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Code · Washington · Title 7 — Special Proceedings and Actions · Chapter 7.48A

RCW 7.48A.020

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The following are declared to be moral nuisances:
(1)Any and every place in the state where lewd films are publicly exhibited as a regular course of business, or possessed for the purpose of such exhibition, or where lewd live performances are publicly exhibited as a regular course of business;
(2)Any and every lewd film which is publicly exhibited, or possessed for such purpose at a place which is a moral nuisance under this section;
(3)Any and every place of business in the state in which lewd publications constitute a principal part of the stock in trade;
(4)Every place which, as a regular course of business, is used for the purpose of lewdness or prostitution, and every such place in or upon which acts of lewdness or prostitution are conducted, permitted, carried on, continued, or exist;
(5)All houses, housing units, other buildings, or places of resort where controlled substances identified in Article II of chapter 69.50 RCW and not authorized by that chapter, are manufactured, delivered, or possessed, or where any such substance not obtained in a manner authorized by chapter 69.50 RCW is consumed by ingestion, inhalation, injection, or any other means.
[ 1990 c 152 s 5 ; 1988 c 141 s 3 ; 1982 c 184 s 2 .]
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