(a) A pedestrian who is stopped by a police officer or other authorized official after the pedestrian has committed an infraction of these regulations shall be required to inform the officer or other official of his or her true name and address for the purpose of including that information on a notice of infraction; provided, that no pedestrian shall be required to possess or display any documentary proof of his or her name or address in order to comply with the requirements of this section.
(b) A pedestrian who refuses to provide his or her name and address to a police officer upon request after having been stopped for committing an infraction of these regulations shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $100 nor more than $250.
(Sept. 12, 1978, D.C. Law 2-104, § 307, 25 DCR 1275; Oct. 8, 1981, D.C. Law 4-36, § 4(b), 28 DCR 3383; Mar. 20, 2009, D.C. Law 17-314, § 3, 56 DCR 200.)
1981 Ed., § 40-627.
This section is referenced in § 50-2302.02.
D.C. Law 17-314, in subsec. (b), substituted “not less than $100 nor more than $250” for “not less than $10 nor more than $50 dollars”.
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 6 of Firearms Safety Omnibus Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2019 (D.C. Act 23-49, May 16, 2019, 66 DCR 6310).
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 50 - Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 23 - Traffic Adjudication
Subchapter III - Parking, Standing, Stopping and Pedestrian Infractions
§ 50–2303.02. Exceptions for serious offenders
§ 50–2303.02a. Automated parking enforcement system
§ 50–2303.03. Notice of infraction
§ 50–2303.04a. Fleet reconciliation program
§ 50–2303.07. Identification of pedestrian offenders
§ 50–2303.08. Electronic notice
§ 50–2303.09. Restriction on collecting fines after 10 years. [Repealed]