{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1905","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-1905","heading":"Right to copy of commitment; forfeiture.","body":"A person committed or detained, or a person in his behalf, may demand a true copy of the warrant of commitment or detainer. An officer or other person detaining a person, who refuses or neglects to deliver to him or to a person in his behalf a true copy of the warrant of commitment or detainer, if one exists, within six hours after the demand, shall forfeit to the party so detained the sum of $500.","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/16-1905","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"b23b67de25890ff2fdc857ef2dfaa7d5cd0e17d1492f7944c6b6690ee86488ca","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1904","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1906"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}