District of Columbia Code
Title 16 - Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]
Chapter 19 - Habeas Corpus

§ 16–1901. Petition; issuance of writ - (a) A person committed, detained, confined, or restrained from his...

§ 16–1902. Service of writ; return - A writ of habeas corpus issued pursuant to this chapter...

§ 16–1903. Suspected evasion or disobedience of writ; procedure - On an application for a writ of habeas corpus, if...

§ 16–1904. Forfeiture and penalty for failure to produce - If an officer or other person to whom a writ...

§ 16–1905. Right to copy of commitment; forfeiture - A person committed or detained, or a person in his...

§ 16–1906. Inquiry into cause of detention; bail; bond - On the return of a writ of habeas corpus issued...

§ 16–1907. Traversing return; pleading; witnesses - A person at whose instance or in whose behalf a...

§ 16–1908. Right of other persons to writ - A person entitled to the custody of another person, unlawfully...

§ 16–1909. Construction of chapter - This chapter does not affect any provision of chapter 153...