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CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 3501-3503 
3501.  The remedies against a private nuisance are:
   1. A civil action; or,
   2. Abatement.



3502.  A person injured by a private nuisance may abate it by
removing, or, if necessary, destroying the thing which constitutes
the nuisance, without committing a breach of the peace, or doing
unnecessary injury.


3503.  Where a private nuisance results from a mere omission of the
wrongdoer, and cannot be abated without entering upon his land,
reasonable notice must be given to him before entering to abate it.

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