District of Columbia Statutes
§ 22-1808 — Offenses committed beyond District.
District of Columbia § 22-1808
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Bluebook
D.C. Code § 22-1808 (2026).
Text
Any person who by the commission outside of the District of Columbia of any act which, if committed within the District of Columbia, would be a criminal offense under the laws of said District, thereby obtains any property or other thing of value, and is afterwards found with any such property or other such thing of value in his or her possession in said District, or who brings any such property or other such thing of value into said District, shall, upon conviction, be punished in the same manner as if said act had been committed wholly within said District.
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Legislative History
Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 854, § 836a; Dec. 21, 1911, 37 Stat. 45, ch. 2; May 21, 1994, D.C. Law 10-119, § 2(c), 41 DCR 1639
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Bluebook (online)
District of Columbia § 22-1808, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/dc/22-1808.