Pennsylvania § 6504 Public nuisances

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 6504 — Public nuisances

Pennsylvania § 6504

Title 18CRIMES AND OFFENSES

PartPART II

Ch. 65NUISANCES

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18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6504 (2026).

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Whoever erects, sets up, establishes, maintains, keeps or continues, or causes to be erected, set up, established, maintained, kept or continued, any public or common nuisance is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. Where the nuisance is in existence at the time of the conviction and sentence, the court, in its discretion, may direct either the defendant or the sheriff of the county at the expense of the defendant to abate the same.

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Whoever erects, sets up, establishes, maintains, keeps or continues, or causes to be erected, set up, established, maintained, kept or continued, any public or common nuisance is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. Where the nuisance is in existence at the time of the conviction and sentence, the court, in its discretion, may direct either the defendant or the sheriff of the county at the expense of the defendant to abate the same.

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