Title 16 — Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]
40 chapters · 682 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 16-1901 Petition; issuance of writ
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(a) A person committed, detained, confined, or restrained from his lawful liberty within the District, under any color or pretense whatever, or a person in his behalf, may apply by petition to the appropriate court, or a judge thereof, for a writ of habeas corpus, to the end that…
D.C. Code § 16-1902 Service of writ; return
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A writ of habeas corpus issued pursuant to this chapter shall be served by delivering it to the officer or other person to whom it is directed, or by leaving it at the prison or place at which the party suing it out is detained. The officer or other person shall forthwith, or wit…
D.C. Code § 16-1903 Suspected evasion or disobedience of writ; procedure
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On an application for a writ of habeas corpus, if probable cause is shown for believing that the person charged with confining or detaining the person applying therefor, or on whose behalf the application is made: (1) is about to remove the person so detained from the place where…
D.C. Code § 16-1904 Forfeiture and penalty for failure to produce
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If an officer or other person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is directed neglects or refuses to: (1) make return of the writ; or (2) bring the body of the person detained — according to the command of the writ, he shall forfeit to the person detained the sum of $500, and be liab…
D.C. Code § 16-1905 Right to copy of commitment; forfeiture
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A person committed or detained, or a person in his behalf, may demand a true copy of the warrant of commitment or detainer. An officer or other person detaining a person, who refuses or neglects to deliver to him or to a person in his behalf a true copy of the warrant of commitme…
D.C. Code § 16-1906 Inquiry into cause of detention; bail; bond
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On the return of a writ of habeas corpus issued pursuant to this chapter and the production of the person detained, the court or judge shall immediately inquire into the legality and propriety of the confinement or detention. If it appears that the person is detained without lega…
D.C. Code § 16-1907 Traversing return; pleading; witnesses
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A person at whose instance or in whose behalf a writ of habeas corpus has been issued may traverse the return thereto, or plead any matters showing that there is not a sufficient legal cause for his confinement or detention. The court or judge may issue process for witnesses or f…
D.C. Code § 16-1908 Right of other persons to writ
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A person entitled to the custody of another person, unlawfully confined or detained by a third person, as a parent, guardian, committee, spouse, or domestic partner, entitled to the custody of a minor child, ward, spouse, or domestic partner, upon application to the court or a ju…
D.C. Code § 16-1909 Construction of chapter
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This chapter does not affect any provision of chapter 153 of Title 28, United States Code.