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title: O.C.G.A. § 41-3-2. Action to enjoin nuisance perpetually; temporary restraining order or interlocutory injunction authorized.
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# O.C.G.A. § 41-3-2. Action to enjoin nuisance perpetually; temporary restraining order or interlocutory injunction authorized.

Whenever a nuisance is kept, maintained, or exists, as defined in Code Section 41-3-1 or 41-3-1.1, the district attorney, the solicitor-general, city attorney, or county attorney, or any private citizen of the county may maintain an action in the name of the state upon the relation of such attorney or private citizen to enjoin said nuisance perpetually, the person or persons conducting or maintaining the same, and the owner or agent of the building, structure, or place, and the ground itself in or upon which such nuisance exists. In an action to enjoin a nuisance, the court, upon application therefor alleging that the nuisance complained of exists, shall order a temporary restraining order or an interlocutory injunction as provided in Code Section 9-11-65.

## History

Ga. L. 1917, p. 177, § 2; Code 1933, § 72-302; Ga. L. 1996, p. 666, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 467, § 3.

## Law Reviews

For note on 1999 amendment to this Code section, see 16 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 211 (1999).