N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2323

§ 2323. Houses of prostitution; injunction; temporary restraining\norder; service. 1. Where a permanent or temporary injunction is prayed\nfor, the court, or judge in vacation, on the application of the\nplaintiff, may issue an ex parte restraining order, restraining the\ndefendants and all other persons from removing or in any manner\ninterfering with the furniture, fixtures, musical instruments and\nmovable property used in conducting the alleged nuisance, until the\ndecision of the court or judge granting or refusing such temporary\ninjunction and until the further order of the court thereon.\n 2. The restraining order may be served by handing to and leaving a\ncopy of said order with any person in charge of said property or\nresiding in the premises, and by posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous\nplace at or upon one or more of the principal doors at entrances of such\npremises where such nuisance is alleged to be maintained, or by either\nsuch delivery or posting.\n 3. The officers serving such restraining order shall forthwith make\nand return into court an inventory of the personal property situated in\nand used in conducting or maintaining said nuisance and shall enter upon\nthe premises for such purpose.\n 4. Where such order is so posted, mutilation or removal thereof, while\nthe same remains in force, shall be a contempt of court, provided such\nposted order contains thereon or therein a notice to that effect.\n