District Of Columbia § 22-1808 - Offenses committed beyond District.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 22-1808 — Offenses committed beyond District., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22-1808. Offenses committed beyond District.
22-1808Any person who by the commission outside of the District of Columbia of any act which, if committed within the District of Columbia, would be a criminal offense under the laws of said District, thereby obtains any property or other thing of value, and is afterwards found with any such property or other such thing of value in his or her possession in said District, or who brings any such property or other such thing of value into said District, shall, upon conviction, be punished in the same manner as if said act had been committed wholly within said District.
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Section 22-1808 ("Offenses committed beyond District.") is part of the D.C. Code, the codified statutory law of District Of Columbia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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