RCW 7.48.010 Actionable nuisance defined. The obstruction of any highway or the closing of the channel of any stream used for boating or rafting logs, lumber or timber, or whatever is injurious to health or indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to essentially interfere […]
RCW 7.48.020 Who may sue—Judgment for damages—Warrant for abatement—Injunction. Such action may be brought by any person whose property is, or whose patrons or employees are, injuriously affected or whose personal enjoyment is lessened by the nuisance. If judgment be given for the plaintiff in such action, he or she may, in addition to the […]
RCW 7.48.030 Issuance and execution of warrant. If the order be made, the clerk shall thereafter, at any time within six months, when requested by the plaintiff, issue such warrant directed to the sheriff, requiring him or her forthwith to abate the nuisance at the expense of the defendant, and return the warrant as soon […]
RCW 7.48.040 Stay of issuance of warrant. At any time before the order is made or the warrant issues, the defendant may, on motion to the court or judge thereof, have an order to stay the issue of such warrant for such period as may be necessary, not exceeding six months, to allow the defendant […]
RCW 7.48.050 Moral nuisances—Definitions. The definitions set forth in this section shall apply throughout this chapter as they relate to moral nuisances. (1) “Knowledge” or “knowledge of such nuisance” means having knowledge of the contents and character of the patently offensive sexual conduct which appears in the lewd matter, or knowledge of the acts of […]
RCW 7.48.052 Moral nuisances. The following are declared to be moral nuisances: (1) Any and every place in the state where lewd films are publicly exhibited as a regular course of business, or possessed for the purpose of such exhibition, or where lewd live performances are publicly exhibited as a regular course of business; (2) […]
RCW 7.48.054 Moral nuisance—Personal property—Effects of notice. The following are also declared to be moral nuisances, as personal property used in conducting and maintaining a moral nuisance: (1) All moneys paid as admission price to the exhibition of any lewd film or lewd live performance found to be a moral nuisance; (2) All valuable consideration […]
RCW 7.48.056 Abate moral nuisance—Enjoin owner. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, any act, occupation, structure, or thing which is a moral nuisance may be abated, and the person doing such act or engaged in such occupation, and the owner and agent of the owner of any such structure or thing, may […]
RCW 7.48.058 Maintaining action to abate moral nuisance—Bond. The attorney general, prosecuting attorney, city attorney, city prosecutor, or any citizen of the county may maintain an action of an equitable nature in the name of the state of Washington upon the relation of such attorney general, prosecuting attorney, city attorney, city prosecutor, or citizen, to […]
RCW 7.48.060 Moral nuisance—Jurisdiction—Filing a complaint. The action provided for in RCW 7.48.058 shall be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the property is located. Such action shall be commenced by the filing of a verified complaint alleging the facts constituting the nuisance. After the filing of said complaint, […]
RCW 7.48.062 Moral nuisance—Restraining order—Violations. Where such application for a temporary injunction is made, the court or judge thereof may, on application of the complainant showing good cause, issue an ex parte restraining order, restraining the defendant and all other persons from removing or in any manner interfering with the personal property and contents of […]
RCW 7.48.064 Moral nuisance—Hearing—Notice—Consolidation with trial. A copy of the complaint, together with a notice of the time and place of the hearing of the application for a temporary injunction, shall be served upon the defendant at least three days before such hearing. The place may also be served by posting such papers in the […]
RCW 7.48.066 Finding of moral nuisance—Orders. If upon hearing, the allegations of the complaint are sustained to the satisfaction of the court or judge, the court or judge shall issue a temporary injunction without additional bond, restraining the defendant and any other person from continuing the nuisance. If at the time the temporary injunction is […]
RCW 7.48.068 Abatement of moral nuisance by owner—Effect on injunction. The owner of any real or personal property to be closed or restrained, or which has been closed or restrained, may appear after the filing of the complaint and before the hearing on the application for a permanent injunction. The court, if satisfied of the […]
RCW 7.48.070 Moral nuisance—Priority of action on calendar. The action provided for in RCW 7.48.058 shall be set down for trial at the first term of the court and shall have precedence over all other cases except crimes, election contests, or injunctions. [ 1979 c 1 § 11 (Initiative Measure No. 335, approved November 8, […]
RCW 7.48.072 Moral nuisance—Effects of admission or finding of guilt. In such action, an admission or finding of guilty of any person under the criminal laws against lewdness, prostitution, or assignation at any such place is admissible for the purpose of proving the existence of such nuisance, and is prima facie evidence of such nuisance […]
RCW 7.48.074 Moral nuisance—Evidence of reputation—Admissibility. At all hearings upon the merits, evidence of the general reputation of the building or place constituting the alleged nuisance, of the inmates thereof, and of those resorting thereto, is admissible for the purpose of proving the existence of such nuisance. [ 1979 c 1 § 13 (Initiative Measure […]
RCW 7.48.076 Moral nuisance—Trial—Costs—Dismissal—Judgment. If the action is brought by a person who is a citizen of the county, and the court finds that there were no reasonable grounds or probable cause for bringing said action, and the case is dismissed before trial for that reason or for want of prosecution, the costs, including attorneys’ […]
RCW 7.48.078 Moral nuisance—Judgment—Penalties—Disposal of personal property. If the existence of a nuisance is admitted or established in an action as provided for in RCW 7.48.058 or in a criminal proceeding, an order of abatement shall be entered as a part of the judgment in the case, which order shall direct the removal from the […]
RCW 7.48.080 Moral nuisance—Violation of injunction—Contempt of court. A violation of any injunction granted under RCW 7.48.050 through 7.48.100 is a contempt of court as provided in chapter 7.21 RCW. [ 1989 c 373 § 11; 1979 c 1 § 16 (Initiative Measure No. 335, approved November 8, 1977); 1913 c 127 § 4; RRS […]
