Title 22 — Criminal Offenses and Penalties.
74 chapters · 582 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 22-1831 Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process” means the use or threatened use of law or legal process, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose for which the law was not designed, to exert p…
D.C. Code § 22-1832 Forced labor
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(a) It is unlawful for an individual or a business knowingly to use coercion to cause a person to provide labor or services. (b) It is unlawful for an individual or a business knowingly to place or keep any person in debt bondage.
D.C. Code § 22-1833 Trafficking in labor or commercial sex acts
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It is unlawful for an individual or a business to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, or maintain by any means a person, knowing, or in reckless disregard of the fact that: (1) Coercion will be used or is being used to cause the person to provide labor or service…
D.C. Code § 22-1834 Sex trafficking of children
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(a) It is unlawful for an individual or a business knowingly to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, or maintain by any means a person who will be caused as a result to engage in a commercial sex act knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that the person has…
D.C. Code § 22-1835 Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of human trafficking
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It is unlawful for an individual or business knowingly to destroy, conceal, remove, confiscate, or possess any actual or purported government identification document, including a passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported document, of any person to p…
D.C. Code § 22-1836 Benefitting financially from human trafficking
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It is unlawful for an individual or business knowingly to benefit, financially or by receiving anything of value, from voluntarily participating in a venture which has engaged in any act in violation of § 22-1832, § 22-1833, § 22-1834, or § 22-1835, knowing or in reckless disrega…
D.C. Code § 22-1837 Penalties
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(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, whoever violates § 22-1832, § 22-1833, or § 22-1834 shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01, imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both. (2) Whoever violates sections § 22-1832, § 22-1833…
D.C. Code § 22-1838 Forfeiture
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(a) In imposing sentence on any individual or business convicted of a violation of this chapter, the court shall order, in addition to any sentence imposed, that the individual or business shall forfeit to the District of Columbia: (1) Any interest in any property, real or person…
D.C. Code § 22-1839 Reputation or opinion evidence
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In a criminal case in which a person is accused of trafficking in commercial sex, as prohibited by § 22-1833, sex trafficking of children, as prohibited by § 22-1834, or benefitting financially from human trafficking, as prohibited by § 22-1836, reputation or opinion evidence of …
D.C. Code § 22-1840 Civil action
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(a) An individual who is a victim of an offense prohibited by § 22-1832, § 22-1833, § 22-1834, § 22-1835 or § 22-1836 may bring a civil action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The court may award actual damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive…
D.C. Code § 22-1841 Data collection and dissemination
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Not funded [Not funded].
D.C. Code § 22-1842 Training program
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(a) The Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”), the Child and Family Services Agency (“CFSA”), and the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (“DYRS”) shall provide training on human trafficking to: (1) New law enforcement officers, social workers, and case managers; and (2)…
D.C. Code § 22-1843 Public posting of human trafficking hotline
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[Not funded].