§ 16-105-206 - Petition for abatement. - Arkansas Statutes

16-105-206. Petition for abatement.

(a) Whenever a public nuisance, as defined in this subchapter, is kept, maintained, carried on, or exists in any county in this state, a bill or petition may be filed in any circuit court of the county, in the name of the state, by and upon the relation of any persons named in 16-105-205, against the person or persons keeping, maintaining, or carrying on the nuisance, and all aiders and abettors therein, and the owners, proprietors, or agents or persons or corporations, in charge or control of the building or place wherein the nuisance exists, for the purpose of having the nuisance abated and permanently discontinued.

(b) (1) However, when a bill or petition is filed by citizens and freeholders, they shall make bond in such sums as the court shall prescribe, conditioned to pay all costs and damages, in the event the court trying the case shall find and adjudge that the proceeding was instituted without probable cause.

(2) No bond for costs or damages shall be required when the proceeding is instituted by and upon the relation of the Attorney General or a prosecuting attorney for the state.