District Of Columbia § 22-2713 - Premises occupied for lewdness, assignation, or prostitution declared nuisance.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 22-2713 — Premises occupied for lewdness, assignation, or prostitution declared nuisance., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22-2713. Premises occupied for lewdness, assignation, or prostitution declared nuisance.
22-2713Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, occupy, or release any building, erection, or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution in the District of Columbia is guilty of a nuisance, and the building, erection, or place, or the ground itself in or upon which such lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted, or carried on, continued, or exists, and the furniture, fixtures, musical instruments, and contents are also declared a nuisance, and shall be enjoined and abated as hereinafter provided.
Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, occupy, or release any building, erection, or place which is resorted to by persons using controlled substances in violation of , for the purpose of using any of these substances or for the purpose of keeping or selling any of these substances in violation of , is guilty of a nuisance, and the building, erection, or place, or the ground itself in or upon which such activity is conducted, permitted, or carried on, continued, or exists, and the furniture, fixtures, and contents thereof, are also declared a nuisance and disorderly house, and shall be enjoined and abated as hereinafter provided.
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Section 22-2713 ("Premises occupied for lewdness, assignation, or prostitution declared nuisance.") is part of the D.C. Code, the codified statutory law of District Of Columbia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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