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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58204</law_id><section_number>48-12</section_number><catch_line>Order of abatement of nuisance; sale of furniture, etc.; closing of building</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>48-13</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="48">Nuisances</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Houses of Prostitution, Etc.</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the existence of the nuisance be established in such suit in <span class="dictionary">equity</span>, or in a criminal proceeding, an <span class="dictionary">order</span> of abatement shall be entered as a part of the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> in the case, which <span class="dictionary">order</span> shall direct the removal from the building or place of all fixtures, furniture, musical instruments, or movable property used in conducting the nuisance, and shall direct the sale thereof in the manner provided for the sale of chattels under execution, and shall <span class="dictionary">decree</span> the effectual closing of the building or place against its use for any purpose, and so keeping it closed for a period of one year, unless sooner released. If any person shall break and enter or use a building, erection, or place so directed to be closed he shall be punished as for <span class="dictionary">contempt</span>, as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Punishment for contempt" href="/48-11/">48-11</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 1525.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
