District of Columbia Code
Chapter 33 - Trespass; Injuries to Property
§ 22–3312.01. Defacing public or private property

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, or paint, without the consent of the owner or proprietor thereof, or, in the case of public property, of the person having charge, custody, or control thereof, any word, sign, or figure upon:
(1) Any property, public or private, building, statue, monument, office, public passenger vehicle, mass transit equipment or facility, dwelling or structure of any kind including those in the course of erection; or
(2) The doors, windows, steps, railing, fencing, balconies, balustrades, stairs, porches, halls, walls, sides of any enclosure thereof, or any movable property.
(Mar. 10, 1983, D.C. Law 4-203, § 2, 30 DCR 180; June 3, 1997, D.C. Law 11-275, § 7, 44 DCR 1408.)
1981 Ed., § 22-3112.1.
This section is referenced in § 22-3312.04, § 22-3312.05, and § 23-581.
Wastewater system, tampering with and misuse, see § 8-105.05.

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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 [Repealed]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 [Repealed]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 [Repealed]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 [Repealed]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 [Repealed]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 [Repealed]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