California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Penal Code - PEN |
Part 4. PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS |
Title 1. INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL OF CRIMES AND CRIMINALS |
Chapter 3. Prevention and Abatement of Unlawful Activities |
ARTICLE 1. Unlawful Liquor Sale Abatement Law |
Section 11201.
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Whenever there is reason to believe that a nuisance as defined in this article is kept, maintained or exists in any county, the district attorney, in the name of the people of the State of California, shall, or the city attorney of an incorporated city, or any citizen of the state resident within the county, in his or her own name may, maintain an action in equity to abate and prevent the nuisance and to perpetually enjoin the person or persons conducting or maintaining it, and the owner, lessee or agent of the building, or place, in or upon which the nuisance exists, from directly or indirectly maintaining or permitting it.
The complaint in the action shall be verified unless filed by the district attorney.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1076, Sec. 5.)