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609.74 PUBLIC NUISANCE.
Whoever by an act or failure to perform a legal duty intentionally does any of the following
is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, which is a misdemeanor:
(1) maintains or permits a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures or endangers the
safety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of members of the public; or
(2) interferes with, obstructs, or renders dangerous for passage, any public highway or
right-of-way, or waters used by the public; or
(3) is guilty of any other act or omission declared by law to be a public nuisance and for
which no sentence is specifically provided.
History: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.74; 1971 c 23 s 74; 1986 c 444
Whoever by an act or failure to perform a legal duty intentionally does any of the following
is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, which is a misdemeanor:
(1) maintains or permits a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures or endangers the
safety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of members of the public; or
(2) interferes with, obstructs, or renders dangerous for passage, any public highway or
right-of-way, or waters used by the public; or
(3) is guilty of any other act or omission declared by law to be a public nuisance and for
which no sentence is specifically provided.
History: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.74; 1971 c 23 s 74; 1986 c 444
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