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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-105-402

Common nuisance declared — Definition

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case City of Little Rock v. Jung Yul Rhee (2009)

Most recently applied in City of Little Rock v. Jung Yul Rhee (February 2009)

Acts 1989, No. 556, § 1; 2013, No. 1219, § 1; 2015, No. 1099, § 1.

(1) As used in this section, “owner” means a person in whom is vested the ownership and title of property and who is the owner of record, including without limitation a local, city, state, or federal governmental entity.

(2) A store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house, building, boat, airplane, or other property or structure used for the purpose of unlawfully selling, storing, keeping, manufacturing, using, or donating a controlled substance, precursor, or analog under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 5-64-101 et seq., is detrimental to the public morals and is a common nuisance, and a court shall order that the common nuisance be enjoined, abated, and prevented.

(3) Costs of enjoinment, abatement, and prevention and damages may be recovered against a person or entity found to be the owner of the common nuisance property.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.