ยง 2320. Houses of prostitution; equipment; nuisance. 1. Whoever shall
erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, or lease any building,
erection, or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or
prostitution is guilty of maintaining a nuisance.
2. The building, erection, or place, or the ground itself, in or upon
which any lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted,
permitted, or carried on, continued, or exists, and the furniture,
fixtures, musical instruments, and movable property used in conducting
or maintaining such nuisance, are hereby declared to be a nuisance and
shall be enjoined and abated as hereafter provided.
Structure New York Laws
Article 23 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Title 2 - Houses of Prostitution: Injunction and Abatement
2320 - Houses of Prostitution; Equipment; Nuisance.
2321 - Houses of Prostitution; Injunction; Jurisdiction, Complaint and Parties to the Action.
2322 - Houses of Prostitution; Injunction; Service of Summons.
2323 - Houses of Prostitution; Injunction; Temporary Restraining Order; Service.
2324 - Houses of Prostitution; Injunction; Trial of Action.
2324-A - Presumptive Evidence.
2325 - Houses of Prostitution; Injunction; Withdrawal of Complaint.
2326 - Houses of Prostitution; Injunction; Dismissal; Costs Against Plaintiff.
2327 - Houses of Prostitution; Injunction; Scope; Violation.
2328 - Houses of Prostitution; Injunction; Penalty for Violation.
2329 - Houses of Prostitution; Injunction; Order of Abatement; Sale and Removal of Property; Fees.
2330 - Houses of Prostitution; Abatement; Breaking, Entering or Using Closed Building.
2331 - Houses of Prostitution; Abatement; Proceeds.
2332 - Houses of Prostitution; Abatement; Release of Property on Filing Bond.
2333 - Houses of Prostitution; Injunction Proceedings; Witnesses and Officers Fees.
2334 - Houses of Prostitution; Criminal Proceedings; Duty of District Attorney.