District Of Columbia § 22-3003 - Second degree sexual abuse.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 22-3003 — Second degree sexual abuse., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22-3003. Second degree sexual abuse.
22-3003A person shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years and may be fined not more than the amount set forth in , if that person engages in or causes another person to engage in or submit to a sexual act in the following manner:
By threatening or placing that other person in reasonable fear (other than by threatening or placing that other person in reasonable fear that any person will be subjected to death, bodily injury, or kidnapping); or
Where the person knows or has reason to know that the other person is:
Incapable of appraising the nature of the conduct;
Incapable of declining participation in that sexual act; or
Incapable of communicating unwillingness to engage in that sexual act.
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Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 22-3003 ("Second degree sexual abuse.") 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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