District of Columbia Code
Chapter 33 - Trespass; Injuries to Property
§ 22–3305. Placing explosives with intent to destroy or injure property

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, although no damage is done, shall be punished by a fine not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 and by imprisonment for not less than 2 years or more than 10 years.
(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 854, § 825a; Mar. 3, 1905, 33 Stat. 1033, ch. 1461; Dec. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 739, Pub. L. 90-226, title VI, § 607; June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, § 201(i), 60 DCR 2064.)
1981 Ed., § 22-3105.
1973 Ed., § 22-3105.
The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-317 substituted “not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01” for “not exceeding $1,000”.
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 201(i) of the Criminal Fine Proportionality Emergency Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-45, April 1, 2013, 60 DCR 5400, 20 DCSTAT 1300).
Applicability of D.C. Law 19-317: Section 401 of D.C. Law 19-317 provided that the act shall apply only to offenses committed on or after June 11, 2013.

Structure District of Columbia Code

District of Columbia Code

Title 22 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties

Chapter 33 - Trespass; Injuries to Property

§ 22–3301. Forcible entry and detainer

§ 22–3302. Unlawful entry on property

§ 22–3303. Grave robbery; buying or selling dead bodies

§ 22–3304. Depredation of fixtures in houses. [Repealed]

§ 22–3305. Placing explosives with intent to destroy or injure property

§ 22–3306. Defacing books, manuscripts, publications, or works of art

§ 22–3307. Destroying or defacing public records

§ 22–3308. Cutting down or destroying things growing on or attached to the land of another. [Repealed]

§ 22–3309. Destroying boundary markers

§ 22–3310. Destroying vines, bushes, shrubs, trees or protections thereof; penalty

§ 22–3311. Disorderly conduct in public buildings or grounds; injury to or destruction of United States property

§ 22–3312. Destroying or defacing buildings, statues, or monuments. [Repealed]

§ 22–3312.01. Defacing public or private property

§ 22–3312.02. Defacement of certain symbols; display of certain emblems

§ 22–3312.03. Wearing hoods or masks. [Repealed]

§ 22–3312.03a. Abatement of graffiti. [Repealed]

§ 22–3312.03b. Collection against owner. [Repealed]

§ 22–3312.04. Penalties

§ 22–3312.05. Definitions

§ 22–3313. Destroying or defacing building material for streets

§ 22–3314. Destroying cemetery railing or tomb

§ 22–3315. Offenses against property of electric lighting, heating, or power companies [Repealed]

§ 22–3316. Tapping gas pipes [Repealed]

§ 22–3317. Tapping or injuring water pipes; tampering with water meters [Repealed]

§ 22–3318. Malicious pollution of water

§ 22–3319. Placing obstructions on or displacement of railway tracks

§ 22–3320. Obstructing public road; removing milestones

§ 22–3321. Obstructing public highway

§ 22–3322. Fines under § 22-3321 to be collected in name of United States