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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapters 764<\/a> and 813<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79030,"section_number":"48-8","catch_line":"How nuisance enjoined","order_by":null,"url":"\/48-8\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86583,"section_number":"18.2-46.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-46.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":233159,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66210,"identifier":"48-7","token":"48\/2\/48-7","url":"\/48-7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/48-7\/","token":"48\/2\/48-7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Houses and contents are nuisances subject to abatement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 48-7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who shall knowingly erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, occupy or lease any building, erection, place, or area used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, prostitution, or activities of a criminal street gang, as criminal street gang is defined in \u00a7 18.2-46.1<\/a> in the Commonwealth is guilty of a nuisance, and the building, erection, place, or area, the ground itself, in or upon which such lewdness, assignation, prostitution, or criminal street gang activity is conducted, permitted, or carried on, continued, or exists, and the furniture, fixtures, musical instruments and contents are also declared a nuisance, and shall be enjoined and abated as hereinafter provided.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOUSES AND CONTENTS ARE NUISANCES SUBJECT TO ABATEMENT (\u00a7 48-7)\n\nAny person who shall knowingly erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own,\noccupy or lease any building, erection, place, or area used for the purpose of\nlewdness, assignation, prostitution, or activities of a criminal street gang, as\ncriminal street gang is defined in \u00a7 18.2-46.1 in the Commonwealth is guilty of\na nuisance, and the building, erection, place, or area, the ground itself, in or\nupon which such lewdness, assignation, prostitution, or criminal street gang\nactivity is conducted, permitted, or carried on, continued, or exists, and the\nfurniture, fixtures, musical instruments and contents are also declared a\nnuisance, and shall be enjoined and abated as hereinafter provided.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 1521; 2005, cc. 764, 813.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}