Any person may abate a public nuisance which is specially injurious to him or her by removing, or if necessary, destroying the thing which constitutes the same, without committing a breach of the peace, or doing unnecessary injury.
RCW 7.48.230
Public nuisance—Abatement.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 60 Wash. 2d 792 - Nystrand v. O'MALLEY (1962)
Most recently applied in 98 Wash. App. 669 - State v. Long (January 2000)
2011 c 336 s 219; Code 1881 s 1245; 1875 p 80 s 11; RRS s 9923.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.