Section 600.3825 - Order of abatement; closing of building; removal of contents; sale; vehicles; personal property; use of closed building; contempt.
REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961
600.3825 Order of abatement; closing of building; removal of contents; sale; vehicles; personal property; use of closed building; contempt.
Sec. 3825.
(1) If the existence of the nuisance is established in an action as provided in this chapter, an order of abatement shall be entered as a part of the judgment in the case, which order shall direct the removal from the building or place of all furniture, fixtures and contents therein and shall direct the sale thereof in the manner provided for the sale of chattels under execution, and the effectual closing of the building or place against its use for any purpose, and so keeping it closed for a period of 1 year, unless sooner released as in this chapter provided.
(2) Any vehicle, boat, or aircraft found by the court to be a nuisance within the meaning of this chapter, is subject to the same order and judgment as any furniture, fixtures and contents as herein provided.
(3) Upon the sale of any furniture, fixtures, contents, vehicle, boat or aircraft as provided in this section, the officer executing the order of the court shall, after deducting the expenses of keeping such property and costs of such sale, pay all liens according to their priorities which may be established by intervention or otherwise at the hearing or in other proceedings brought for that purpose as being bona fide and as having been created without the lienor having any notice that such property was being used or was to be used for the maintenance of a nuisance as herein defined, and shall pay the balance to the state treasurer to be credited to the general fund of the state.
(4) If any person uses a building or place so directed to be closed, with knowledge that such building or place is closed by order of the court, he shall be punished as for contempt, as provided in section 3820.
History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963