{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-22-3005","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 22-3005","heading":"Fourth degree sexual abuse.","body":"A person shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years and, in addition, may be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01, if that person  engages in or causes sexual contact with or by another person in the following manner:\n\n(1)\nBy threatening or placing that other person in reasonable fear (other than by threatening or placing that other person in reasonable fear that any person will be subjected to death, bodily injury, or kidnapping); or\n\n(2)\nWhere the person knows or has reason to know that the other person is:\n(A)\nIncapable of appraising the nature of the conduct;\n(B)\nIncapable of declining participation in that sexual contact; or\n(C)\nIncapable of communicating unwillingness to engage in that sexual contact.","path":["Title 22. Criminal Offenses and Penalties.","Chapter 30. Sexual Abuse.","Subchapter II. Sex Offenses."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/22-3005","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c5a05d42620de675409d987e9f864c035b81538aa9d49c3cc81e17c9ffdc83db","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-22-3004","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-22-3006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}