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District of Columbia Statutes, Title 23

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Title 23, Criminal Procedure. [Enacted title]

10 chapters · 116 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 23116 Ch 5, Warrants and Arrests.33 Ch 13, Bail Agency [Pretrial Services Agenc…22 Ch 1, General Provisions.15 Ch 11, Professional Bondsmen.12 Ch 19, Crime Victims’ Rights.11 Ch 3, Indictments and Informations.9 Ch 7, Extradition and Fugitives from Justice.7 Ch 15, Out-of-State Witnesses.4 Ch 9, Fresh Pursuit.3

12 sections·Filtered byTitle 23✕Ch 11✕

D.C. Code § 23-1101 Definitions
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For purposes of this chapter — (1) the term “bonding business” means the business of becoming surety for compensation upon bonds in criminal cases in the District of Columbia; and (2) the term “bondsman” means any person or corporation engaged in the bonding business either as a …
D.C. Code § 23-1102 Bonding business impressed with public interests
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The bonding business is impressed with a public interest.
D.C. Code § 23-1103 Procuring business through official or attorney for a consideration prohibited
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It shall be unlawful for any bondsman, either directly or indirectly, to give, donate, lend, contribute, or to promise to give, donate, lend, or contribute any money, property, entertainment, or other thing of value whatsoever to any attorney at law, police officer, deputy United…
D.C. Code § 23-1104 Attorneys procuring employment through official or bondsman for a consideration prohibited
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It shall be unlawful for any attorney at law, either directly or indirectly, to give, loan, donate, contribute, or to promise to give, loan, donate, or contribute any money, property, entertainment, or other thing of value whatsoever to, or to split or divide any fee or commissio…

D.C. Code § 23-1105 Receiving other than regular fee for bonding prohibited; bondsmen prohibited from endeavoring to secure dismissal or settlement

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It shall be lawful to charge for executing a bond in a criminal case in the District of Columbia, but it shall be unlawful for a bondsman, either directly or indirectly, to charge, accept, or receive a sum of money, or other thing of value, other than the regular fee for bonding,…

D.C. Code § 23-1106 Posting names of authorized bondsmen; list to be furnished prisoners; prisoners may communicate with bondsmen; record to be kept by police

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A typewritten or printed list alphabetically arranged of all persons engaged under the authority of any of the courts of criminal jurisdiction in the District of Columbia in the business of becoming surety upon bonds for compensation in criminal cases shall be posted in a conspic…

D.C. Code § 23-1107 Bondsmen prohibited from entering place of detention unless requested by prisoner; record of visit to be kept

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It shall be unlawful for a bondsman to enter a police precinct, jail, prisoner’s dock, house of detention, or other place where persons in the custody of the law are detained in the District of Columbia for the purpose of obtaining employment as a bondsman, without having been pr…

D.C. Code § 23-1108 Qualifications of bondsmen; rules to be prescribed by courts; list of agents to be furnished; renewal of authority to act; detailed records to be kept; penalties and disqualifications

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(a) It shall be the duty of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, each, to provide, under reasonable rules and regulations, the qualifications of persons and corporations applying for authority to engage …

D.C. Code § 23-1109 Giving advance information of proposed raid prohibited

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It shall be unlawful for any police officer or other public official, in advance of any raid by police or other peace officers or public officials or the execution of any search warrant or warrant of arrest, to give or furnish, either directly or indirectly, any information conce…

D.C. Code § 23-1110 Designation of official to issue citations or take money or bond

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(a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1) “Releasing official” means a sworn member of a law enforcement agency, as defined in § 23-501(2), appointed by the judges of the Superior Court to: (A) Act as a clerk of the court with authority to issue citations pursuant to § …

D.C. Code § 23-1111 Penalties

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Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be fined not less than $50 and not more than the amount set forth in [§ 22-3571.01], or imprisoned for not less than ten nor more than sixty days, or both, where no other penalty is provided by this chapter; and if the pers…

D.C. Code § 23-1112 Enforcement

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It shall be the duty of the Superior Court and of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to see that this chapter is enforced, and upon the impaneling of each grand jury in the District of Columbia it shall be the duty of the judge impaneling such jury to c…