Code of the District of Columbia
Official codified DC law sourced from the DC Council Open Law Library (public domain). 21,163 sections indexed.
- § 22-3023Prompt reporting.
- § 22-3024Privilege inapplicable for spouses or domestic partners.
- § 22-303Malicious burning, destruction, or injury of another’s property.
- § 22-304Malicious burning of fences, woods, crops.
- § 22-3051Definitions.
- § 22-3052Unlawful disclosure.
- § 22-3053First-degree unlawful publication.
- § 22-3054Second degree unlawful publication.
- § 22-3055Exclusions.
- § 22-3056Affirmative defenses.
- § 22-3057Jurisdiction.
- § 22-3101Definitions.
- § 22-3102Prohibited acts.
- § 22-3103Penalties.
- § 22-3104Affirmative defenses.
- § 22-3131Legislative intent.
- § 22-3132Definitions.
- § 22-3133Stalking.
- § 22-3134Penalties.
- § 22-3135Jurisdiction.
- § 22-3151Short title.
- § 22-3152Definitions.
- § 22-3153Acts of terrorism; penalties.
- § 22-3154Manufacture or possession of a weapon of mass destruction.
- § 22-3155Use, dissemination, or detonation of a weapon of mass destruction.
- § 22-3156Jurisdiction.
- § 22-3201Definitions.
- § 22-3202Aggregation of amounts received to determine grade of offense.
- § 22-3203Consecutive sentences.
- § 22-3204Case referral.
- § 22-3211Theft.
- § 22-3212Penalties for theft.
- § 22-3213Shoplifting.
- § 22-3214.01Deceptive labeling.
- § 22-3214.02Unlawful operation of a recording device in a motion picture theater.
- § 22-3214Commercial piracy.
- § 22-3215Unauthorized use of motor vehicles.
- § 22-3216Taking property without right.
- § 22-3218.01Definitions.
- § 22-3218.02Unlawful acts.
- § 22-3218.03Presumptions and rebuttal evidence.
- § 22-3218.04Penalties for violation.
- § 22-3221Fraud.
- § 22-3222Penalties for fraud.
- § 22-3223Credit card fraud.
- § 22-3224.01Jurisdiction.
- § 22-3224Fraudulent registration.
- § 22-3225.01Definitions.
- § 22-3225.02Insurance fraud in the first degree.
- § 22-3225.03Insurance fraud in the second degree.
- § 22-3225.03aMisdemeanor insurance fraud.
- § 22-3225.04Penalties.
- § 22-3225.05Restitution.
- § 22-3225.06Indemnity.
- § 22-3225.07Practitioners.
- § 22-3225.08Investigation and report of insurance fraud.
- § 22-3225.09Insurance fraud prevention and detection.
- § 22-3225.10Regulations.
- § 22-3225.11Limited law enforcement authority.
- § 22-3225.12Annual anti-fraud activity reporting requirement.
- § 22-3225.13Immunity.
- § 22-3225.14Prohibition of solicitation.
- § 22-3225.15Jurisdiction.
- § 22-3226.01Definitions.
- § 22-3226.02Application for a certificate of registration of telephone solicitor.
- § 22-3226.03Surety bond requirements for telephone solicitors.
- § 22-3226.04Security alternative to surety bonds.
- § 22-3226.05Exemptions.
- § 22-3226.06Unlawful acts and practices.
- § 22-3226.07Deceptive acts and practices prohibited.
- § 22-3226.08Abusive telemarketing acts or practices.
- § 22-3226.09Civil penalties.
- § 22-3226.10Criminal penalties.
- § 22-3226.11Private right of action.
- § 22-3226.12Statute of limitations period.
- § 22-3226.13Task force to combat fraud.
- § 22-3226.14Fraud Prevention Fund.
- § 22-3226.15General disclosures.
- § 22-3227.01Definitions.
- § 22-3227.02Identity theft.
- § 22-3227.03Penalties for identity theft.
- § 22-3227.04Restitution.
- § 22-3227.05Correction of public records.
- § 22-3227.06Jurisdiction.
- § 22-3227.07Limitations.
- § 22-3227.08Police reports.
- § 22-3231Trafficking in stolen property.
- § 22-3232Receiving stolen property.
- § 22-3233Altering or removing motor vehicle identification numbers.
- § 22-3234Altering or removing bicycle identification numbers.
- § 22-3241Forgery.
- § 22-3242Penalties for forgery.
- § 22-3251Extortion.
- § 22-3252Blackmail.
- § 22-3301Forcible entry and detainer.
- § 22-3302Unlawful entry on property.
- § 22-3303Grave robbery; buying or selling dead bodies.
- § 22-3304Depredation of fixtures in houses.
- § 22-3305Placing explosives with intent to destroy or injure property.
- § 22-3306Defacing books, manuscripts, publications, or works of art.
- § 22-3307Destroying or defacing public records.
- § 22-3308Cutting down or destroying things growing on or attached to the land of another.
- § 22-3309Destroying boundary markers.
- § 22-3310Destroying vines, bushes, shrubs, trees or protections thereof; penalty.
- § 22-3311Disorderly conduct in public buildings or grounds; injury to or destruction of United States property.
- § 22-3312.01Defacing public or private property.
- § 22-3312.02Defacing or burning cross or religious symbol; display of certain emblems.
- § 22-3312.03Wearing hoods or masks.
- § 22-3312.03aAbatement of graffiti.
- § 22-3312.03bCollection against owner.
- § 22-3312.04Penalties.
- § 22-3312.05Definitions.
- § 22-3312Destroying or defacing buildings, statues, or monuments.
- § 22-3313Destroying or defacing building material for streets.
- § 22-3314Destroying cemetery railing or tomb.
- § 22-3315Offenses against property of electric lighting, heating, or power companies
- § 22-3316Tapping gas pipes
- § 22-3317Tapping or injuring water pipes; tampering with water meters
- § 22-3318Malicious pollution of water.
- § 22-3319Placing obstructions on or displacement of railway tracks.
- § 22-3320Obstructing public road; removing milestones.
- § 22-3321Obstructing public highway.
- § 22-3322Fines under § 22-3321 to be collected in name of United States.
- § 22-3401Use of “District of Columbia” or similar designation by private detective or collection agency — Prohibited.
- § 22-3402Use of “District of Columbia” or similar designation by private detective or collection agency — Penalty.
- § 22-3403Use of “District of Columbia” or similar designation by private detective or collection agency — Prosecutions for violations.
- § 22-3501“Vagrancy” defined; prosecution and the giving of security.
- § 22-3502“Vagrants” defined.
- § 22-3503Prosecutions; burden of proof to show lawful employment.
- § 22-3504Penalty; conditions imposed by court.
- § 22-3505Prosecutions.
- § 22-3506Right to strike or picket not abrogated.
- § 22-3531Voyeurism.
- § 22-3571.01Fines for criminal offenses.
- § 22-3571.02Applicability of fine proportionality provision.
- § 22-3601Enhanced penalty for crimes against senior citizen victims.
- § 22-3602Enhanced penalty for committing certain dangerous and violent crimes against a citizen patrol member.
- § 22-3611Enhanced penalty for committing crime of violence against minors.
- § 22-3701Definitions.
- § 22-3702Collection and publication of data.
- § 22-3703Bias-related crime.
- § 22-3704Civil action.
- § 22-3751.01Enhanced penalties for offenses committed against transit operators and Metrorail station managers.
- § 22-3751Enhanced penalties for offenses committed against taxicab drivers.
- § 22-3752Enumerated offenses.
- § 22-3801Indecent acts with children
- § 22-3802Sodomy
- § 22-3803Definitions.
- § 22-3804Filing of statement.
- § 22-3805Right to counsel.
- § 22-3806Examination by psychiatrists.
- § 22-3807When hearing is required.
- § 22-3808Hearing; commitment.
- § 22-3809Parole; discharge.
- § 22-3810Stay of criminal proceedings.
- § 22-3811Criminal law unchanged.
- § 22-3901Definitions.
- § 22-3902Testing and counseling.
- § 22-3903Rules.
- § 22-4001Definitions.
- § 22-4002Registration period.
- § 22-4003Certification duties of the Superior Court.
- § 22-4004Dispute resolution procedures in the Superior Court.
- § 22-4005Duties of the Department of Corrections.
- § 22-4006Duties of the Department of Mental Health.
- § 22-4007Registration functions of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency.
- § 22-4008Verification functions of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency.
- § 22-4009Change of address or other information.
- § 22-401Assault with intent to kill, rob, or poison, or to commit first degree sexual abuse, second degree sexual abuse or child sexual abuse.
- § 22-4010Maintenance and release of sex offender registration information by the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency.
- § 22-4011Community notification and education duties of the Metropolitan Police Department.
- § 22-4012Interagency coordination.
- § 22-4013Immunity.
- § 22-4014Duties of sex offenders.
- § 22-4015Penalties; mandatory release condition.
- § 22-4016No change in age of consent; registration not required for offenses between consenting adults.
- § 22-4017Freedom of Information Act exception.
- § 22-402Assault with intent to commit mayhem or with dangerous weapon.
- § 22-403Assault with intent to commit any other offense.
- § 22-404.01Aggravated assault.
- § 22-404.02Assault on a public vehicle inspection officer.
- § 22-404.03Aggravated assault on a public vehicle inspection officer.
- § 22-404Assault or threatened assault in a menacing manner; stalking.
- § 22-405Assault on member of police force, campus or university special police, or fire department.
- § 22-406Mayhem or maliciously disfiguring.
- § 22-407Threats to do bodily harm.
- § 22-408Penalty for assaulting, beating, or fighting on account of money won by gaming.
- § 22-4101Definitions.
- § 22-4102Persons required to register.
- § 22-4103Establishment of the Sex Offender Registration Advisory Council.
- § 22-4104Duties of the Advisory Council.
- § 22-4105Duties of the Court.
- § 22-4106Duties of the Department of Corrections.
- § 22-4107Transfer of information to the Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- § 22-4108Duties of the Board of Parole.
- § 22-4109Verification.
- § 22-4110Notification of changes of address.
- § 22-4111Registration for change of address to another state.
- § 22-4112Length of registration.
- § 22-4113Penalties.
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