Every building or place used for the purpose of unlawfully selling, serving or giving away any spirituous, vinous, malt or other alcoholic liquor, and every building or place in or upon which such liquors are unlawfully sold, served or given away, is a nuisance which shall be enjoined, abated and prevented, whether it is a public or private nuisance.
Cal. Penal Code § 11200
Unlawful Liquor Sale Abatement Law
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case People v. Schlimbach (2011)
Most recently applied in 223 Cal. Rptr. 3d 802 - Wiseman Park, LLC v. S. Glazer's Wine & Spirits, LLC (October 2017)
Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 35.
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