorney’s fees.
(6) “Personal identifying information” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 22-3227.01(3) .
(7) “Specific individual” or “individual” means the victim or alleged victim of stalking.
(8) “To engage in a course of conduct” means directly or indirectly, or through one or more third persons, in person or by any means, on 2 or more occasions, to:
  (A) Follow, monitor, place under surveillance, threaten, or communicate to or about another individual;
  (B) Interfere with, damage, take, or unlawfully enter an individual’s real or personal property or threaten or attempt to do so; or
  (C) Use another individual’s personal identifying information.
D.C. Code § 22-3006 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 30 / § 22-3006
§ 22-3006. Misdemeanor sexual abuse.
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever engages in a sexual act or sexual contact with another person and who should have knowledge or reason to know that the act was committed without that other person’s permission, shall be imprisoned for not more than 180 days and, in addition, may be fined in an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 .
(b) (1) A person convicted of misdemeanor sexual abuse who has 3 or more prior convictions for misdemeanor sexual abuse shall be fined no more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or incarcerated for no more than 3 years, or both.
  (2) In addition to a violation of this section, a person shall be considered to have prior convictions for misdemeanor sexual abuse if that person has been previously convicted of a violation of a crime under the laws of any other jurisdiction that involved conduct that would, if committed in the District of Columbia, constitute a violation of this section, or conduct that is substantially similar to conduct prosecuted under this section.
D.C. Code § 22-1704 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 17 / § 22-1704
§ 22-1704. Gaming; setting up gaming table; inducing play.
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever shall in the District set up or keep any gaming table, or any house, vessel, or place, on land or water, for the purpose of gaming, or gambling device commonly called A B C, faro bank, E O, roulette, equality, keno, thimbles, or little joker, or any kind of gaming table or gambling device adapted, devised, and designed for the purpose of playing any game of chance for money or property, or shall induce, entice, and permit any person to bet or play at or upon any such gaming table or gambling device, or on the side of or against the keeper thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not more than 5 years and, in addition, may be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 . For the purposes of this section, the term “gambling device” shall not include slot machines manufactured before 1952, intended for exhibition or private use by the owner, and not used for gambling purposes. The term “slot machine” means a mechanical device, an essential part of which is a drum or reel which bears an insignia and which when operated may deliver, as a result of the application of an element of chance, a token, money, or property, or by operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as a result of this application of an element of chance, a token, money, or property.
(b) It shall be unlawful to install or operate a game of skill machine in the District except as permitted by subchapter III of Chapter 6 of Title 36 . Whoever shall install or operate a game of skill machine in the District in violation of subchapter III of Chapter 6 of Title 36 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon  conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for not more than180 days or fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
D.C. Code § 22-3218.01 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 32 / § 22-3218.01
§ 22-3218.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Company” means a person or enterprise engaged in the generation or distribution of natural gas or electricity.
(2) “Person” means any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, joint stock company, or other entity.
D.C. Code § 22-1104 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 11 / § 22-1104
§ 22-1104. Evidence of marriage; competency of witnesses; proof of wilful desertion.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-4106 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 41 / § 22-4106
§ 22-4106. Duties of the Department of Corrections.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-407 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / § 22-407
§ 22-407. Threats to do bodily harm.
Status: in_force

Whoever is convicted in the District of threats to do bodily harm shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, in addition thereto, or in lieu thereof, may be required to give bond to keep the peace for a period not exceeding 1 year.
D.C. Code § 22-861 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 8C / § 22-861
§ 22-861. Harassing, interfering with, injuring, or obstructing a police animal.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Police animal” means a dog, horse, or other animal used by a law enforcement agency, correctional facility, police department, fire department, or search and rescue unit or agency for the purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws, apprehension of criminal offenders, or search and rescue efforts, whether or not the dog, horse, or other animal is engaged in the performance of its official duties when a violation of this section occurs.
  (2) “Significant bodily injury” means an injury that requires hospitalization or immediate medical attention.
(b) (1) Any person who intentionally and without justifiable and excusable cause, harasses, interferes with, injures, or obstructs a police animal when he or she has reason to believe the animal is a police animal shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned not more than 180 days or fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
  (2) Any person who violates subsection (b) of this section and causes significant bodily injury to, or the death of, a police animal shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years, or fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
  (3) The penalties set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection shall also apply to an owner or keeper of a dog or other animal who intentionally and without justifiable and excusable cause fails to restrain the dog or animal from attacking a police animal when the owner or keeper has reason to believe the animal is a police animal.
D.C. Code § 22-1011 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 10 / § 22-1011
§ 22-1011. Neglect of sick or disabled animals.
Status: in_force

If any maimed, sick, infirm, or disabled animal shall fail to receive proper food or shelter from said owner or person in charge of the same for more than 5 consecutive hours, such person shall, for every such offense, be punished in the same manner provided in § 22-1001 .
D.C. Code § 22-3010.01 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 30 / § 22-3010.01
§ 22-3010.01. Misdemeanor sexual abuse of a child or minor.
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever, being 18 years of age or older and more than 4 years older than a child, or being 18 years of age or older and being in a significant relationship with a minor, engages in sexually suggestive conduct with that child or minor shall be imprisoned for not more than 180 days, or fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or both.
(a-1) (1) A person convicted of misdemeanor sexual abuse of a child or minor who has 3 or more prior convictions for misdemeanor sexual abuse of a child or minor shall be fined no more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , or incarcerated for no more than 3 years, or both.
  (2) In addition to a violation of this section, a person shall be considered as having prior convictions for misdemeanor sexual abuse of a child or minor if that person has been previously convicted of a violation of a crime under the laws of any other jurisdiction that involved conduct that would, if committed in the District of Columbia, constitute a violation of this section, or conduct that is substantially similar to conduct prosecuted under this section.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the term “sexually suggestive conduct” means engaging in any of the following acts in a way which is intended to cause or reasonably causes the sexual arousal or sexual gratification of any person:
  (1) Touching a child or minor inside his or her clothing;
  (2) Touching a child or minor inside or outside his or her clothing close to the genitalia, anus, breast, or buttocks;
  (3) Placing one’s tongue in the mouth of the child or minor; or
  (4) Touching one’s own genitalia or that of a third person.
D.C. Code § 22-4313 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 43 / § 22-4313
§ 22-4313. Sale and possession of deer meat.
Status: repealed

Recodified at § 8-2221.13
D.C. Code § 22-1211 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 12A / § 22-1211
§ 22-1211. Tampering with a detection device.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) It is unlawful for a person who is required to wear a device while incarcerated or committed, while subject to a protection order, or while on pretrial release, presentence release, predisposition release, supervised release, probation, or parole to:
    (A) Intentionally remove or alter the device, or to intentionally interfere with or mask or attempt to interfere with or mask the operation of the device;
    (B) Intentionally allow any unauthorized person to remove or alter the device, or to intentionally interfere with or mask or attempt to interfere with or mask the operation of the device; or
    (C) Intentionally fail to charge the power for the device or otherwise maintain the device’s battery charge or power.
  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term “device” includes a bracelet, anklet, or other equipment with electronic monitoring capability or global positioning system or radio frequency identification technology.
(b) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 , imprisoned for not more than 180 days, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-2903 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / § 22-2903
§ 22-2903. Sale of unwholesome food — Inspection authorized.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-2713 — DC Code / Title 22 / Chapter 27 / § 22-2713
§ 22-2713. Premises occupied for lewdness, assignation, or prostitution declared nuisance.
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, occupy, or release any building, erection, or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution in the District of Columbia is guilty of a nuisance, and the building, erection, or place, or the ground itself in or upon which such lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted, or carried on, continued, or exists, and the furniture, fixtures, musical instruments, and contents are also declared a nuisance, and shall be enjoined and abated as hereinafter provided.
(b) Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, occupy, or release any building, erection, or place which is resorted to by persons using controlled substances in violation of Chapter 9 of Title 48 , for the purpose of using any of these substances or for the purpose of keeping or selling any of these substances in violation of Chapter 9 of Title 48 , is guilty of a nuisance, and the building, erection, or place, or the ground itself in or upon which such activity is conducted, permitted, or carried on, continued, or exists, and the furniture, fixtures, and contents thereof, are also declared a nuisance and disorderly house, and shall be enjoined and abated as hereinafter provided.