Effective: January 1, 1999
Latest Legislation: House Bill 2 - 122nd General Assembly
(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.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals
Section 3767.01 | Nuisances - Disorderly Houses Definitions.
Section 3767.03 | Abatement of Nuisance - Bond.
Section 3767.04 | Procedure in Injunction Action.
Section 3767.05 | Priority of Action - Evidence - Permanent Injunction - Abatement Orders.
Section 3767.07 | Court Shall Punish Offender for Violation of Injunction or Order.
Section 3767.08 | Tax When Permanent Injunction Issues - Payment.
Section 3767.09 | Tax Shall Be Imposed Against Owner of Property.
Section 3767.10 | Lease Void if Building Used for Lewd Purposes.
Section 3767.11 | Procedure When Nuisance Established in Criminal Proceeding.
Section 3767.13 | Prohibited Acts.
Section 3767.14 | Prohibition Against Throwing Refuse, Oil, or Filth Into Lakes, Streams, or Drains.
Section 3767.15 | Fine and Costs Are a Lien.
Section 3767.16 | Prohibition Against Deposit of Dead Animals and Offal Upon Land or Water.
Section 3767.17 | Prohibition Against Obstructing Township or County Ditch.
Section 3767.18 | Prohibition Against Defiling Spring or Well.
Section 3767.19 | Prohibition Against Nuisances When Near State Institutions.
Section 3767.201 | Destroying or Removing Barriers Along Limited Access Highways.
Section 3767.23 | Corporations May Be Prosecuted for Nuisance - Abatement.
Section 3767.24 | Contempt Proceedings.
Section 3767.26 | Judgment for Fine and Costs.
Section 3767.27 | Inspector of Nuisances.
Section 3767.28 | Inspector of Nuisances - Powers and Duties.
Section 3767.29 | Prohibition Against Abandoned Refrigerators.
Section 3767.30 | Picketing or Protest During Funeral or Burial Service Prohibited.
Section 3767.34 | Rest Room Facilities Free of Charge.
Section 3767.41 | Buildings Found to Be Public Nuisance.
Section 3767.50 | Action to Foreclose Lien on Blighted Parcel.