For the purposes of this article the terms “place,” “person,” “nuisance” are defined as follows:” Place” shall include any building, structure, erection or place, or any separate part or portion thereof, or the ground itself; “person” shall include any individual, corporation, association, partnership, trustee, lessee, agent or assignee; ”nuisance” shall mean any place as above defined in or upon which lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted, continued or exists, and the personal property and contents used in conducting or maintaining any such place for any such purpose.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment
Article 9. Equitable Remedies in Aid of Chastity, Morality and Decency
§61-9-2. Maintenance of Nuisance; Injunction
§61-9-3. Suit to Enjoin; by Whom Instituted
§61-9-4. Venue; Procedure; Temporary Injunction; Order Closing Place; Vacation of Orders; Bond
§61-9-7. Nuisance Disclosed in Criminal Proceedings; Proceeds From Sale of Personal Property
§61-9-8. Violation of Injunction or Closing Order; Trial; Penalty
§61-9-9. Permanent Injunction; Tax Imposed on Property
§61-9-10. Notice to Collect Tax
§61-9-11. Effect of Holding Any Part of Article Unconstitutional