{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-301.30","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 50-301.30","heading":"Vehicle inspection officers.","body":"(a)\nVehicle inspection officers shall undergo training on the rules and regulations governing private and public vehicles-for-hire and carrier-for-hire vehicles and undergo yearly performance evaluations. Vehicle inspection officers shall be prohibited from making traffic stops of on-duty private or public vehicles-for-hire in the act of transporting a fare and carrier-for-hire vehicles in the act of transporting a parcel, food, or beverage, unless there is reasonable suspicion of a violation, and shall act in accordance with all rules governing their duties, as established through rulemaking.\n\n(b)\nUpon reasonable suspicion of an illegal street hail, a public or private vehicle-for-hire operator shall provide a law enforcement official or vehicle inspection officer with access to a device containing an electronic record of trips sufficient to establish that the ride in question was prearranged through digital dispatch. Failure to have or provide access to a device containing such a record shall constitute a civil infraction punishable by fine or other penalty as established by the Mayor; provided, that an operator shall not be required to relinquish custody of a device containing evidence of a trip arranged through digital dispatch.","path":["Title 50. Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic.","Chapter 3. Regulation of Taxicabs.","Subchapter I. General."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/50-301.30","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e7f1df22f7ec067192d2939e20f1b6b9239f570778ecc8ec2cef4cb4470b12d5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-301.29m","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-301.31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}