§ 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.