{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-121.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 5-121.03","heading":"Acting without compliance with law.","body":"Any person practicing as a private detective or advertising or holding himself out as such without first complying with the provisions of law relative to private detectives shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment in the District Jail for a period not exceeding 11 months and 29 days.","path":["Title 5. Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.","Chapter 1. Metropolitan Police.","Subchapter XI. Private Detectives."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/5-121.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"8cab35be370bfeb0e3b07c3d1fc3000322d57e1128737dd716ba6cacf0782431","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-121.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-121.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}