Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6504 (2026)
Public nuisances.
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§ 6504. Public nuisances.
Whoever erects, sets up, establishes, maintains, keeps or continues, or causes to be erected, set up, established, maintained, kept or continued, any public or common nuisance is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. Where the nuisance is in existence at the time of the conviction and sentence, the court, in its discretion, may direct either the defendant or the sheriff of the county at the expense of the defendant to abate the same.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1975–2022 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Scatena, 481 A.2d 855 (Pa. 1984).
Commonwealth v. Scatena, 481 A.2d 855 (Pa. 1984). “While appellants were found guilty of public nuisances, 18 Pa.C.S. § 6504, the trial judge arrested judgment upon this crime and the court en banc affirmed.”
Commonwealth v. MacDonald, 347 A.2d 290 (Pa. 1975). “18 Pa.C.S. § 6504(1974). This section provides: “Whoever erects, sets up, establishes, maintains, keeps or continues, or causes to be erected, set up, established, maintained, kept or continued, any public or common nuisance is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.”
Vuyanich v. Smithton Borough (W.D. Pa. 2022). “18 Pa. C.S. § 6504. In comparison to the claims at issue in this case (see ECF No.”
— 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6504(1974) — 1 case
Commonwealth v. MacDonald, 347 A.2d 290 (Pa. 1975). “18 Pa.C.S. § 6504(1974). This section provides: “Whoever erects, sets up, establishes, maintains, keeps or continues, or causes to be erected, set up, established, maintained, kept or continued, any public or common nuisance is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.”
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