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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Every building or place is a nuisance where:
(a) the unlawful sale, manufacture, service, storage, distribution, dispensing, or acquisition occurs of any controlled substance, precursor, or analog specified in Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act;
(b) gambling is permitted to be played, conducted, or dealt upon as prohibited in Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 11, Gambling, which creates the conditions of a nuisance as defined in Subsection 78B-6-1101(1);
(c) criminal activity is committed in concert with three or more persons as provided in Section 76-3-203.1;
(d) criminal activity is committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang as defined in Section 76-9-802;
(e) criminal activity is committed to gain recognition, acceptance, membership, or increased status with a criminal street gang as defined in Section 76-9-802;
(f) parties occur frequently which create the conditions of a nuisance as defined in Subsection 78B-6-1101(1);
(g) prostitution or promotion of prostitution is regularly carried on by one or more persons as provided in Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 13, Prostitution; and
(h) a violation of Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 5, Weapons, occurs on the premises.
(2) It is a defense to nuisance under Subsection (1)(a) if the defendant can prove that the defendant is lawfully entitled to possession of a controlled substance.
(3)Sections 78B-6-1108 through 78B-6-1114 govern only an abatement by eviction of the nuisance as defined in Subsection (1).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 78B. Judicial Code § 78B-6-1107. Nuisance--Drug houses and drug dealing--Gambling--Group criminal activity--Party house--Prostitution--Weapons--Abatement by eviction - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-78b-judicial-code/ut-code-sect-78b-6-1107/
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