Title 20 — Remedies
10 chapters · 117 sections in this title.
20 GCA § 6105 Bad Checks; Damages
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In any action brought by the payee, or the payee's transferee, after the notice period hereinbelow provided, to collect any sum owing by any person who makes, utters, draws or delivers any check, or draft, or order to COL120106 or upon any bank or depository, or person, or firm, …
20 GCA § 7101 Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors
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Assignment for the benefit of creditors is covered by the insolvency law, as set forth in Title 7 [Civil Procedure] of this Code. SOURCE: CC § 3449. NOTE: No CC §§ 3450-3459 existed. ---------- NOTE: The Bulk Transfers Act, ''3460-3469, was repealed by P.L. 13-150 as a part of th…
20 GCA § 10101 What is Nuisance
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Anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, or unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use, in the customary manner, of any…
20 GCA § 10102 Public Nuisance
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A public nuisance is one which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal. SOURCE: CC § 3480. COL120106 20 REMEDIES
20 GCA § 10103 Private Nuisance
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Every nuisance not included in the definition of the last section is private. SOURCE: CC § 3481.
20 GCA § 10104 What is Not Nuisance
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Nothing which is done or maintained under the express authority of a law can be deemed a nuisance. SOURCE: CC § 3482.
20 GCA § 10105 Successive Owners
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Every successive owner of property who neglects to abate a continuing nuisance upon, or in the use of, such property, created by a former owner, is liable therefor in the same manner as the one who first created it. SOURCE: CC § 3483.
20 GCA § 10106 Abatement, Not Preclude Action
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The abatement of a nuisance does not prejudice the right of any person to recover damages for its past existence. SOURCE: CC § 3484. NOTE: No CC ''3485-3489 existed. ---------- COL120106
20 GCA § 11101 Lapse of Time Does Not Legalize
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No lapse of time can legalize a public nuisance, amounting to an actual obstruction of public right. SOURCE: CC § 3490.
20 GCA § 11102 Abatement
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The remedies against a public nuisance are: 1. Information or complaint; 2. A civil action; or, 3. Abatement. SOURCE: CC § 3491.
20 GCA § 11103 Regulated by Title 8, Crimes & Corrections
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The remedy by complaint or information is regulated by Title 8 of this Code [Criminal Procedure]. SOURCE: CC § 3492. NOTE: The Compiler has changed the reference to the Penal Code to the current reference to its replacement, Title 8 of this Code.
20 GCA § 11104 Remedies for Public Nuisance
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A private person may maintain an action for a public nuisance, if it is specially injurious to himself, but not otherwise. SOURCE: CC § 3493.
20 GCA § 11105 Action
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A public nuisance may be abated by any public body or officer authorized thereto by law. COL120106 SOURCE: CC § 3494.
20 GCA § 11106 Private Person Injured May Abate
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Any person may abate a public nuisance which is specially injurious to him by removing or, if necessary, destroying the thing which constitutes the same, without committing a breach of the peace, or doing unnecessary injury. SOURCE: CC § 3495. NOTE: No CC '' 3496-3500 existed. --…
20 GCA § 12101 Remedies for Private Nuisance
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The remedies against a private nuisance are: 1. A civil action; or, 2. Abatement. SOURCE: CC § 3501.
20 GCA § 12102 Abatement, When Allowed
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A person injured by a private nuisance may abate it by removing, or, if necessary, destroying the thing which constitutes the nuisance, without committing a breach of the peace, or doing unnecessary injury. SOURCE: CC § 3502.
20 GCA § 12103 When Notice is Required
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Where a private nuisance results from a mere omission of the wrong- doer, and cannot be abated without entering upon his land, reasonable notice must be given to him before entering to abate it. SOURCE: CC § 3503. NOTE: No CC '' 3504-3508 existed. ---------- COL120106