District of Columbia Code
Title 22 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties
Chapter 27 - Prostitution; Pandering

Subchapter I - General

§ 22–2701. Engaging in prostitution or soliciting for prostitution - (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,...

§ 22–2701.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Arranging...

§ 22–2702. Inmate or frequenter of house of ill fame. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Dec. 17, 1941, 55 Stat. 810, ch. 589, §...

§ 22–2703. Suspension of sentence; conditions; enforcement - The court may impose conditions upon any person found guilty...

§ 22–2704. Abducting or enticing child from his or her home for purposes of prostitution; harboring such child - (a) It is unlawful for any person, for purposes of...

§ 22–2705. Pandering; inducing or compelling an individual to engage in prostitution - (a) It is unlawful for any person, within the District...

§ 22–2706. Compelling an individual to live life of prostitution against his or her will - (a) It is unlawful for any person, within the District...

§ 22–2707. Procuring; receiving money or other valuable thing for arranging assignation - (a) It is unlawful for any person, within the District...

§ 22–2708. Causing spouse or domestic partner to live in prostitution - Any person who by force, fraud, intimidation, or threats, places...

§ 22–2709. Detaining an individual in disorderly house for debt there contracted - Any person or persons who attempt to detain any individual...

§ 22–2710. Procuring for house of prostitution - Any person who, within the District of Columbia, shall pay...

§ 22–2711. Procuring for third persons - Any person who, within the District of Columbia, shall receive...

§ 22–2712. Operating house of prostitution - Any person who, within the District of Columbia, knowingly, shall...

§ 22–2713. Premises occupied for lewdness, assignation, or prostitution declared nuisance - (a) Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, occupy,...

§ 22–2714. Abatement of nuisance under § 22-2713 by injunction — Temporary injunction - Whenever a nuisance is kept, maintained, or exists, as defined...

§ 22–2715. Abatement of nuisance under § 22-2713 by injunction — Trial; dismissal of complaint; prosecution; costs - The action when brought shall be triable at the first...

§ 22–2716. Violation of injunction granted under § 22-2714 - In case of the violation of any injunction granted under...

§ 22–2717. Order of abatement; sale of property; entry of closed premises punishable as contempt - If the existence of the nuisance be established in an...

§ 22–2718. Disposition of proceeds of sale - The proceeds of the sale of the personal property as...

§ 22–2719. Bond for abatement; order for delivery of premises; effect of release - If the owner appears and pays all costs of the...

§ 22–2720. Tax for maintaining such nuisance - Whenever a permanent injunction issues against any person for maintaining...

§ 22–2721. Granting immunity to witnesses. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 931, Pub. L. 91-452,...

§ 22–2722. Keeping bawdy or disorderly houses - Whoever is convicted of keeping a bawdy or disorderly house...

§ 22–2723. Property subject to seizure and forfeiture - (a) The following are subject to forfeiture: (1) All conveyances,...

§ 22–2724. Impoundment - (a) Any vehicle used in furtherance of a violation of...

§ 22–2725. Anti-Prostitution Vehicle Impoundment Proceeds Fund - (a) There is established as a nonlapsing fund the Anti-Prostitution...

Subchapter II - Prostitution Free Zones

§ 22–2731. Prostitution free zone; penalty. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-306, § 104, 53...