578.430. Buildings, rooms and structures used for criminal street gangs' activities deemed public nuisances--owner knowing of gang use, court may order no occupancy up to one year.

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578.430. Buildings, rooms and structures used for criminal street gangs' activities deemed public nuisances--owner knowing of gang use, court may order no occupancy up to one year.

Buildings, rooms and structures used for criminal street gangs'activities deemed public nuisances--owner knowing of gang use, courtmay order no occupancy up to one year.

578.430. 1. Any room, building, structure or inhabitablestructure as defined in section 569.010, RSMo, which is used by acriminal street gang in a pattern of criminal street gangactivity shall be deemed a public nuisance. No person shall keepor maintain such a public nuisance.

2. The attorney general, circuit attorney or prosecutingattorney may, in addition to any criminal prosecutions, prosecutea suit in equity to enjoin the public nuisance. If the courtfinds that the owner of the room, building, structure orinhabitable structure knew that the premises were being used forcriminal street gangs in a pattern of criminal street gangactivity, the court may order that the premises shall not beoccupied or used for such period as the court may determine, notto exceed one year.

3. All persons, including owners, lessees, officers,agents, offenders or employees, aiding or facilitating such anuisance may be made defendants in any suit to enjoin thenuisance.