Statute · New York Public Health Law
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2320 — Houses of prostitution; equipment; nuisance
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2320
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- Statute
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- New York Public Health Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 2320. Houses of prostitution; equipment; nuisance. 1. Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, or lease any building, erection, or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is guilty of maintaining a nuisance.
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N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2320 — Houses of prostitution; equipment; nuisance is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 2320. Houses of prostitution; equipment; nuisance. 1. Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, or lease any building, erection, or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is guilty of maintaining a nuisance.
2. The building, erection, or place, or the ground itself, in or upon which any lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted, or carried on, continued, or exists, and the furniture, fixtures, musical instruments, and movable property used in conducting or maintaining such nuisance, are hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall be enjoined and abated as hereafter provided.