Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories
578.430. Buildings, rooms and structures used for criminal street gangs' activities deemed public nuisances — owner knowing of gang use, court may order no occupancy up to one year — penalty. — 1. Any room, building, structure or inhabitable structure as defined in section 556.061 which is used by a criminal street gang in a pattern of criminal street gang activity shall be deemed a public nuisance. No person shall keep or maintain such a public nuisance.
2. The attorney general, circuit attorney or prosecuting attorney may, in addition to any criminal prosecutions, prosecute a suit in equity to enjoin the public nuisance. If the court finds that the owner of the room, building, structure or inhabitable structure knew that the premises were being used for criminal street gangs in a pattern of criminal street gang activity, the court may order that the premises shall not be occupied or used for such period as the court may determine, not to exceed one year.
3. All persons, including owners, lessees, officers, agents, offenders or employees, aiding or facilitating such a nuisance may be made defendants in any suit to enjoin the nuisance.
4. It is unlawful for a person to keep or maintain such a public nuisance. In addition to any other criminal prosecutions, the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney may by information or indictment charge the owner or the occupant, or both the owner and the occupant, of the room, building, structure, or inhabitable structure with the crime of keeping or maintaining a public nuisance. Keeping or maintaining a public nuisance is a class D felony.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 562 § 4 subsecs. 1, 2, 3, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders
Chapter 578 - Miscellaneous Offenses
Section 578.005 - Definitions.
Section 578.009 - Animal neglect — penalties.
Section 578.011 - Animal trespass, penalty.
Section 578.012 - Animal abuse — penalties.
Section 578.014 - Responsibility of parent or guardian of minor owning.
Section 578.021 - Neglected or abused animal not to be returned to owner or custodian, when.
Section 578.022 - Law enforcement dogs, exempt from certain laws, when.
Section 578.023 - Keeping a dangerous wild animal — penalty.
Section 578.024 - Keeping a dangerous dog — penalties.
Section 578.025 - Dogfighting — penalty.
Section 578.026 - Spectating dog fighting — penalty.
Section 578.027 - Causing a dog to pursue a live animal propelled by a device — penalty.
Section 578.029 - Knowingly releasing an animal — penalty.
Section 578.050 - Bullbaiting and cockfighting — penalty.
Section 578.095 - Desecration of flags — penalty.
Section 578.105 - Additional counties may be exempted from provisions of section 578.100, procedure.
Section 578.110 - Counties may be exempted from provisions of section 578.100, procedure.
Section 578.115 - No penalty, when.
Section 578.170 - Definitions.
Section 578.173 - Baiting or fighting animals — penalty.
Section 578.176 - Bear wrestling — penalty.
Section 578.179 - Seizure and disposition of animals.
Section 578.188 - Severability.
Section 578.350 - Medical deception — penalty — immunity, when.
Section 578.365 - Hazing — consent not a defense — penalties.
Section 578.398 - Sports bribery, first degree, penalty.
Section 578.399 - Sports bribery, second degree, penalty.
Section 578.421 - Citation of law — definitions.
Section 578.423 - Participating knowingly in criminal street gang activities, penalty.
Section 578.525 - Unlawful retrieval of large or small game — affirmative defense — penalty.
Section 578.600 - Citation of law — definitions.
Section 578.602 - Prohibited acts — purpose of act — permit required, procedure.
Section 578.604 - Identification number on animal required.
Section 578.612 - Permit for transport of animal required.
Section 578.614 - Violations, penalty — exceptions.
Section 578.616 - Civil forfeiture, when.
Section 578.618 - Local laws, more restrictive permitted.
Section 578.620 - Inapplicability of act.
Section 578.622 - Additional exemptions
Section 578.624 - Large carnivore fund created, use of moneys.
Section 578.625 - Unavailability of use of certain moneys
Section 578.700 - Notaries and notarial acts — prohibited acts — violations, penalties.