{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2902","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 47-2902","heading":"Discrimination because of race or color prohibited in licensed hotels and restaurants; penalty.","body":"(a)\nIt shall not be lawful for the keeper, proprietor, or proprietors of any licensed hotel, tavern, restaurant, ordinary, sample room, tippling house, saloon, or eating house, to refuse to receive, admit, entertain, and supply any quiet and orderly person or persons, or to exclude any person or persons on account of race or color.\n\n(b)\nIf the keeper, proprietor, or proprietors of any licensed hotel, tavern, restaurant, ordinary, sample room, tippling house, saloon, or eating house, or any agent acting for him or them, shall violate or offend against the provisions of §§ 47-2902 to 47-2904, he or they shall be subject to a fine of not less than $50 for each violation thereof, to be recovered in an action of debt, in the name of the Mayor and Council of the District of Columbia, on information filed before any District of Columbia court.","path":["Title 47. Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]","Chapter 29. Admission to Licensed Places; Posting of Price Scale."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/47-2902","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"4e4a1c632d23635adc95d88d69400103186285d74db564c5d5b69d22c2330232","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2901","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2903"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}