Oregon Statutes - Chapter 105 - Property Rights - Section 105.555 - Places declared nuisances subject to abatement.

(1) The following are declared to be nuisances and shall be enjoined and abated as provided in ORS 105.550 to 105.600:

(a) Any place that, as a regular course of business, is used for the purpose of prostitution and any place where acts of prostitution occur;

(b) Any place that is used and maintained for profit and for the purpose of gambling or a lottery, as defined in ORS 167.117, by any person, partnership or corporation organized for profit and wherein take place any of the acts or wherein are kept, stored or located any of the games, devices or things that are forbidden by or made punishable by ORS 167.108 to 167.164;

(c) Any place that has been determined to be not fit for use under ORS 453.876 and that has not been decontaminated and certified as fit for use under ORS 453.885 within 180 days after the determination under ORS 453.876; and

(d) Any place where activity involving the unauthorized delivery, manufacture or possession of a controlled substance, as defined in ORS 475.005, occurs or any place wherein are kept, stored or located any of the devices, equipment, things or substances used for unauthorized delivery, manufacture or possession of a controlled substance. As used in this paragraph, “devices, equipment, things” does not include hypodermic syringes or needles. This paragraph does not apply to acts that constitute violations under ORS 475.860 or 475.864.

(2) Nothing in ORS 105.550 to 105.600, 166.715 and 167.158 applies to property to the extent that the devices, equipment, things or substances that are used for delivery, manufacture or possession of a controlled substance are kept, stored or located in or on the property for the purpose of lawful sale or use of these items. [1989 c.846 §3; 1989 c.915 §24; 1999 c.168 §7; 2005 c.706 §1; 2005 c.708 §43]

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