Title 22 — Criminal Offenses and Penalties.
74 chapters · 582 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 22-3301 Forcible entry and detainer
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Whoever shall forcibly enter upon any premises, or, having entered without force, shall unlawfully detain the same by force against any person previously in the peaceable possession of the same and claiming right thereto, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 1 year…
D.C. Code § 22-3302 Unlawful entry on property
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(a)(1) Any person who, without lawful authority, shall enter, or attempt to enter, any private dwelling, building, or other property, or part of such dwelling, building, or other property, against the will of the lawful occupant or of the person lawfully in charge thereof, or bei…
D.C. Code § 22-3303 Grave robbery; buying or selling dead bodies
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Whoever, without legal authority or without the consent of the nearest surviving relative, shall disturb or remove any dead body from a grave for the purpose of dissecting, or of buying, selling, or in any way trafficking in the same, shall be imprisoned not less than 1 year nor …
D.C. Code § 22-3304 Depredation of fixtures in houses
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D.C. Code § 22-3305 Placing explosives with intent to destroy or injure property
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Whoever places, or causes to be placed, in, upon, under, against, or near to any building, car, vessel, monument, statue, or structure, gunpowder or any explosive substance of any kind whatsoever, with intent to destroy, throw down, or injure the whole or any part thereof, althou…
D.C. Code § 22-3306 Defacing books, manuscripts, publications, or works of art
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Any person who shall wrongfully deface, injure, or mutilate, tear, or destroy any book, pamphlet, or manuscript, or any portion thereof belonging to the Library of Congress, or to any public library in the District of Columbia, whether the property of the United States or of the …
D.C. Code § 22-3307 Destroying or defacing public records
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Whoever maliciously or with intent to injure or defraud any other person defaces, mutilates, destroys, abstracts, or conceals the whole or any part of any record authorized by law to be made, or pertaining to any court or public office in the District, or any paper duly filed in …
D.C. Code § 22-3308 Cutting down or destroying things growing on or attached to the land of another
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D.C. Code § 22-3309 Destroying boundary markers
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Whoever maliciously cuts down, destroys, or removes any boundary tree, stone, or other mark or monument, or maliciously effaces any inscription thereon, either of his or her own lands or of the lands of any other person whatsoever, even though such boundary or bounded trees shoul…
D.C. Code § 22-3310 Destroying vines, bushes, shrubs, trees or protections thereof; penalty
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It 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 …
D.C. Code § 22-3311 Disorderly conduct in public buildings or grounds; injury to or destruction of United States property
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Any person guilty of disorderly and unlawful conduct in or about the public buildings and public grounds belonging to the United States within the District of Columbia, or who shall wilfully injure the buildings or shrubs, or shall pull down, impair, or otherwise injure any fence…
D.C. Code § 22-3312 Destroying or defacing buildings, statues, or monuments
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D.C. Code § 22-3312.01 Defacing public or private property
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It shall be unlawful for any person or persons willfully and wantonly to disfigure, cut, chip, or cover, rub with, or otherwise place filth or excrement of any kind; to write, mark, or print obscene or indecent figures representing obscene or objects upon; to write, mark, draw, o…
D.C. Code § 22-3312.02 Defacing or burning cross or religious symbol; display of certain emblems
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to burn, desecrate, mar, deface, or damage a religious or secular symbol on any private premises or property in the District of Columbia primarily used for religious, educational, residential, memorial, charitable, or cemetery purposes, or …
D.C. Code § 22-3312.03 Wearing hoods or masks
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(a) No person or persons over 16 years of age, while wearing any mask, hood, or device whereby any portion of the face is hidden, concealed, or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer, shall: (1) Enter upon, be, or appear upon any lane, walk, alley, street, road highway,…
D.C. Code § 22-3312.03a Abatement of graffiti
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3312.03b Collection against owner
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D.C. Code § 22-3312.04 Penalties
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(a) Any person who violates any provision of § 22-3312.01 shall be fined not less than $250 and not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01, or imprisoned for a period not to exceed 180 days, or both. Civil fines, penalties, and fees may be imposed as alternative sanctions…
D.C. Code § 22-3312.05 Definitions
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For the purposes of §§ 22-3312.01 through 22-3312.05, the term: (1) “Abate” means to effectively remove. (2) Repealed. (3) Repealed. (4) “Graffiti” means an inscription, writing, drawing, marking, or design that is painted, sprayed, etched, scratched, or otherwise placed on struc…
D.C. Code § 22-3313 Destroying or defacing building material for streets
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It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to destroy, break, cut, disfigure, deface, burn, or otherwise injure any building materials, or materials intended for the improvement of any street, avenue, alley, foot pavement, roads, highways, or inclosure, whether public or pr…
D.C. Code § 22-3314 Destroying cemetery railing or tomb
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If any person shall maliciously cut down, demolish, or otherwise injure any railing, fence, or inclosure around or upon any cemetery, or shall injure or deface any tomb or inscription thereon, such person shall be fined not more than $100.
D.C. Code § 22-3315 Offenses against property of electric lighting, heating, or power companies
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-3316 Tapping gas pipes
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D.C. Code § 22-3317 Tapping or injuring water pipes; tampering with water meters
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D.C. Code § 22-3318 Malicious pollution of water
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Every person who maliciously commits any act by reason of which the supply of water, or any part thereof, to the City of Washington, becomes impure, filthy, or unfit for use, shall be fined not less than $500 and not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01, or imprisoned a…
D.C. Code § 22-3319 Placing obstructions on or displacement of railway tracks
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Whoever maliciously places an obstruction on or near the track of any steam or street railway, or displaces or injures anything appertaining to such track, with intent to endanger the passage of any locomotive or car, shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years. In addition to…
D.C. Code § 22-3320 Obstructing public road; removing milestones
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If any person shall alter or in any manner obstruct or encroach on a public road, or cut, destroy, deface, or remove any milestones set up on such road, or place any rubbish, dirt, logs, or make any pit or hole therein, such person may be indicted, and, upon conviction thereof be…
D.C. Code § 22-3321 Obstructing public highway
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Any person who, without lawful authority, shall obstruct the free use of any of the public highways, which had been used and recognized as public county roads for 25 years prior to May 3, 1862, and which were thereafter duly surveyed, recorded, and declared public highways accord…
D.C. Code § 22-3322 Fines under § 22-3321 to be collected in name of United States
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The fines provided for in § 22-3321 shall be collected in the name of the United States.