{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-25-835","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 25-835","heading":"Forged licenses.","body":"(a)\nIt shall be unlawful for a person to willfully or knowingly alter, forge, counterfeit, or endorse a document, or make use of any false or misleading document, reasonably calculated to deceive the public as being a genuine document or license issued by ABCA.\n\n(b)\nIt shall be unlawful for a person to willfully or knowingly furnish to a member of the Metropolitan Police Department (\"MPD\") or an ABCA investigator an altered, forged, counterfeited, endorsed, or false or misleading document reasonably calculated to deceive MPD or the ABCA investigator as being a genuine document or license issued by ABCA.\n\n(c)\nA person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined no more than the amount set forthin [§ 22-3571.01], or incarcerated for no more than one year, or both.","path":["Title 25. Alcoholic Beverages. [Enacted title]","Chapter 8. Enforcement, Infractions, and Penalties.","Subchapter II. Revocation, Suspension, and Civil Penalties."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/25-835","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"84c652ef52e9e28158a821bb34aa62b8187713f95cb4921f1eaa555f7f86314c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-25-834","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-25-836"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}