2006 Ohio Revised Code - 3767.02. Nuisance.
(A) Any person, who uses, occupies, establishes, or conducts a nuisance, or aids or abets in the use, occupancy, establishment, or conduct of a nuisance; the owner, agent, or lessee of an interest in any such nuisance; any person who is employed in that nuisance by that owner, agent, or lessee; and any person who is in control of that nuisance is guilty of maintaining a nuisance and shall be enjoined as provided in sections 3767.03 to 3767.11 of the Revised Code.
(B) A criminal gang that uses or occupies any building, premises, or real estate, including vacant land, on more than two occasions within a one-year period to engage in a pattern of criminal gang activity is guilty of maintaining a nuisance and shall be enjoined as provided in
sections 3767.03 to
3767.11 of the Revised Code. As used in this division, "criminal gang" and "pattern of criminal gang activity" have the same meanings as in
section 2923.41 of the Revised Code.
HISTORY: GC § 6212-2; 107 v 514, § 2; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 147 v H 2. Eff 1-1-99.
The effective date is set by section 4 of HB 2.
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