District Of Columbia § 22-3310 - Destroying vines, bushes, shrubs, trees or protections thereof; penalty.
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§ 22-3310. Destroying vines, bushes, shrubs, trees or protections thereof; penalty.
22-3310It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to top, cut down, remove, girdle, break, wound, destroy, or in any manner injure any vine, bush, shrub, or tree not owned by that person, or any of the boxes, stakes or any other protection thereof, under a penalty not to exceed, for each and every such offense:
In the case of any tree 55 inches or greater in circumference when measured at a height of four and one half feet, a fine of not more than the amount set forth in or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both; or
For vines, bushes, shrubs, and smaller trees, a fine of not more than the amount set forth in or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.
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