{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-3501","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-3501","heading":"Persons against whom issued; civil action.","body":"A quo warranto may be issued from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the name of the United States against a person who within the District of Columbia usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises, a franchise conferred by the United States or a public office of the United States, civil or military. The proceedings shall be deemed a civil action.","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 35. Quo Warranto.","Subchapter I. Actions Against Officers of the United States."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-3501","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"085bb241af8611ae7cff30b5f05420f19e1d51e4f56c52de4ede853de370b837","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-3301","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-3502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}