Title 22 — Criminal Offenses and Penalties.
74 chapters · 582 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 22-1301 Affrays
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Whoever is convicted of an affray in the District shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both.
D.C. Code § 22-1302 Duelling challenges
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1303 Assault for refusal to accept challenge
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1304 Leaving District to give or receive challenge
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1305 Prize fights and animal fights prohibited
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D.C. Code § 22-1306 “Pugilistic encounter” defined
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D.C. Code § 22-1307 Crowding, obstructing, or incommoding
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(a) It is unlawful for a person, alone or in concert with others: (1) To crowd, obstruct, or incommode: (A) The use of any street, avenue, alley, road, highway, or sidewalk; (B) The entrance of any public or private building or enclosure; (C) The use of or passage through any pub…
D.C. Code § 22-1308 Playing games in streets
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It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to play the game of football, or any other game with a ball, in any of the streets, avenues, or alleys in the City of Washington; nor shall it be lawful for any person or persons to play the game of bandy, shindy, or any other game…
D.C. Code § 22-1309 Throwing stones or other missiles
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It shall not be lawful for any person or persons within the District of Columbia to throw any stone or other missile in any street, avenue, alley, road, or highway, or open space, or public square, or inclosure, or to throw any stone or other missile from any place into any stree…
D.C. Code § 22-1310 Urging dogs to fight or create disorder
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It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to entice, induce, urge, or cause any dogs to engage in a fight in any street, alley, road, or highway, open space, or public square in the District of Columbia, or to urge, entice, or cause such dogs to continue or prolong such fi…
D.C. Code § 22-1311 Allowing dogs to go at large
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(a) If any owner or possessor of a fierce or dangerous dog shall permit the same to go at large, knowing said dog to be fierce or dangerous, to the danger or annoyance of the inhabitants, he shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000; and if such an…
D.C. Code § 22-1312 Lewd, indecent, or obscene acts; sexual proposal to a minor
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It is unlawful for a person, in public, to make an obscene or indecent exposure of his or her genitalia or anus, to engage in masturbation, or to engage in a sexual act as defined in § 22-3001(8). It is unlawful for a person to make an obscene or indecent sexual proposal to a min…
D.C. Code § 22-1313 Kindling bonfires
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It shall not be lawful for any person or persons within the limits of the District of Columbia to kindle or set on fire, or be present, aiding, consenting, or causing it to be done, in any street, avenue, road, or highway, alley, open ground, or lot, any box, barrel, straw, shavi…
D.C. Code § 22-1314 Disturbing religious congregation
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1314.01 Definitions
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For the purpose of § 22-1314.02, the term: (1) “Health professional” means a person licensed to practice a health occupation in the District pursuant to § 3-1201.01. (2) “Medical facility” includes a hospital, clinic, physician’s office, or other facility that provides health or …
D.C. Code § 22-1314.02 Prohibited acts
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(a) It shall be unlawful for a person, except as otherwise authorized by District or federal law, alone or in concert with others, to willfully or recklessly interfere with access to or from a medical facility or to willfully or recklessly disrupt the normal functioning of such f…
D.C. Code § 22-1315 Interference with foreign diplomatic and consular offices, officers, and property — Prohibited
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D.C. Code § 22-1316 Interference with foreign diplomatic and consular offices, officers, and property — Penalties; exception
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1317 Flying fire balloons or parachutes
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It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to set up or fly any fire balloon or parachute in or upon or over any street, avenue, alley, open space, public enclosure, or square within the limits of the City of Washington, under a penalty of not more than $10 for each and eve…
D.C. Code § 22-1318 Driving or riding on footways in public grounds
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If any person shall drive or lead any horse, mule, or other animal, or any cart, wagon, or other carriage whatever on any of the paved or graveled footways in and on any of the public grounds belonging to the United States within the District of Columbia, or shall ride thereon, e…
D.C. Code § 22-1319 False alarms and false reports; hoax weapons
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to willfully or knowingly give a false alarm of fire within the District of Columbia, and any person or persons violating the provisions of this subsection shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished…
D.C. Code § 22-1320 Sale of tobacco to minors under 18 years of age
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Recodified as § 7-1721.02
D.C. Code § 22-1321 Disorderly conduct
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(a) In any place open to the general public, and in the communal areas of multi-unit housing, it is unlawful for a person to: (1) Intentionally or recklessly act in such a manner as to cause another person to be in reasonable fear that a person or property in a person’s immediate…
D.C. Code § 22-1322 Rioting or inciting to riot
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(a) A riot in the District of Columbia is a public disturbance involving an assemblage of 5 or more persons which by tumultuous and violent conduct or the threat thereof creates grave danger of damage or injury to property or persons. (b) Whoever willfully engages in a riot in th…
D.C. Code § 22-1323 Obstructing bridges connecting D.C. and Virginia
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Effective with respect to conduct occurring on or after August 5, 1997, whoever in the District of Columbia knowingly and willfully obstructs any bridge connecting the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia: (1) Shall be fined not less than $1,000 and not more than…