78B-6-1108 - Nuisance -- Abatement by eviction.
78B-6-1108. Nuisance -- Abatement by eviction.
(1) Whenever there is reason to believe that a nuisance under Sections 78B-6-1107through 78B-6-1114 is kept, maintained, or exists in any county, the county attorney of thecounty, the city attorney of any incorporated city, any citizen or citizens of the state residing inthe county, or any corporation, partnership or business doing business in the county, in his ortheir own names, may maintain an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to abate thenuisance and obtain an order for the automatic eviction of the tenant.
(2) The court may designate a spokesperson of any group of citizens who wouldotherwise have the right to maintain an action in their individual names against the defendantunder this section.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session