HI SB2496

Creates a new cause of action allowing persons to sue for damages caused by property nuisances, including injury, trespass, and diminution of property value.

Defines "maintenance of a property nuisance" to include seven categories: storing visual blight (abandoned vehicles, junk materials), accumulating dirt/sand/gravel, operating junk yards outside industrial zones, permitting stagnant water, maintaining dangerous/unsightly conditions, attracting vagrants/trespassers, and maintaining public nuisances.

Specifies that "visual blight" means any unreasonable condition visible from public right-of-way or neighboring property that is detrimental to surrounding areas, health, safety, and welfare.

Awards treble damages (three times actual damages) if judgment is entered against a person maintaining a property nuisance affecting three or more separate properties within a one-mile radius.

Effective date of July 1, 2050.