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title: O.C.G.A. § 3-10-9. Common nuisances — Proceedings for abatement of nuisances.
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# O.C.G.A. § 3-10-9. Common nuisances — Proceedings for abatement of nuisances.

Any common nuisance as defined in Code Section 3-10-8 shall be an unlawful place, and the act of keeping and maintaining any such place shall be deemed a separate offense for each day that it continues. Common nuisances may be abated by writ of injunction issued out of the superior court upon a complaint filed by the Attorney General, or the district attorney of the superior court, or any citizen of the county in which the nuisance exists. The complaint shall be filed in the county in which the nuisance exists.

## History

Ga. L. 1915, Ex. Sess., p. 77, § 4; Code 1933, § 58-104; Code 1933, § 5A-7107, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1.