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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] D.C. Code Title 22, Chapter 27: No carve-out for filmed paid adult sex",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Chapter 27 (22-2701 to 22-2725) contains no exemption for paid, consensual adult sex that is filmed for sale, and none of the sections read mentions filming, recording or distribution of a recording; the only exception in 22-2701 is the immunity of a child.",
      "body": "Chapter 27 (22-2701 to 22-2725) contains no exemption for paid, consensual adult sex that is filmed for sale, and none of the sections read mentions filming, recording or distribution of a recording; the only exception in 22-2701 is the immunity of a child.\n\nWhat Council of the District of Columbia (D.C. Code, code.dccouncil.gov) actually says:\n\n“Chapter 27. Prostitution; Pandering. Subchapter I. General. §§ 22-2701 – 22-2725 Subchapter II. Prostitution Free Zones.”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing or page that does not mention it, not from operative text). Read the chapter index and the full text of 22-2701, 22-2701.01, 22-2705, 22-2706, 22-2707, 22-2711, 22-2712, 22-2713, 22-2722, 22-2723 and 22-2731. Whether a DC prosecutor treats paid sex filmed for sale as prostitution is not answered by the statute text.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/titles/22/chapters/27",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Council of the District of Columbia (D.C. Code, code.dccouncil.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "Chapter 27. Prostitution; Pandering. Subchapter I. General. §§ 22-2701 – 22-2725 Subchapter II. Prostitution Free Zones.",
      "volatility": "medium",
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      "subject": "D.C. Code Title 22, Chapter 27",
      "topic": "No carve-out for filmed paid adult sex",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "DC",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
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          "us-dc"
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          "unclassified"
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      "id": "learn_r7922_district_of_columbia_prostitution_statute_every_section_dc_2713",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] District of Columbia: nuisance - premises used for prostitution",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] District of Columbia declares any building or place used for prostitution, lewdness, or assignation as a nuisance, subject to abatement actions including closure and sale of property.",
      "body": "District of Columbia declares any building or place used for prostitution, lewdness, or assignation as a nuisance, subject to abatement actions including closure and sale of property.\n\nWhat Council of the District of Columbia actually says:\n\n“Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, occupy, or release any building, erection, or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution in the District of Columbia is guilty of a nuisance, and the building, erection, or place, or the ground itself in or upon which such lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted, or carried on, continued, or exists, and the furniture, fixtures, musical instruments, and contents are also declared a nuisance...”\n\nNote: This section creates a civil/administrative remedy for prostitution-related premises. The full text continues: 'to perpetually enjoin said nuisance, the person or persons conducting or maintaining the same, and the owner or agent of the building or ground upon which said nuisance exists.'",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/titles/22/chapters/27/subchapters/I",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Council of the District of Columbia",
      "evidence_quote": "Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, occupy, or release any building, erection, or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution in the District of Columbia is guilty of a nuisance, and the building, erection, or place, or the ground itself in or upon which such lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted, or carried on, continued, or exists, and the furniture, fixtures, musical instruments, and contents are also declared a nuisance...",
      "volatility": "medium",
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      "subject": "District of Columbia",
      "topic": "nuisance - premises used for prostitution",
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      "tags": {
        "lane": "feet_parts",
        "stage": "trouble",
        "region": [
          "us-dc"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "rules.content",
          "rules.enforcement",
          "ops.shipping"
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        "explicitness": "explicit_partnered"
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        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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      "id": "learn_r7922_district_of_columbia_prostitution_statute_every_section_dc_2714",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] District of Columbia: abatement of prostitution nuisance by injunction",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] District of Columbia allows officials and citizens to sue in equity to perpetually enjoin prostitution nuisances and close premises used for prostitution or assignation.",
      "body": "District of Columbia allows officials and citizens to sue in equity to perpetually enjoin prostitution nuisances and close premises used for prostitution or assignation.\n\nWhat Council of the District of Columbia actually says:\n\n“...the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, the Attorney General of the United States, the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia, or any citizen of the District of Columbia, may maintain an action in equity in the name of the United States of America or in the name of the District of Columbia, upon the relation of such United States Attorney...to perpetually enjoin said nuisance, the person or persons conducting or maintaining the same, and the owner or agent of the building or ground upon which said nuisance exists.”\n\nNote: This section provides the legal mechanism for abating prostitution-related nuisances through injunctions, allowing officials and citizens to sue to close premises used for prostitution or assignation.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/titles/22/chapters/27/subchapters/I",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Council of the District of Columbia",
      "evidence_quote": "...the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, the Attorney General of the United States, the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia, or any citizen of the District of Columbia, may maintain an action in equity in the name of the United States of America or in the name of the District of Columbia, upon the relation of such United States Attorney...to perpetually enjoin said nuisance, the person or persons conducting or maintaining the same, and the owner or agent of the building or ground upon which said nuisance exists.",
      "volatility": "medium",
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      "id": "learn_r7922_district_of_columbia_prostitution_statute_every_section_dc_2716",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] District of Columbia: violation of prostitution nuisance injunction",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] District of Columbia punishes violation of prostitution nuisance injunctions with fines not less than $200 and not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisonment 3-6 months, or both.",
      "body": "District of Columbia punishes violation of prostitution nuisance injunctions with fines not less than $200 and not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisonment 3-6 months, or both.\n\nWhat Council of the District of Columbia actually says:\n\n“In case of the violation of any injunction granted under the provisions of § 22-2714, the court, or, in vacation, a judge thereof, may summarily try and punish the offender. The proceedings shall be commenced by filing with the clerk of the court an information, under oath, setting out the alleged facts constituting such violation, upon which the court or judge shall cause a warrant to issue, under which the defendant shall be arrested. The trial may be had upon affidavits, or either party may at any stage of the proceedings demand the production and oral examination of the witnesses. A party found guilty of contempt, under the provisions of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $200 and not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or by imprisonment in the District Jail not less than three nor more than 6 months or by both fine and imprisonment.”\n\nNote: This section establishes contempt penalties for violating court orders that prohibit prostitution-related nuisances, creating enforcement mechanisms for closing prostitution premises.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/titles/22/chapters/27/subchapters/I",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Council of the District of Columbia",
      "evidence_quote": "In case of the violation of any injunction granted under the provisions of § 22-2714, the court, or, in vacation, a judge thereof, may summarily try and punish the offender. The proceedings shall be commenced by filing with the clerk of the court an information, under oath, setting out the alleged facts constituting such violation, upon which the court or judge shall cause a warrant to issue, under which the defendant shall be arrested. The trial may be had upon affidavits, or either party may at any stage of the proceedings demand the production and oral examination of the witnesses. A party found guilty of contempt, under the provisions of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $200 and not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or by imprisonment in the District Jail not less than three nor more than 6 months or by both fine and imprisonment.",
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          "us-dc"
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        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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      "id": "learn_r7922_district_of_columbia_prostitution_statute_every_section_dc_2717",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] District of Columbia: order of abatement for prostitution nuisance",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] District of Columbia requires removal of fixtures and closure of premises for 1 year when prostitution nuisance is established, with breaking and entering closed premises punishable as contempt.",
      "body": "District of Columbia requires removal of fixtures and closure of premises for 1 year when prostitution nuisance is established, with breaking and entering closed premises punishable as contempt.\n\nWhat Council of the District of Columbia actually says:\n\n“If the existence of the nuisance be established in an action as provided in §§ 22-2713 to 22-2720, or in a criminal proceeding, an order of abatement shall be entered as a part of the judgment in the case which order shall direct the removal from the building or place of all fixtures, furniture, musical instruments, or movable property used in conducting the nuisance, and shall direct the sale thereof in the manner provided for the sale of chattels under execution, and the effectual closing of the building or place against its use for any purpose, and so keeping it closed for a period of 1 year, unless sooner released. If any person shall break and enter or use a building, erection, or place so directed to be closed such person shall be punished as for contempt, as provided in § 22-2716.”\n\nNote: This section details the abatement order for prostitution nuisances, requiring removal of fixtures, sale of chattels, and closure of premises for 1 year, with penalties for violating the closure order.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/titles/22/chapters/27/subchapters/I",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Council of the District of Columbia",
      "evidence_quote": "If the existence of the nuisance be established in an action as provided in §§ 22-2713 to 22-2720, or in a criminal proceeding, an order of abatement shall be entered as a part of the judgment in the case which order shall direct the removal from the building or place of all fixtures, furniture, musical instruments, or movable property used in conducting the nuisance, and shall direct the sale thereof in the manner provided for the sale of chattels under execution, and the effectual closing of the building or place against its use for any purpose, and so keeping it closed for a period of 1 year, unless sooner released. If any person shall break and enter or use a building, erection, or place so directed to be closed such person shall be punished as for contempt, as provided in § 22-2716.",
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      "id": "learn_r7922_district_of_columbia_prostitution_statute_every_section_dc_2722",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] District of Columbia: keeping bawdy or disorderly houses",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] District of Columbia punishes keeping a bawdy or disorderly house with fines not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisonment not more than 5 years, or both.",
      "body": "District of Columbia punishes keeping a bawdy or disorderly house with fines not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisonment not more than 5 years, or both.\n\nWhat Council of the District of Columbia actually says:\n\n“Whoever is convicted of keeping a bawdy or disorderly house in the District shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.”\n\nNote: While this section doesn't explicitly mention 'prostitution,' 'bawdy or disorderly house' is legally understood to refer to prostitution establishments, making this relevant to operation of prostitution businesses.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/titles/22/chapters/27/subchapters/I",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
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      "source_publisher": "Council of the District of Columbia",
      "evidence_quote": "Whoever is convicted of keeping a bawdy or disorderly house in the District shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.",
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