{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-2231.05","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 31-2231.05","heading":"Defamation.","body":"No person shall make, publish, disseminate, or circulate, directly or indirectly, or aid, abet, or encourage the making, publishing, disseminating or circulating, of an oral or written statement or a pamphlet, circular, article, or literature, which is false with respect to, maliciously critical of, or derogatory to, the financial condition of an insurer and which is calculated to injure the insurer.","path":["Title 31. Insurance and Securities.","Chapter 22A. Unfair Insurance Trade Practices."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/31-2231.05","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"0d10a8f9f083b3f8f8a60a2e4d18d6e9429740ca727491ad49c94230500635a0","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-2231.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-2231.06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}