Title 52 — NUISANCES

52-401. Cumulative remedy. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, any act, occupation, structure or thing which is a moral nuisance, may be abated, and the person doing such act or engaged in such occupation, and the owner and agent of the owner of any such structure or…

52-402. Who may maintain action. The attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or any private resident citizen of the county may maintain an action of an equitable nature, as relator, in the name of the state of Idaho, to abate a moral nuisance, perpetually to enjoin all persons fr…

52-403. Pleadings — Jurisdiction — Venue — Application for temporary injunction. The action, provided for in this chapter, 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 ver…

52-404. Order restraining removal of personal property from premises — Service — Punishment. Where such application for a temporary injunction is made, the court may, on application of the complainant showing good cause, issue an ex parte restraining order, restraining the defend…

52-405. Notice of hearing on temporary injunction — Consolidation. A copy of the complaint, together with a notice of the time and place of the hearing of the application for a temporary injunction, shall be served upon the defendant at least five (5) days before such hearing. Th…

52-406. Right to possession of real property and personal property after hearing on the temporary injunction — Conditions for avoidance of temporary forfeiture. If upon hearing, the allegations of the complaint are sustained by clear and convincing evidence that a moral nuisance …

52-407. Right to possession of real property and personal property after finding of public nuisance — Conditions for reentry and repossession. The owner of any real or personal property to be closed or restrained, or which has been closed or restrained, may appear between the fil…

52-408. Priority of action. The action provided for in this chapter shall be set down for trial within ninety (90) days and shall have precedence over all other cases except crimes, election contests, or injunctions.

52-409. Evidence. In such action, an admission or finding of guilty of any person under the criminal laws against lewdness, prostitution, or assignation at any such place, is admissible for the purpose of proving the existence of said nuisance, and is prima facie evidence of such…

52-410. Evidence of reputation admissible. At all hearings upon the merits, evidence of the general reputation of the building or place constituting the alleged nuisance, of the inmates thereof, and of those resorting thereto, is admissible for the purpose of proving the existenc…

52-411. Costs. If the action is brought by a private person and the court finds that there were no reasonable grounds or probable cause for bringing said action, and the case is dismissed for that reason before trial, or if the action is dismissed for want of prosecution, the cos…

52-412. Content of final judgment and order. If the existence of a nuisance is admitted or established in an action as provided for in this chapter, an order of abatement shall be entered as a part of the judgment in the case, which order shall direct the removal from the place o…

52-413. Court shall punish offender for violation of injunction or order. In case of the violation of any injunction or closing order, granted under this chapter, or of a restraining order or the commission of any contempt of court in proceedings under this chapter, the court may…

52-414. Lease void if building used for lewd purposes. If a tenant or occupant of a building or tenement, under a lawful title, uses such place for the purposes of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, such use makes void the lease or other title under which he holds, at the op…

52-415. Civil penalty — Forfeiture — Accounting — Lien as to expenses of abatement. Lewd matter is contraband, and there are no property rights therein. All personal property declared to be a moral nuisance in section 52-104, Idaho Code, and all monies and other considerations de…

52-416. Immunity. The provisions of any criminal statutes with respect to the exhibition of, or the possession with the intent to exhibit, any obscene film shall not apply to a motion picture projectionist, usher, or ticket taker acting within the scope of his employment, provide…

52-417. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, or clause of this act is adjudged to be unconstitutional or invalid, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this act. It is hereby declared that this act would have been passed, and e…