Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 7 Special Proceedings And Actions - Chapter 7.43 Injunctions -- Drug Nuisances

7.43.010 Injunction authorized
(1) Every building or unit within a building used for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing, delivering, selling, storing, or giving away any controlled substance as ...

7.43.020 Complaint -- Affidavit
The action provided for in RCW 7.43.010 shall be brought in the superior court in the county in which the property is located. Such action ...

7.43.030 Temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction
Upon application for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction, the court may, upon a showing of good cause, issue an ex parte restraining order ...

7.43.040 Temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction -- Bond required
A temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction shall not issue under this chapter except upon the giving of a bond or security by the applicant, ...

7.43.050 Priority of actions
An action under this chapter shall have precedence over all other actions, except prior matters of the same character, criminal proceedings, election contests, hearings on ...

7.43.060 Dismissal of citizen complaint -- Limitations
(1) If the complaint under this chapter is filed by a citizen, the complaint shall not be dismissed by the citizen for want of prosecution ...

7.43.070 Service of complaint
A copy of the complaint, together with a notice of the time and place of the hearing of the action shall be served upon the ...

7.43.080 Order of abatement
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, if the existence of the nuisance is established in the action, an order of abatement ...

7.43.090 Final order of abatement
Any final order of abatement issued under this chapter shall: (1) Direct the removal of all personal property subject to seizure and forfeiture pursuant to ...

7.43.100 Sale of items subject to forfeiture -- Use of proceeds
In all actions brought under this chapter, the proceeds and all moneys forfeited pursuant to the forfeiture provisions of RCW 69.50.505 shall be applied as ...

7.43.110 Violation of injunction -- Contempt of court
An intentional violation of a restraining order, preliminary injunction, or order of abatement under this chapter is a contempt of court as provided in chapter ...

7.43.120 Fine constitutes lien
Whenever the owner of a building or unit within a building upon which the act or acts constituting the contempt have been committed, or the ...

7.43.130 Recovery of damages not precluded
The abatement of a nuisance under this chapter does not prejudice the right of any person to recover damages for its past existence.[1988 c 141 ...

7.43.900 Severability -- 1988 c 141
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...