Whoever maliciously places an obstruction on or near the track of any steam or street railway, or displaces or injures anything appertaining to such track, with intent to endanger the passage of any locomotive or car, shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years. In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1327, ch. 854, § 846; June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, § 303(m), 60 DCR 2064.)
1981 Ed., § 22-3119.
1973 Ed., § 22-3119.
The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-317 added the last sentence.
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 303(m) 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
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 [Repealed]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 [Repealed]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 [Repealed]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 [Repealed]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 [Repealed]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 Offenses against property of electric lighting, heating, or power companies [Repealed]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 Tapping gas pipes [Repealed]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 Tapping or injuring water pipes; tampering with water meters [Repealed]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