RCW 7.48.060
Moral nuisance—Jurisdiction—Filing a complaint.
The action provided for in RCW 7.48.058 shall be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the property is located. Such action shall be commenced by the filing of a verified complaint alleging the facts constituting the nuisance. After the filing of said complaint, application for a temporary injunction may be made to the court in which the action is filed, or to a judge thereof, who shall grant a hearing within ten days after the filing.
[ 1979 c 1 § 6 (Initiative Measure No. 335, approved November 8, 1977); 1913 c 127 § 2; RRS § 946-2.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: As to the constitutionality of this section, see note following RCW 7.48.052.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions
7.48.010 - Actionable nuisance defined.
7.48.020 - Who may sue—Judgment for damages—Warrant for abatement—Injunction.
7.48.030 - Issuance and execution of warrant.
7.48.040 - Stay of issuance of warrant.
7.48.050 - Moral nuisances—Definitions.
7.48.054 - Moral nuisance—Personal property—Effects of notice.
7.48.056 - Abate moral nuisance—Enjoin owner.
7.48.058 - Maintaining action to abate moral nuisance—Bond.
7.48.060 - Moral nuisance—Jurisdiction—Filing a complaint.
7.48.062 - Moral nuisance—Restraining order—Violations.
7.48.064 - Moral nuisance—Hearing—Notice—Consolidation with trial.
7.48.066 - Finding of moral nuisance—Orders.
7.48.068 - Abatement of moral nuisance by owner—Effect on injunction.
7.48.070 - Moral nuisance—Priority of action on calendar.
7.48.072 - Moral nuisance—Effects of admission or finding of guilt.
7.48.074 - Moral nuisance—Evidence of reputation—Admissibility.
7.48.076 - Moral nuisance—Trial—Costs—Dismissal—Judgment.
7.48.078 - Moral nuisance—Judgment—Penalties—Disposal of personal property.
7.48.080 - Moral nuisance—Violation of injunction—Contempt of court.
7.48.085 - Moral nuisance—Property owner may repossess.
7.48.090 - Moral nuisance—Contraband—Forfeitures.
7.48.100 - Moral nuisance—Immunity of certain motion picture theater employees.
7.48.110 - Houses of lewdness, assignation or prostitution may be abated—Voluntary abatement.
7.48.130 - Public nuisance defined.
7.48.140 - Public nuisances enumerated.
7.48.150 - Private nuisance defined.
7.48.155 - Unlawful use of firearm or deadly weapon—Arrest required.
7.48.160 - Authorized act not a nuisance.
7.48.170 - Successive owners liable.
7.48.180 - Abatement does not preclude action for damages.
7.48.190 - Nuisance does not become legal by prescription.
7.48.210 - Civil action, who may maintain.
7.48.220 - Abatement, by whom.
7.48.230 - Public nuisance—Abatement.
7.48.240 - Certain places of resort declared nuisances.
7.48.260 - Warrant of abatement.
7.48.280 - Costs of abatement.
7.48.300 - Agricultural activities and forest practices—Legislative finding and purpose.
7.48.310 - Agricultural activities and forest practices—Definitions.
7.48.315 - Agricultural activities and forest practices—Recovering lawsuit costs—Farmers.