TITLE 2. PUBLIC NUISANCES

Title 2 enacted 1872.

§§ 3490–3496 · 8 sections

• § 3490 No lapse of time can legalize a public nuisance, amounting to an actual obstruction of public right.
• § 3491 The remedies against a public nuisance are: 1. Indictment or information; 2. A civil action; or, 3. Abatement.
• § 3492 The remedy by indictment or information is regulated by the Penal Code.
• § 3493 A private person may maintain an action for a public nuisance, if it is specially injurious to himself, but not otherwise.
• § 3494 A public nuisance may be abated by any public body or officer authorized thereto by law.
• § 3494.5 (a) (1) A property owner who voluntarily participates in a lead paint abatement program, and all public entities, shall be immune from liability in any lawsuit…
• § 3495 Any person may abate a public nuisance which is specially injurious to him by removing, or, if necessary, destroying the thing which constitutes the same,…
• § 3496 In any of the following described cases, the court may award costs, including the costs of investigation and discovery, and reasonable attorney’s fees, which…