Arizona Revised Statutes § 12-817 Civil Penalty; Forfeiture; Accounting

12-817. Civil penalty; forfeiture; accounting

A. Obscene motion picture films and obscene pictorial publications pursuant to this article are contraband and are not subject to any property rights.

B. Any and all monies received in payment for obtaining or viewing any obscene motion picture films and obscene pictorial publications are subject to forfeiture to the county in which the abatement action is brought as restitution for damages done to the public welfare, public health and public morals. Such monies may be traced to and shall be recoverable from those persons as set forth in section 12-812 who have knowledge of the nuisance, from and after the issuance of a preliminary injunction against the conduct of such persons pursuant to section 12-814.

C. Upon the issuance of a judgment pursuant to section 12-815, subsection B, the defendants named in such judgment shall make an accounting of all monies received by them in payment for obtaining or viewing obscene motion picture films or obscene pictorial publications subject to such judgment.

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