{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-549","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 21-549","heading":"Preservation of other rights to release.","body":"Nothing in this chapter prohibits a person from exercising a right presently available to him for obtaining release from confinement, including the right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus.","path":["Title 21. Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]","Chapter 5. Hospitalization of Persons with Mental Illness.","Subchapter IV. Commitment Under Court Order."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/21-549","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a3962ea86c7ac00f0ed75a2cf822a2a406ff4900b5a57eed477e0b84f3ea8101","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-548","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}