18-18-411. Keeping, maintaining, controlling, renting, or making available property
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for unlawful distribution or manufacture of controlled substances.
(1)It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to keep, maintain, control, rent, lease, or make available for
use any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling, building, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, room, enclosure, or other structure or place, which that person knows is resorted to for the purpose of keeping for distribution, transporting for distribution, or distributing controlled substances in violation of this article.
(2)Except as authorized by this article, it is unlawful for any person to:
(a)Knowingly or intentionally open or maintain any place which that person knows is resorted to for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing a controlled substance; or
(b)Manage or control any building, room, or enclosure, either as an owner, lessee, agent, employee, or mortgagee, and knowingly or intentionally rent, lease, or make available for use, with or without compensation, the building, room, or enclosure which that person knows is resorted to for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing a controlled substance.
(3)A person does not violate subsection
(2)of this section:
(a)By reason of any act committed by another person while that other person is unlawfully on or in the structure or place, if the person lacked knowledge of the unlawful presence of that other person; or
(b)If the person has notified a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction to make an arrest for the illegal conduct.
(3.5) It is not a violation of this section if a person is acting in compliance with section 18-18-434, article 170 of title 12, or article 50 of title 44.
(4)A person who violates this section commits a level 1 drug misdemeanor.
(5)Repealed.