District of Columbia Code
Title 23 - Criminal Procedure. [Enacted title]
Chapter 5 - Warrants and Arrests

Subchapter I - Definitions

§ 23–501. Definitions - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legistation that will...

Subchapter II - Search Warrants

§ 23–521. Nature and issuance of search warrants - (a) Under circumstances described in this subchapter, a judicial officer...

§ 23–522. Applications for search warrants - (a) Each application for a search warrant shall be made...

§ 23–523. Time of execution of search warrants - (a) A search warrant shall not be executed more than...

§ 23–524. Execution of search warrants - (a) An officer executing a warrant directing a search of...

§ 23–525. Disposition of property - A law enforcement officer or a designated civilian employee of...

§ 23–526. Limitations on consent searches - *NOTE: This section was created by temporary legistation that will...

Subchapter II-A - Currency Seized by the Metropolitan Police Department

§ 23–531. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Seized-currency”...

§ 23–532. Depositing of seized currency - (a)(1) Seized currency shall be promptly deposited in an interest-bearing...

§ 23–533. Rules - The Chief of Police, in consultation with the United States...

§ 23–534. Applicability - The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to any seized...

Subchapter III - Wire Interception and Interception of Oral Communications

§ 23–541. Definitions - As used in this subchapter — (1) the term “wire...

§ 23–542. Interception, disclosure, and use of wire or oral communications prohibited - (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this subchapter, any...

§ 23–543. Possession, sale, distribution, manufacture, assembly, and advertising of wire or oral communication intercepting devices prohibited - (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in subsection (b) of...

§ 23–544. Confiscation of wire or oral communication intercepting devices - Any intercepting device in the District of Columbia — (1)...

§ 23–545. Immunity of witnesses. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 931, Pub. L. 91-452,...

§ 23–546. Applications for authorization or approval of interception of wire or oral communications - (a) The United States attorney may authorize, in writing, any...

§ 23–547. Procedure for authorization or approval of interception of wire or oral communications - (a) Each application for an order authorizing or approving the...

§ 23–548. Additional procedure for approval of interception of wire or oral communications - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, any investigative...

§ 23–549. Maintenance and custody of records - (a) The contents of any wire or oral communication intercepted...

§ 23–550. Inventory - Within a reasonable time but not later than ninety days...

§ 23–551. Procedure for disclosure and suppression of intercepted wire or oral communications - (a) The contents of any intercepted wire or oral communication...

§ 23–552. Government appeals - In addition to any other right to appeal, the United...

§ 23–553. Authorization for disclosure and use of intercepted wire or oral communications - (a) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any...

§ 23–554. Authorization for recovery of civil damages - (a) Any person whose wire or oral communication is intercepted,...

§ 23–555. Reports concerning intercepted wire or oral communications - (a) Within thirty days after the expiration of an order...

§ 23–556. Relation to Federal law on wire interception and interception of oral communications - (a) Sections 23-542, 23-543, 23-545 [repealed], 23-553, 23-554, and 23-555...

Subchapter IV - Arrest Warrant and Summons

§ 23–561. Issuance, form, and contents - (a)(1) A judicial officer may issue a warrant for the...

§ 23–562. Execution and return - (a)(1) A warrant issued pursuant to this subchapter shall be...

§ 23–563. Territorial and other limits - (a) A warrant or summons for a felony under sections...

Subchapter V - Arrest Without Warrant

§ 23–581. Arrests without warrant by law enforcement officers - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legistation that will...

§ 23–582. Arrests without warrant by other persons - (a) A special policeman shall have the same powers as...

§ 23–583. Processing arrests - Unless a person is not eligible for release under §...

§ 23–584. Field arrest and release on citation - (a) In lieu of taking a person into custody, a...

§ 23–585. Violation of condition of release on citation; failure to appear - (a) A person who knowingly fails to abide by a...

Subchapter VI - Authority to Break and Enter Under Certain Conditions

§ 23–591. Authority to break and enter under certain conditions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Oct. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1455, Pub. L. 93-481,...