Section 78B-6-1107 - Nuisance - Drug houses and drug dealing - Gambling - Group criminal activity - Party house - Prostitution - Weapons - Abatement by eviction(1) Every building or place is a nuisance where:(a) the unlawful sale, manufacture, service, storage, distribution, dispensing, or acquisition occurs of any controlled substance, precursor, or analog specified in Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act;(b) gambling is permitted to be played, conducted, or dealt upon as prohibited in Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 11, Gambling, which creates the conditions of a nuisance as defined in Subsection 78B-6-1101(1);(c) criminal activity is committed in concert with three or more persons as provided in Section 76-3-203.1;(d) criminal activity is committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang as defined in Section 76-9-802;(e) criminal activity is committed to gain recognition, acceptance, membership, or increased status with a criminal street gang as defined in Section 76-9-802;(f) parties occur frequently which create the conditions of a nuisance as defined in Subsection 78B-6-1101(1);(g) prostitution or promotion of prostitution is regularly carried on by one or more persons as provided in Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 13, Prostitution; and(h) a violation of Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 5, Weapons, occurs on the premises.(2) It is a defense to nuisance under Subsection (1)(a) if the defendant can prove that the defendant is lawfully entitled to possession of a controlled substance.(3) Sections 78B-6-1108 through 78B-6-1114 govern only an abatement by eviction of the nuisance as defined in Subsection (1).Amended by Chapter 207, 2021 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/5/2021.Amended by Chapter 193, 2010 General Session.