As used in this section "house of prostitution" means a building, enclosure or place that is used for the purpose of prostitution as that crime is defined in Section 30-9-2 NMSA 1978. A house of prostitution is a public nuisance per se.
§ 30-9-8 NMSA 1978
House of prostitution; public nuisance
1953 Comp., § 40A-9-17, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 9-17; 1989, ch. 114, § 2.
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