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§ 18B-500 – Alcohol law-enforcement agents.

18B-500. Alcohol law-enforcement agents. (a) Appointment. – The Secretary of Public Safety shall appoint and supervise the Director of the Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement of the Department of Public Safety. The Director of the Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement of the Department of Public Safety may appoint and supervise a sufficient number of assistants […]

§ 18B-501 – Local ABC officers.

18B-501. Local ABC officers. (a) Appointment. – Except as provided in subsection (f), each local board shall hire one or more ABC enforcement officers. Local ABC enforcement officers shall be designated as "ABC Officers". The local board may designate one officer as the chief ABC officer for that board. (b) Subject Matter Jurisdiction. – After […]

§ 18B-502 – Inspection of licensed premises.

18B-502. Inspection of licensed premises. (a) Authority. – To procure evidence of violations of the ABC law, alcohol law-enforcement agents, employees of the Commission, local ABC officers, and officers of local law-enforcement agencies that have contracted to provide ABC enforcement under G.S. 18B-501(f) shall have authority to investigate the operation of each licensed premises for […]

§ 18B-503 – Disposition of seized alcoholic beverages.

18B-503. Disposition of seized alcoholic beverages. (a) Storage. – A law-enforcement officer who seizes alcoholic beverages as evidence of an ABC law violation shall provide for the storage of those alcoholic beverages until the commencement of the trial or administrative hearing relating to the violation, unless some other disposition is authorized under this section. (b) […]

§ 18B-504 – Forfeiture.

18B-504. Forfeiture. (a) Property Subject to Forfeiture. – The following kinds of property shall be subject to forfeiture: (1) Motor vehicles, boats, airplanes, and all other conveyances used to transport nontaxpaid alcoholic beverages in violation of the ABC laws; (2) Containers for alcoholic beverages which are manufactured, possessed, sold, or transported in violation of the […]

§ 18B-505 – Restitution.

18B-505. Restitution. When a person is convicted of a violation of the ABC laws, the court may order him to make restitution to any law-enforcement agency for reasonable expenditures made in purchasing alcoholic beverages from him or his agent as part of an investigation leading to his conviction. (1981, c. 412, s. 2.)