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2018 District of Columbia Code
Title 22 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties.
Chapter 18A - Human Trafficking.
§ 22–1835. Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of human trafficking.
Universal Citation: DC Code § 22–1835 (2018)
It is unlawful for an individual or business knowingly to destroy, conceal, remove, confiscate, or possess any actual or purported government identification document, including a passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported document, of any person to prevent or restrict, or attempt to prevent or restrict, without lawful authority, the person’s liberty to move or travel in order to maintain the labor or services of that person.
(Oct. 23, 2010, D.C. Law 18-239, § 105, 57 DCR 5405.)
Section ReferencesThis section is referenced in § 14-311, § 22-1836, § 22-1837, and § 22-1840.
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