{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-581","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 21-581","heading":"Proceedings instituted by Mayor of the District of Columbia.","body":"Proceedings instituted by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to determine the mental condition of an alleged indigent mentally ill person or a person alleged to be mentally ill, with homicidal or otherwise dangerous tendencies, shall be according to the provisions of subchapter IV of this chapter.","path":["Title 21. Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]","Chapter 5. Hospitalization of Persons with Mental Illness.","Subchapter VI. Miscellaneous Provisions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/21-581","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"fce9672aa08a386eed093e4a9a2118c8a194ba06444bf08d2e03724e460960bb","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-565","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-582"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}