823.114.Judgment and order of sale of property.

Once a drug or gang house nuisance is established in an action under s. 823.113, Section 823.114 tells the court what the judgment must include. It requires an order of abatement covering several steps: directing removal from the building or structure of all furniture, equipment, and other personal property used in the nuisance, ordering that personal property sold, ordering the building or structure closed for any purpose, and ordering it closed until building code violations are corrected and, if the local municipality requires one, a new certificate of occupancy is issued and the property is released under s. 823.15 or sold under s. 823.115.

The final piece of the abatement order addresses the real estate itself. The court orders the sale of the building or structure and the land it sits on, or, if the conditions in s. 66.0413 (1) (c) are met, orders the building or structure razed, the land sold, and the razing expense collected the way s. 823.06 provides for collecting abatement expenses generally.

Section 823.114 backs up the closure order with a criminal-style consequence. Anyone who breaks into or uses a building or structure that has been ordered closed under this section faces punishment for contempt under s. 823.12.