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N.Y. Public Health Law § 2320

Houses of prostitution; equipment; nuisance

New York · New York Public Health Law · Status: effective · Effective 2014-09-22

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N.Y. Public Health Law § 2320, Houses of prostitution; equipment; nuisance, New York, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1122196
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§ 2320. Houses of prostitution; equipment; nuisance. 1. Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, or lease any building, erection, or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is guilty of maintaining a nuisance. 2. The building, erection, or place, or the ground itself, in or upon which any lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted, or carried on, continued, or exists, and the furniture, fixtures, musical instruments, and movable property used in conducting or maintaining such nuisance, are hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall be enjoined and abated as hereafter provided.