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14-54-1503. Action to abate — Permanent injunction — Verification of complaint.
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14-54-1503. Action to abate — Permanent injunction — Verification of complaint.
(a) Whenever there is reason to believe such a common nuisance is kept or maintained or exists in any city, a circuit court may enjoin permanently the person conducting or maintaining the nuisance and the owner, lessee, or agent of the building or place in or upon which the nuisance exists from directly or indirectly maintaining or permitting the nuisance.
(b) For activities involving multiple convictions of municipal code violations, the city attorney may bring the action permitted in this subchapter. For other activities constituting a nuisance as defined in § 14-54-1502, any citizen of the city may bring the action in his or her own name.
(c) The complaint in the action shall be certified, unless the action is brought by the city attorney.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-54-1503
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14-54-1503. Action to abate — Permanent injunction — Verification of complaint.
(a) Whenever there is reason to believe such a common nuisance is kept or maintained or exists in any city, a circuit court may enjoin permanently the person conducting or maintaining the nuisance and the owner, lessee, or agent of the building or place in or upon which the nuisance exists from directly or indirectly maintaining or permitting the nuisance.
(b) For activities involving multiple convictions of municipal code violations, the city attorney may bring the action permitted in this subchapter. For other activities constituting a nuisance as defined in § 14-54-1502, any citizen of the city may bring the action in his or her own name.
(c) The complaint in the action shall be certified, unless the action is brought by the city attorney.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-54-1502. Common nuisance declared.
(a) Conduct within a municipality that unreasonably interferes with the use and enjoyment of lands of another, including conduct on property which disturbs the peaceful, quiet, and undisturbed use and enjoyment of nearby property, constitutes a common nuisance.
(b) For purposes of this subchapter, a common nuisance shall not include conduct which is permitted by and in conformance with city ordinances.
(c) A common nuisance shall include any three (3) separate district court convictions of health and safety code violations with respect to any one (1) lot or parcel of property within a one-year period or one (1) such conviction if the offense constitutes an imminent threat to the health, safety, or welfare of any citizen. Such conduct is declared to be detrimental to the law-abiding citizens of the municipality and may be subject to an injunction, a court-ordered eviction, or a cause of action for damages as provided for in this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-54-1502
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-54-1502. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.