Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 471.630 (2026)

Authority to abate nuisance

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      471.630 Authority to abate nuisance. The Attorney General, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission or its administrators, or the district attorney of the county wherein a nuisance as defined in ORS 471.620 exists, or where it has existed but has temporarily ceased and there is good and sufficient cause to believe that it will be maintained in the future, may institute an action in the circuit court for such county in the name of the state to abate, and to temporarily and permanently enjoin, such nuisance. The court has the right to make temporary and final orders as in other injunction proceedings. The plaintiff shall not be required to give bond in such action. [Amended by 1979 c.284 §155; 2021 c.351 §128]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1977–2018 · leading case: State v. Van Osdol, 417 P.3d 488 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
State v. Van Osdol, 417 P.3d 488 (Or. Ct. App. 2018). “That statute read: "(1) Any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house, building, vehicle, boat, aircraft, or any place whatever, which is resorted to by narcotic drug addicts for the purpose of using narcotic drugs or which is used for the illegal keeping or selling of the same,…”
State v. Smith, 571 P.2d 542 (Or. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “antive change — so the statute then read: "(1) Any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house, building, vehicle, boat, aircraft, or any place whatever, which is resorted to by narcotic drug addicts for the purpose of using narcotic drugs or which is used for the illegal keeping or…”
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