District Of Columbia Code — 22
Browse 582 sections in division 22 of the District Of Columbia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 22-101. Definition and penalty.
- § 22-201. Definition and penalty.
- § 22-301. Definition and penalty.
- § 22-302. Burning one’s own property with intent to defraud or injure another.
- § 22-303. Malicious burning, destruction, or injury of another’s property.
- § 22-304. Malicious burning of fences, woods, crops.
- § 22-401. Assault with intent to kill, rob, or poison, or to commit first degree sexual abuse, second degree sexual abuse or child sexual abuse.
- § 22-402. Assault with intent to commit mayhem or with dangerous weapon.
- § 22-403. Assault with intent to commit any other offense.
- § 22-404. Assault or threatened assault in a menacing manner; stalking.
- § 22-404.01. Aggravated assault.
- § 22-404.02. Assault on a public vehicle inspection officer.
- § 22-404.03. Aggravated assault on a public vehicle inspection officer.
- § 22-405. Assault on member of police force, campus or university special police, or fire department.
- § 22-406. Mayhem or maliciously disfiguring.
- § 22-407. Threats to do bodily harm.
- § 22-408. Penalty for assaulting, beating, or fighting on account of money won by gaming.
- § 22-501. Bigamy.
- § 22-601. Breaking and entering vending machines and similar devices.
- § 22-701. Definition and penalty
- § 22-702. Offering or receiving money, property, or valuable consideration to procure office or promotion from Council
- § 22-703. Obstructing justice
- § 22-704. Corrupt influence; officials.
- § 22-711. Definitions.
- § 22-712. Prohibited acts; penalty.
- § 22-713. Bribery of witness; penalty.
- § 22-721. Definitions.
- § 22-722. Prohibited acts; penalty.
- § 22-723. Tampering with physical evidence; penalty.
- § 22-801. Definition and penalty.
- § 22-811. Contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
- § 22-851. Protection of District public officials.
- § 22-861. Harassing, interfering with, injuring, or obstructing a police animal.
- § 22-901. Definitions.
- § 22-902. Trademark counterfeiting.
- § 22-931. Short title.
- § 22-932. Definitions.
- § 22-933. Criminal abuse of a vulnerable adult.
- § 22-934. Criminal negligence.
- § 22-935. Exception.
- § 22-936. Penalties.
- § 22-951. Criminal street gangs.
- § 22-1001. Definitions and penalties.
- § 22-1002. Other cruelties to animals.
- § 22-1002.01. Reporting requirements.
- § 22-1003. Rest, water and feeding for animals transported by railroad company.
- § 22-1004. Arrests without warrant authorized; notice to owner.
- § 22-1005. Issuance of search warrants.
- § 22-1006. Prosecution of offenders; disposition of fines.
- § 22-1006.01. Penalty for engaging in animal fighting.
- § 22-1007. Impounded animals to be supplied with food and water.
- § 22-1008. Relief of impounded animals.
- § 22-1009. Keeping or using place for fighting or baiting of fowls or animals; arrest without warrant.
- § 22-1010. Penalty for engaging in cockfighting or animal fighting.
- § 22-1011. Neglect of sick or disabled animals.
- § 22-1012. Abandonment of maimed or diseased animal; destruction of diseased animals; disposition of animal or vehicle on arrest of driver; scientific experiments.
- § 22-1013. Definitions.
- § 22-1014. Docking tails of horses.
- § 22-1015. Penalty for engaging in animal fighting
- § 22-1101. Definition and penalty.
- § 22-1102. Refusal or neglect of guardian to provide for child under 14 years of age.
- § 22-1103. Wilful neglect or refusal to support wife or minor child; punishment; order of allowance; recognizance; trial under original charge
- § 22-1104. Evidence of marriage; competency of witnesses; proof of wilful desertion
- § 22-1105. Weekly payments by Superintendent of Workhouse for each day’s confinement
- § 22-1106. Collections by Clerk of Court to be deposited with Collector of Taxes and covered into Treasury
- § 22-1201. Debt adjusting; prohibitions; exceptions; penalties; prosecutions for violations.
- § 22-1211. Tampering with a detection device.
- § 22-1301. Affrays.
- § 22-1302. Duelling challenges.
- § 22-1303. Assault for refusal to accept challenge.
- § 22-1304. Leaving District to give or receive challenge.
- § 22-1305. Prize fights and animal fights prohibited.
- § 22-1306. “Pugilistic encounter” defined.
- § 22-1307. Crowding, obstructing, or incommoding.
- § 22-1308. Playing games in streets.
- § 22-1309. Throwing stones or other missiles.
- § 22-1310. Urging dogs to fight or create disorder.
- § 22-1311. Allowing dogs to go at large.
- § 22-1312. Lewd, indecent, or obscene acts; sexual proposal to a minor.
- § 22-1313. Kindling bonfires.
- § 22-1314. Disturbing religious congregation.
- § 22-1314.01. Definitions.
- § 22-1314.02. Prohibited acts.
- § 22-1315. Interference with foreign diplomatic and consular offices, officers, and property — Prohibited.
- § 22-1316. Interference with foreign diplomatic and consular offices, officers, and property — Penalties; exception.
- § 22-1317. Flying fire balloons or parachutes.
- § 22-1318. Driving or riding on footways in public grounds.
- § 22-1319. False alarms and false reports; hoax weapons.
- § 22-1320. Sale of tobacco to minors under 18 years of age.
- § 22-1321. Disorderly conduct.
- § 22-1322. Rioting or inciting to riot.
- § 22-1323. Obstructing bridges connecting D.C. and Virginia.
- § 22-1341. Unlawful entry of a motor vehicle.
- § 22-1401. False pretenses.
- § 22-1402. Recordation of deed, contract, or conveyance with intent to extort money.
- § 22-1403. False personation before court, officers, notaries.
- § 22-1404. Falsely impersonating public officer or minister.
- § 22-1405. False personation of inspector of departments of District.
- § 22-1406. False personation of police officer.
- § 22-1407. Wearing or using insignia of certain organizations.
- § 22-1408. False certificate of acknowledgment.
- § 22-1409. Use of official insignia; penalty for unauthorized use.
- § 22-1501. Forgery.
- § 22-1502. Forging or imitating brands or packaging of goods.
- § 22-1503. Stealing, destroying, mutilating, secreting, or withholding will.
- § 22-1504. Decedent’s estate — Secreting or converting property, documents, or assets.
- § 22-1505. Taking away or concealing writings.
- § 22-1506. Sale or concealment by conditional vendee, with intent to defraud.
- § 22-1507. Fraud by use of slugs to operate coin-controlled mechanism
- § 22-1508. Manufacture, sale, offer for sale, possession of slugs or device to operate coin-controlled mechanism
- § 22-1509. “person” defined
- § 22-1510. Making, drawing, or uttering check, draft, or order with intent to defraud; proof of intent; “credit” defined.
- § 22-1511. Fraudulent advertising.
- § 22-1512. Prosecution under § 22-1511.
- § 22-1513. Penalty under § 22-1511.
- § 22-1514. Fraudulent interference or collusion in jury selection.
- § 22-1601. Fornication.
- § 22-1602. Fornication.
- § 22-1701. Lotteries; promotion; sale or possession of tickets.
- § 22-1702. Possession of lottery or policy tickets.
- § 22-1703. Permitting sale of lottery tickets on premises.
- § 22-1704. Gaming; setting up gaming table; inducing play.
- § 22-1705. Gambling premises; definition; prohibition against maintaining; forfeiture; liens; deposit of moneys in Treasury; penalty; subsequent offenses.
- § 22-1706. Three-card monte and confidence games.
- § 22-1707. “Gaming table” defined.
- § 22-1708. Gambling pools and bookmaking; athletic contest defined.
- § 22-1709. Bucketing, and bucket-shopping and bucket-shops; definitions.
- § 22-1710. Penalty for bucketing or keeping bucket-shop.
- § 22-1711. Penalty for communicating, receiving, exhibiting, or displaying quotations of prices.
- § 22-1712. Bucketing; written statement to be furnished; contents.
- § 22-1713. Corrupt influence in connection with athletic contests.
- § 22-1714. Immunity of witnesses; record.
- § 22-1715. Presence in illegal establishments.
- § 22-1716. Statement of purpose.
- § 22-1717. Permissible gambling activities.
- § 22-1718. Advertising and promotion; sale and possession of lottery and numbers tickets and slips.
- § 22-1801. “Writing” and “paper” defined.
- § 22-1802. “Anything of value” defined.
- § 22-1803. Attempts to commit crime.
- § 22-1804. Second conviction.
- § 22-1804a. Penalty for felony after at least 2 prior felony convictions.
- § 22-1805. Persons advising, inciting, or conniving at criminal offense to be charged as principals.
- § 22-1805a. Conspiracy to commit crime.
- § 22-1806. Accessories after the fact.
- § 22-1807. Punishment for offenses not covered by provisions of Code.
- § 22-1808. Offenses committed beyond District.
- § 22-1809. Prosecutions.
- § 22-1810. Threatening to kidnap or injure a person or damage his property.
- § 22-1831. Definitions.
- § 22-1832. Forced labor.
- § 22-1833. Trafficking in labor or commercial sex acts.
- § 22-1834. Sex trafficking of children.
- § 22-1835. Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of human trafficking.
- § 22-1836. Benefitting financially from human trafficking.
- § 22-1837. Penalties.
- § 22-1838. Forfeiture.
- § 22-1839. Reputation or opinion evidence.
- § 22-1840. Civil action.
- § 22-1841. Data collection and dissemination.
- § 22-1842. Training program.
- § 22-1843. Public posting of human trafficking hotline.
- § 22-1901. Definition and penalty.
- § 22-1931. Obstructing, preventing, or interfering with reports to or requests for assistance from law enforcement agencies, medical providers, or child welfare agencies.
- § 22-2001. Definition and penalty; conspiracy.
- § 22-2101. Murder in the first degree — Purposeful killing; killing while perpetrating certain crimes.
- § 22-2102. Murder in the first degree — Placing obstructions upon or displacement of railroads.
- § 22-2103. Murder in the second degree.
- § 22-2104. Penalty for murder in first and second degrees.
- § 22-2104.01. Sentencing procedure for murder in the first degree.
- § 22-2105. Penalty for manslaughter.
- § 22-2106. Murder of law enforcement officer.
- § 22-2107. Penalty for solicitation of murder or other crime of violence.
- § 22-2201. Certain obscene activities and conduct declared unlawful; definitions; penalties; affirmative defenses; exception.
- § 22-2301. Definitions.
- § 22-2302. Prohibited acts.
- § 22-2303. Permitted activity.
- § 22-2304. Penalties.
- § 22-2305. Conduct of prosecutions.
- § 22-2306. Disclosure.
- § 22-2401. Perjury; subornation of perjury.
- § 22-2402. Perjury.
- § 22-2403. Subornation of perjury.
- § 22-2404. False swearing.
- § 22-2405. False statements.
- § 22-2501. Possession of implements of crime; penalty.
- § 22-2511. Presence in a motor vehicle containing a firearm.
- § 22-2601. Escape from institution or officer.
- § 22-2602. Misprisions by officers or employees of jail.
- § 22-2603.01. Definitions.
- § 22-2603.02. Unlawful possession of contraband.
- § 22-2603.03. Penalties.
- § 22-2603.04. Detainment power.
- § 22-2701. Engaging in prostitution or soliciting for prostitution.
- § 22-2701.01. Definitions.
- § 22-2702. Inmate or frequenter of house of ill fame.
- § 22-2703. Suspension of sentence; conditions; enforcement.
- § 22-2704. Abducting or enticing child from his or her home for purposes of prostitution; harboring such child.
- § 22-2705. Pandering; inducing or compelling an individual to engage in prostitution.
- § 22-2706. Compelling an individual to live life of prostitution against his or her will.
- § 22-2707. Procuring; receiving money or other valuable thing for arranging assignation.
- § 22-2708. Causing spouse or domestic partner to live in prostitution.
- § 22-2709. Detaining an individual in disorderly house for debt there contracted.
- § 22-2710. Procuring for house of prostitution.
- § 22-2711. Procuring for third persons.
- § 22-2712. Operating house of prostitution.
- § 22-2713. Premises occupied for lewdness, assignation, or prostitution declared nuisance.
- § 22-2714. Abatement of nuisance under § 22-2713 by injunction — Temporary injunction.
- § 22-2715. Abatement of nuisance under § 22-2713 by injunction — Trial; dismissal of complaint; prosecution; costs.
- § 22-2716. Violation of injunction granted under § 22-2714.
- § 22-2717. Order of abatement; sale of property; entry of closed premises punishable as contempt.
- § 22-2718. Disposition of proceeds of sale.
- § 22-2719. Bond for abatement; order for delivery of premises; effect of release.
- § 22-2720. Tax for maintaining such nuisance.
- § 22-2721. Granting immunity to witnesses.
- § 22-2722. Keeping bawdy or disorderly houses.
- § 22-2723. Property subject to seizure and forfeiture.
- § 22-2724. Impoundment.
- § 22-2725. Anti-Prostitution Vehicle Impoundment Proceeds Fund.
- § 22-2731. Prostitution free zone; penalty.
- § 22-2751. Definitions.
- § 22-2752. Engaging in an unlawful protest targeting a residence.
- § 22-2801. Robbery.
- § 22-2802. Attempt to commit robbery.
- § 22-2803. Carjacking.
- § 22-2901. Sale of unwholesome food — prohibited.
- § 22-2902. Sale of unwholesome food — “Food” defined.
- § 22-2903. Sale of unwholesome food — Inspection authorized.
- § 22-2904. Sale of unwholesome food — Council to make rules and regulations.
- § 22-2905. Sale of unwholesome food — Prosecutions for violations.
- § 22-2906. Sale of unwholesome food — Penalty.
- § 22-2907. Chapter supplemental to Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
- § 22-3001. Definitions.
- § 22-3002. First degree sexual abuse.
- § 22-3003. Second degree sexual abuse.
- § 22-3004. Third degree sexual abuse.
- § 22-3005. Fourth degree sexual abuse.
- § 22-3006. Misdemeanor sexual abuse.
- § 22-3007. Defense to sexual abuse.
- § 22-3008. First degree child sexual abuse.
- § 22-3009. Second degree child sexual abuse.
- § 22-3009.01. First degree sexual abuse of a minor.
- § 22-3009.02. Second degree sexual abuse of a minor.
- § 22-3009.03. First degree sexual abuse of a secondary education student.
- § 22-3009.04. Second degree sexual abuse of a secondary education student.
- § 22-3010. Enticing a child or minor.
- § 22-3010.01. Misdemeanor sexual abuse of a child or minor.
- § 22-3010.02. Arranging for a sexual contact with a real or fictitious child.
- § 22-3011. Defenses to child sexual abuse and sexual abuse of a minor.
- § 22-3012. State of mind proof requirement.
- § 22-3013. First degree sexual abuse of a ward, patient, client, or prisoner.
- § 22-3014. Second degree sexual abuse of a ward, patient, client, or prisoner.
- § 22-3015. First degree sexual abuse of a patient or client.
- § 22-3016. Second degree sexual abuse of a patient or client.
- § 22-3017. Defenses to sexual abuse of a ward, patient, or client.
- § 22-3018. Attempts to commit sexual offenses.
- § 22-3019. No immunity from prosecution for spouses or domestic partners.
- § 22-3020. Aggravating circumstances.
- § 22-3020.51. Definitions.
- § 22-3020.52. Reporting requirements and privileges.
- § 22-3020.53. Defense to non-reporting.
- § 22-3020.54. Penalties.
- § 22-3020.55. Immunity from liability.
- § 22-3021. Reputation or opinion evidence of victim’s past sexual behavior inadmissible.
- § 22-3022. Admissibility of other evidence of victim’s past sexual behavior.
- § 22-3023. Prompt reporting.
- § 22-3024. Privilege inapplicable for spouses or domestic partners.
- § 22-3051. Definitions.
- § 22-3052. Unlawful disclosure.
- § 22-3053. First-degree unlawful publication.
- § 22-3054. Second degree unlawful publication.
- § 22-3055. Exclusions.
- § 22-3056. Affirmative defenses.
- § 22-3057. Jurisdiction.
- § 22-3101. Definitions.
- § 22-3102. Prohibited acts.
- § 22-3103. Penalties.
- § 22-3104. Affirmative defenses.
- § 22-3131. Legislative intent.
- § 22-3132. Definitions.
- § 22-3133. Stalking.
- § 22-3134. Penalties.
- § 22-3135. Jurisdiction.
- § 22-3151. Short title.
- § 22-3152. Definitions.
- § 22-3153. Acts of terrorism; penalties.
- § 22-3154. Manufacture or possession of a weapon of mass destruction.
- § 22-3155. Use, dissemination, or detonation of a weapon of mass destruction.
- § 22-3156. Jurisdiction.
- § 22-3201. Definitions.
- § 22-3202. Aggregation of amounts received to determine grade of offense.
- § 22-3203. Consecutive sentences.
- § 22-3204. Case referral.
- § 22-3211. Theft.
- § 22-3212. Penalties for theft.
- § 22-3213. Shoplifting.
- § 22-3214. Commercial piracy.
- § 22-3214.01. Deceptive labeling.
- § 22-3214.02. Unlawful operation of a recording device in a motion picture theater.
- § 22-3215. Unauthorized use of motor vehicles.
- § 22-3216. Taking property without right.