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District of Columbia Official Code
Division IV - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE AND PRISONERSTitle 22 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIESSubtitle I - CRIMINAL OFFENSES
Chapter 33 - TRESPASS; INJURIES TO PROPERTY
Section 22-3303 - Grave robbery; buying or selling dead bodies

D.C. Code § 22-3303

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Current through codified legislation effective March 25, 2024
Section 22-3303 - Grave robbery; buying or selling dead bodies

Whoever, without legal authority or without the consent of the nearest surviving relative, shall disturb or remove any dead body from a grave for the purpose of dissecting, or of buying, selling, or in any way trafficking in the same, shall be imprisoned not less than 1 year nor more than 3 years. In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01.

D.C. Code § 22-3303

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1334, ch. 854, § 891; June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, § 303(s), 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.

Unlawful traffic in dead bodies, see § 3-206. .