Title 22 — Criminal Offenses and Penalties.
74 chapters · 582 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 22-1007 Impounded animals to be supplied with food and water
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Any person who shall impound, or cause to be impounded in any pound, any creature, shall supply the same, during such confinement, with a sufficient quantity of good and wholesome food and water; and in default thereof shall, upon conviction, be punished for every such offense in…
D.C. Code § 22-1008 Relief of impounded animals
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In case any creature shall be at any time impounded as aforesaid, and shall continue to be without necessary food and water for more than 12 successive hours, it shall be lawful for any officer of the Washington Humane Society, from time to time, and as often as it shall be neces…
D.C. Code § 22-1009 Keeping or using place for fighting or baiting of fowls or animals; arrest without warrant
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Any person or persons who shall keep or use, or in any way be connected with or interested in the management of, or shall receive money for the admission of any person to any place kept or used for the purpose of fighting or baiting of fowls or animals, may be arrested without a …
D.C. Code § 22-1010 Penalty for engaging in cockfighting or animal fighting
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1011 Neglect of sick or disabled animals
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If any maimed, sick, infirm, or disabled animal shall fail to receive proper food or shelter from said owner or person in charge of the same for more than 5 consecutive hours, such person shall, for every such offense, be punished in the same manner provided in § 22-1001.
D.C. Code § 22-1012 Abandonment of maimed or diseased animal; destruction of diseased animals; disposition of animal or vehicle on arrest of driver; scientific experiments
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(a) A person being the owner or possessor or having charge or custody of a maimed, diseased, disabled, or infirm animal who abandons such animal, or leaves it to lie in the street or road, or public place, more than 3 hours after he or she receives notice that it is left disabled…
D.C. Code § 22-1013 Definitions
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In §§ 22-1001 to 22-1009, inclusive, and § 22-1011, the word “animals” or “animal” shall be held to include all living and sentient creatures (human beings excepted), and the words “owner,” “persons,” and “whoever” shall be held to include corporations and incorporated companies …
D.C. Code § 22-1014 Docking tails of horses
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1015 Penalty for engaging in animal fighting
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Renumbered Renumbered as § 22-1006.01.
D.C. Code § 22-1101 Definition and penalty
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(a) A person commits the crime of cruelty to children in the first degree if that person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly tortures, beats, or otherwise willfully maltreats a child under 18 years of age or engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of bodily injury to a …
D.C. Code § 22-1102 Refusal or neglect of guardian to provide for child under 14 years of age
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Any person within the District of Columbia, of sufficient financial ability, who shall refuse or neglect to provide for any child under the age of 14 years, of which he or she shall be the parent or guardian, such food, clothing, and shelter as will prevent the suffering and secu…
D.C. Code § 22-1103 Wilful neglect or refusal to support wife or minor child; punishment; order of allowance; recognizance; trial under original charge
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1104 Evidence of marriage; competency of witnesses; proof of wilful desertion
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1105 Weekly payments by Superintendent of Workhouse for each day’s confinement
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1106 Collections by Clerk of Court to be deposited with Collector of Taxes and covered into Treasury
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1201 Debt adjusting; prohibitions; exceptions; penalties; prosecutions for violations
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1211 Tampering with a detection device
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(a)(1) It is unlawful for a person who is required to wear a device as a condition of a protection order, pretrial, presentence, or predisposition release, probation, supervised release, parole, or commitment, or who is required to wear a device while incarcerated, to: (A) Intent…
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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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1306 “Pugilistic encounter” defined
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Repealed Repealed.
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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Repealed Repealed.
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…
D.C. Code § 22-1341 Unlawful entry of a motor vehicle
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(a) It is unlawful to enter or be inside of the motor vehicle of another person without the permission of the owner or person lawfully in charge of the motor vehicle. A person who violates this subsection shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22…
D.C. Code § 22-1401 False pretenses
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 22-1402 Recordation of deed, contract, or conveyance with intent to extort money
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Whoever having no title or color of title to the land affected shall maliciously cause to be recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia any deed, contract, or other instrument purporting to convey or to relate to any land in said District with int…
D.C. Code § 22-1403 False personation before court, officers, notaries
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(a) Whoever falsely personates another person before any court of record or judge thereof, or clerk of court, or any officer in the District authorized to administer oaths or take the acknowledgment of deeds or other instruments or to grant marriage licenses or accepts domestic p…
D.C. Code § 22-1404 Falsely impersonating public officer or minister
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Whoever falsely represents himself or herself to be a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, notary public, police officer, or other public officer, or a minister qualified to celebrate marriage, and attempts to perform the duty or exercise the authority pertain…
D.C. Code § 22-1405 False personation of inspector of departments of District
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It shall be unlawful for any person in the District of Columbia to falsely represent himself or herself as being an inspector of the Department of Human Services of said District, or an inspector of any department of the District government; and any person so offending shall be d…
D.C. Code § 22-1406 False personation of police officer
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It shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the District jail or penitentiary not exceeding 180 days, or by a fine not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01, for any person, not a member of the police force, to falsely represent himself as being such member,…
D.C. Code § 22-1407 Wearing or using insignia of certain organizations
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Repealed Repealed.