Civ. Code, § 3496 · Title 2. PUBLIC NUISANCES
Civ. Code, § 3496
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
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 are not compensated for pursuant to some other provision of law, to the prevailing party:
(a) In any case in which a governmental agency seeks to enjoin the sale, distribution, or public exhibition, for commercial consideration, of obscene matter, as defined in Section 311 of the Penal Code.
(b) In any case in which a governmental agency seeks to enjoin the use of a building or place for the purpose of illegal gambling, lewdness, assignation, human trafficking, or prostitution; or any case in which a governmental agency seeks to enjoin acts of illegal gambling, lewdness, assignation, human trafficking, or prostitution in or upon a building or place, as authorized in Article 2 (commencing with Section 11225) of Chapter 3 of Title 1 of Part 4 of the Penal Code.
(c) In any case in which a governmental agency seeks to enjoin the use of a building or place, or seeks to enjoin in or upon any building or place the unlawful sale, manufacture, service, storage, or keeping or giving away of any controlled substance, as authorized in Article 3 (commencing with Section 11570) of Chapter 10 of Division 10 of the Health and Safety Code.
(d) In any case in which a governmental agency seeks to enjoin the unlawful sale, service, storage, or keeping or giving away of alcoholic liquor, as authorized in Article 1 (commencing with Section 11200) of Chapter 3 of Title 1 of Part 4 of the Penal Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 254, Sec. 1. (AB 2212) Effective January 1, 2013.
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Health and Safety Code
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 311Printed as Section 311 of the Penal Code
- Pen. Code, pt. 4, tit. 1, ch. 3, art. 1Unlawful Liquor Sale Abatement LawPrinted as Article 1 (commencing with Section 11200) of Chapter 3 of Title 1 of Part 4 of the Penal Code
- Pen. Code, pt. 4, tit. 1, ch. 3, art. 2Red Light Abatement LawPrinted as Article 2 (commencing with Section 11225) of Chapter 3 of Title 1 of Part 4 of the Penal Code
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