The proceeds of the sale of the personal property as provided in § 22-2717, shall be applied in the payment of the costs of the action and abatement and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the defendant.
(Feb. 7, 1914, 38 Stat. 281, ch. 16, § 6.)
1981 Ed., § 22-2718.
1973 Ed., § 22-2718.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 22 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties
Chapter 27 - Prostitution; Pandering
§ 22–2701. Engaging in prostitution or soliciting for prostitution
§ 22–2702. Inmate or frequenter of house of ill fame. [Repealed]
§ 22–2703. Suspension of sentence; conditions; enforcement
§ 22–2705. Pandering; inducing or compelling an individual to engage in prostitution
§ 22–2706. Compelling an individual to live life of prostitution against his or her will
§ 22–2707. Procuring; receiving money or other valuable thing for arranging assignation
§ 22–2708. Causing spouse or domestic partner to live in prostitution
§ 22–2709. Detaining an individual in disorderly house for debt there contracted
§ 22–2710. Procuring for house of prostitution
§ 22–2711. Procuring for third persons
§ 22–2712. Operating house of prostitution
§ 22–2713. Premises occupied for lewdness, assignation, or prostitution declared nuisance
§ 22–2714. Abatement of nuisance under § 22-2713 by injunction — Temporary injunction
§ 22–2716. Violation of injunction granted under § 22-2714
§ 22–2717. Order of abatement; sale of property; entry of closed premises punishable as contempt
§ 22–2718. Disposition of proceeds of sale
§ 22–2719. Bond for abatement; order for delivery of premises; effect of release
§ 22–2720. Tax for maintaining such nuisance
§ 22–2721. Granting immunity to witnesses. [Repealed]
§ 22–2722. Keeping bawdy or disorderly houses
§ 22–2723. Property subject to seizure and forfeiture
§ 22–2725. Anti-Prostitution Vehicle Impoundment Proceeds Fund