(1) A room, a house, a building, a boat, a structure, an automobile, other vehicle, or place of any kind where at least one (1) of the following occurs:

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(B) A person is permitted to resort for the purpose of drinking an alcoholic beverage of any type in violation of law.

(2) A place where alcoholic beverages are kept for sale, barter, or gift in violation of law or in violation of a rule of the commission, and all alcoholic beverages and all other property kept in and used in maintaining a place.

(3) The business property of a person who knowingly or intentionally sells, possesses, manufactures, barters, or gives away alcoholic beverages in violation of law or a rule of the commission.

     (b) The plaintiff in an action to abate a public nuisance under subsection (a)(3) must prove that the owner of the business had actual knowledge of the actions alleged to constitute a nuisance.

     (c) In determining whether the owner of a business should be held liable for failing to abate a public nuisance under subsection (a)(3), the court shall consider the efforts the owner of the business took to abate the public nuisance, including whether the police department that serves the business owner’s property had been notified by the business owner or the owner’s employee of the actions alleged to constitute the public nuisance.

[Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-37.]

Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.52-1994, SEC.1.