{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1903","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-1903","heading":"Suspected evasion or disobedience of writ; procedure.","body":"On an application for a writ of habeas corpus, if probable cause is shown for believing that the person charged with confining or detaining the person applying therefor, or on whose behalf the application is made:\n\n(1)\nis about to remove the person so detained from the place where he is then detained, for the purpose of evading a writ of habeas corpus, or for other purposes; or\n\n(2)\nhe would evade or not obey a writ of habeas corpus —","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 19. Habeas Corpus."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-1903","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c56b76890b07046b70869ba14b03ce114d461261b078ca98c0fd6eeb2e871921","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1902","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1904"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}