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.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1327, ch. 854, § 850; May 21, 1994, D.C. Law 10-119, § 2(v), 41 DCR 1639.)
1981 Ed., § 22-3114.
1973 Ed., § 22-3114.
Burning of cross or other religious symbol, see § 22-3312.02.
Defacement of public or private building or property, see § 22-3312.01.
Wearing of masks for particular purposes, see § 22-3312.03.
Structure 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 [Repealed]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
§ 22–3309. Destroying boundary markers
§ 22–3310. Destroying vines, bushes, shrubs, trees or protections thereof; penalty
§ 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 [Repealed]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 [Repealed]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 [Repealed]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 [Repealed]
§ 22–3313. 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 Offenses against property of electric lighting, heating, or power companies [Repealed]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 Tapping gas pipes [Repealed]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 Tapping or injuring water pipes; tampering with water meters [Repealed]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