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99.1A - HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION OR OTHER NUISANCES.

        99.1A  HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION OR OTHER NUISANCES.
         Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, or
      lease any building, erection, or place used for the purpose of
      prostitution or gambling, except as authorized under the laws of this
      state is guilty of a nuisance, and the building, erection, or place,
      or the ground itself, in or upon which such prostitution or gambling
      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 also declared a
      nuisance and shall be enjoined and abated as hereinafter provided.
         The provisions of this section do not apply to games of skill,
      games of chance, or raffles conducted pursuant to chapter 99B or to
      devices lawful under section 99B.10.
         Section History: Early Form
         [SS15, § 4944-h1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1587; C46, 50, 54,
      58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 99.1]
         Section History: Recent Form
         C2001, §99.1A