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Ala. Code § 28-4-201 (2026)

Sale or Offer for Sale or Possession in Excess of Quantity Permitted of Such Alcoholic Beverages; Penalties for Violations of Article.

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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person residing in or traveling through any dry county in this state to sell or offer to sell such alcoholic beverages to another or to have in his possession at any one time any amount of alcoholic beverages in excess of the quantity stipulated in Section 28-4-200.

(b) Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 or imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to exceed six months or both, at the discretion of the court.

(Acts 1971, No. 1265, p. 2194, §2.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1992–2019 · leading case: Leverette v. State, 594 So. 2d 731 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992).
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Leverette v. State, 594 So. 2d 731 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992). · cites it 4× “, a resident of Florida, was convicted in district court for driving under the influence of alcohol and for possessing alcoholic beverages in a dry county, a violation of § 28-4-201, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail for each offense and was fined a total…”
Johnson v. Yarbrough (N.D. Ala. 2019). · cites it 2× “Under Alabama Code § 28-4-201, et. seq., it is unlawful to sell, offer to sell, or personally possess more than three quarts of liquor and a case of beer, or three quarts of wine and a case of beer, in such counties.”
Pope v. State, 905 So. 2d 20 (Ala. Crim. App. 2004). “In Leverette , this Court quoted the same excerpt from Blackwell that Pope has quoted in his brief, and then this Court stated: “In the present case, as in Blackwell , the only evidence presented at trial to suggest that the appellant was in violation of § 28-4-201 was Deputy…”
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