Illinois Compiled Statutes 740 ILCS 105 — Lewdness Public Nuisance Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lewdness Public Nuisance Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

All buildings and apartments, and all places, and the fixtures and movable contents thereof, used for purposes of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, are hereby declared to be public nuisances, and may be abated as hereinafter provided. The owners, agents, and occupants of any such building or apartment, or of any…

The State's Attorney or any citizen of the county in which such a nuisance exists, may file a complaint, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, perpetually to enjoin all persons from maintaining or permitting such nuisance, and to abate the same, and to enjoin the use of such building or apartment, or such…

The defendant shall be held to answer the allegations of the complaint as in other civil proceedings

The defendant shall be held to answer the allegations of the complaint as in other civil proceedings. At all hearings upon the merits, evidence of the general reputation of such building or apartment or of such place, of the inmates thereof, and of those resorting thereto, shall be admissible for the purpose of proving…

The plaintiff at any time before, but not later than 10 days after, the filing of the answer, unless further time be granted by the court, may file interrogatories in writing concerning matters material to the allegations of the complaint or respecting the ownership of the property upon which it is claimed the nuisance…

If the existence of the nuisance is established, the court shall enter a judgment perpetually restraining all persons from maintaining or permitting such nuisance, and from using the building or apartment, or the place in which it is maintained for any purpose for a period of one year thereafter, unless such judgment i…

The proceeds of the sale of the movable property shall be applied in payment of the costs of the proceeding and of the abatement, and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the defendant or other person having an interest in said property. (Source: Laws 1915, p. 371.)

In case of the violation of any injunction or order of abatement issued under the provisions of this act, the court may summarily try and punish the offender for his contempt of court

In case of the violation of any injunction or order of abatement issued under the provisions of this act, the court may summarily try and punish the offender for his contempt of court. The hearing may be had upon affidavits, or either party may demand the production and oral examination of witnesses. (Source: Laws 1965…

If the owner of such building or apartment, or such place appears and pays all costs which may have been assessed, and files a bond with sureties to be approved by the clerk, in the penal sum of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, conditioned that such owner will immediately abate such nuisance and prevent such…

Whenever a fine or costs shall be assessed under the provisions of this act against the owner of any property herein declared to be a public nuisance, such fine or costs shall constitute a lien upon such property to the extent of the interest of such owner, and an order of execution shall issue thereon. (Source: Laws 1…

If any lessee or occupant shall use leased premises for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution, or shall permit them to be used for any of such purposes, the lease or contract for letting such premises shall, at the option of the lessor, become void, and the owner may have the like remedy to recover posse…

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act is adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this Act, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the c…