District of Columbia § 7-2508.01 Definitions.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 7-2508.01 — Definitions.

District of Columbia § 7-2508.01

Title 7Human Health Care and Safety.

Ch. 25Firearms Control.

Subch. VIIIGun Offender Registry.

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D.C. Code § 7-2508.01 (2026).

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For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:

(1)“Correctional facility” means any building or group of buildings and concomitant services operated as a single management unit by the Department of Corrections, or a similar federal, state, county, or local government agency, or a contractor to such an agency, for the purpose of housing and providing services to persons ordered confined pending trial or sentencing, or incarcerated following sentencing for a violation of law.

(2)“Gun offender” means a person:

(A)Convicted at any time of a gun offense in the District;

(B)Convicted at any time of a gun offense who resides in the District within the registration period established pursuant to § 7-2508.02 ;

(C)Who has as a mandatory condition of release a registration requirement

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For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:

(1) “Correctional facility” means any building or group of buildings and concomitant services operated as a single management unit by the Department of Corrections, or a similar federal, state, county, or local government agency, or a contractor to such an agency, for the purpose of housing and providing services to persons ordered confined pending trial or sentencing, or incarcerated following sentencing for a violation of law.

(2) “Gun offender” means a person:

(A) Convicted at any time of a gun offense in the District;

(B) Convicted at any time of a gun offense who resides in the District within the registration period established pursuant to § 7-2508.02 ;

(C) Who has as a mandatory condition of release a registration requirement in the District pursuant to § 7-2508.04(f) .

(3) “Gun offense” means:

(A) A conviction for the sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, acquisition, possession, use, manufacture, carrying, transportation, registration, or licensing of a firearm under Chapter 45 of Title 22 [ § 22-4501 et seq.], or an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses;

(B) A conviction for violating § 7-2502.01 , § 7-2504.01 , § 7-2505.01 , § 7-2506.01 , or § 7-2509.06 , or an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of those offenses;

(B-i) A conviction for a firearms-related violation of the provisions § 22-402 (assault with a dangerous weapon), § 22-2603.02 (unlawful possession of contraband), or § 22-2803(b) (carjacking); or

(C) Violations in other jurisdictions of any offense with an element that involves the violations listed in subparagraphs (A), (B), or (B-i) of this paragraph.

(4) “Resides” means to stay overnight in the District of Columbia for an aggregate period of time exceeding 30 days in any calendar year.

Legislative History

Sept. 24, 1976, D.C. Law 1-85, title VIII, § 801; as added Dec. 10, 2009, D.C. Law 18-88, § 205, 56 DCR 7413; June 3, 2011, D.C. Law 18-377, § 2(g), 58 DCR 1174; Sept. 29, 2012, D.C. Law 19-170, § 2(r), 59 DCR 5691