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Home » US Law » 2022 Georgia Code » Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages » Chapter 10 - Sale or Possession of Distilled Spirits in Dry Counties and Municipalities

§ 3-10-1. Scope of Chapter

Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 3-10-11, this chapter shall only be applicable within counties or municipalities in which the sale of distilled spirits is not lawful. History. Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 103, § 2; Ga. L. 1972, p. 207, § 1; Code 1933, § 5A-7101, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. […]

§ 3-10-11. Contraband Apparatus and Appliances; Existence of Property Rights Therein; Summary Destruction of Contraband; Governing Procedure for Forfeiture of Vehicles, Boats, and Vessels

All apparatus or appliances which are used for the unlawful purpose of distilling or manufacturing any distilled spirits are declared to be contraband. No person shall have any property right in or to the contraband specified in this subsection. Whenever apparatus or appliances used or about to be used for the unlawful purpose of manufacturing, […]

§ 3-10-12. Raw Materials or Substances, Fixtures, Implements, or Apparatus Used or Intended for Use in Unlawful Distillation or Manufacture of Distilled Spirits Declared Contraband; Property Rights in Contraband; Governing Procedures for Seizure and Forfeiture

Any raw materials or substances, including, but not limited to, sugar of any grade or type, and any fixture, implement, or apparatus used or intended for use in the unlawful distilling or manufacturing of any distilled spirits are declared to be contraband. No person shall have any property right in or to any contraband specified […]

§ 3-10-14. Evidence as to Color, Odor, Appearance, and Taste of Beverage Manufactured, Sold, or Disposed of by Defendant; Burden of Proof When Defendant Claims Beverage Not a Distilled Spirit

In all prosecutions against any persons for manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, keeping, or having or otherwise disposing of distilled spirits, it shall be competent for the state to give in evidence the fact that the beverage which the evidence may tend to show the defendant had manufactured, sold, bartered, exchanged, furnished, given away, or […]

§ 3-10-15. Penalty for Violations of Provisions of Chapter

It is unlawful for any person knowingly and intentionally to violate any prohibition contained in this chapter relating to provisions applicable only in dry political subdivisions. Any person who violates any prohibition contained in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. Ga. L. 1915, Ex. Sess., p. 77, § 23; Code 1933, § […]

§ 3-10-2. Sale, Exchange, or Other Possession of Distilled Spirits

It is unlawful for any person knowingly and intentionally to sell, offer for sale, keep for sale, barter, exchange, furnish at public places, keep on hand at a place of business, or otherwise possess distilled spirits in any quantity, except as provided in this title. History. Ga. L. 1915, Ex. Sess., p. 77, § 2; […]

§ 3-10-4. Quantities of Distilled Spirits Which May Be Lawfully Possessed

It is not unlawful for any person to have and possess, for use and not for sale, in any county or municipality within the state, one standard case of 1.75 liter, liter, or 750 milliliter size containers of distilled spirits, but not more than eight individual containers of distilled spirits of a size of 200 […]

§ 3-10-7. Transportation or Shipment of Distilled Spirits for Sale or Use in Violation of Title; Exceptions for Possession for Personal Use and Transportation Through Counties or Municipalities

It is unlawful for any person knowingly and intentionally to transport, ship, or carry from any point outside this state to any point within this state or from place to place within this state any distilled spirits intended by any person interested in such beverages to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used […]

§ 3-10-9. Common Nuisances — Proceedings for Abatement of Nuisances

Any common nuisance as defined in Code Section 3-10-8 shall be an unlawful place, and the act of keeping and maintaining any such place shall be deemed a separate offense for each day that it continues. Common nuisances may be abated by writ of injunction issued out of the superior court upon a complaint filed […]