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Division IV - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE AND PRISONERSTitle 22 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIESSubtitle I - CRIMINAL OFFENSES
Chapter 33 - TRESPASS; INJURIES TO PROPERTY
Section 22-3309 - Destroying boundary markers

D.C. Code § 22-3309

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Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024
Section 22-3309 - Destroying boundary markers

Whoever maliciously cuts down, destroys, or removes any boundary tree, stone, or other mark or monument, or maliciously effaces any inscription thereon, either of his or her own lands or of the lands of any other person whatsoever, even though such boundary or bounded trees should stand within the person's own land so cutting down and destroying the same, shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 and imprisoned not exceeding 180 days.

D.C. Code § 22-3309

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1333, ch. 854, § 880; May 21, 1994, D.C. Law 10-119, § 2(u), 41 DCR 1639; Aug. 20, 1994, D.C. Law 10-151, § 105(q), 41 DCR 2608; June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, § 201(w), 60 DCR 2064.

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.