This is Texas but did a little research and all states have this
https://www.oag.state.tx.us/ag_publications/pdfs/2005nuisance.pdfWhat kind of illegal activity can the nuisance abatement statutes address on a multi-unit
residential property located in a municipality?
• Prostitution
• Obscenity
• Gambling
• Organized criminal activity
• Delivery, possession, manufacture or use of a controlled substance
• Discharge of a firearm
• Alcohol violations
• Aggravated assault
• Sexual assault
• Aggravated sexual assault
• Robbery
• Aggravated robbery
• Unlawfully carrying a weapon
• Murder
• Capital murder
What type of property can be closed?
Any place in the State of Texas that is causing a nuisance as defined by the nuisance
abatement statutes.
• Businesses of all kinds
• Private residences
• Apartments
• Motels
• Convenience stores
•Any type of property
When faced with the loss of income,
bonds adding up to thousands of dollars, and the threat of forfeiture of those bonds, many owners
enter into a voluntary abatement of the nuisance.
The nuisance laws can have a positive effect on locations that law enforcement agencies have
spent numerous manhours policing. In addition, law enforcement agencies may see large monetary
savings by reducing the need to respond to these locations in the future. In several instances, businesses
that have permitted illegal activity for years have been successfully closed, reducing the burden
on law enforcement as well as on the immediate community.
By denying criminal offenders the use of real property as a base of operations, and by securing
the property owner’s cooperation in the removal of criminal offenders, neighborhood revitalization
can become a reality. Our goal at the OAG is not to abandon other conventional methods of
law enforcement at these nuisance sites, but to supplement these efforts by providing an additional
tool to
This is not tin hat stuff but a real threat. what if you have a rental property and the police come to that property 3 times because of tenants. That means you loose the property.
In Colorado a man was arrested on some charges his truck was impounded and he went to court. He was found not guilty in court and the Police would not release his vehicle even when found not guilty. Relatively minor offenses are included in this ability to seize property.