N.Y. Public Health Law § 2323: Houses of prostitution; injunction; temporary restraining order; service

§ 2323. Houses of prostitution; injunction; temporary restraining

order; service. 1. Where a permanent or temporary injunction is prayed

for, the court, or judge in vacation, on the application of the

plaintiff, may issue an ex parte restraining order, restraining the

defendants and all other persons from removing or in any manner

interfering with the furniture, fixtures, musical instruments and

movable property used in conducting the alleged nuisance, until the

decision of the court or judge granting or refusing such temporary

injunction and until the further order of the court thereon.

2. The restraining order may be served by handing to and leaving a

copy of said order with any person in charge of said property or

residing in the premises, and by posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous

place at or upon one or more of the principal doors at entrances of such

premises where such nuisance is alleged to be maintained, or by either

such delivery or posting.

3. The officers serving such restraining order shall forthwith make

and return into court an inventory of the personal property situated in

and used in conducting or maintaining said nuisance and shall enter upon

the premises for such purpose.

4. Where such order is so posted, mutilation or removal thereof, while

the same remains in force, shall be a contempt of court, provided such

posted order contains thereon or therein a notice to that effect.