CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTAIN PREMISES DEEMED COMMON NUISANCE; PENALTY (§ 18.2-258)

Any office, store, shop, restaurant, dance hall, theater, poolroom, clubhouse,
storehouse, warehouse, dwelling house, apartment, building of any kind, vehicle,
vessel, boat, or aircraft, which with the knowledge of the owner, lessor, agent
of any such lessor, manager, chief executive officer, operator, or tenant
thereof, is frequented by persons under the influence of illegally obtained
controlled substances or marijuana, as defined in § 54.1-3401, or for the
purpose of illegally obtaining possession of, manufacturing or distributing
controlled substances or marijuana, or is used for the illegal possession,
manufacture or distribution of controlled substances or marijuana shall be
deemed a common nuisance. Any such owner, lessor, agent of any such lessor,
manager, chief executive officer, operator, or tenant who knowingly permits,
establishes, keeps or maintains such a common nuisance is guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor and, for a second or subsequent offense, a Class 6 felony.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-524.104:2; 1972, c. 736; 1973, c. 400; 1975, cc. 14,
15; 1979, c. 435; 1990, c. 948; 1992, cc. 248, 538; 2004, c. 462; 2011, cc. 384,
410; 2014, cc. 674, 719.