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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

Chapter 562
BEVERAGE LAW: ENFORCEMENT

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F.S. 562.15

562.15 Unlawful possession; unpaid taxes.—It is unlawful for any person to own or possess within this state any alcoholic beverage, unless full compliance has been had with the pertinent provisions of the Beverage Law as to payment of excise taxes on beverages of like alcohol content. However, this section shall not apply:

(1) To manufacturers or distributors licensed under the Beverage Law, to state bonded warehouses, or to common carriers; or

(2) To persons possessing not in excess of 1 gallon of such beverages if the beverage shall have been purchased by said possessor outside of the state in accordance with the laws of the place where purchased and shall have been brought into this state by said possessor. The burden of proof that such beverages were purchased outside the state and in accordance with the laws of the place where purchased shall in all cases be upon the possessor of such beverages.

History.—s. 5, ch. 18015, 1937; s. 5, ch. 19301, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(271e); s. 2, ch. 22669, 1945; s. 147, ch. 71-355; s. 2, ch. 72-230; s. 4, ch. 86-269.

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Amendments to 562.15

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 562.15

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S562.15 - LIQUOR TAX - POSSESS ALCOHOL BEV WO PAY TAX SUBSQ OFF - F: T

S562.15 - LIQUOR TAX - POSSESS ALCOHOL BEV WO PAY TAX 1ST OFF - M: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 562.15

Total Results: 5

Odom v. Deltona Corp.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1977-02-15

Citation: 341 So. 2d 977

Snippet: 613 (Fla. App. 1974), cert. den. Fla., 297 So.2d 562. [15] Trustees of Internal Improvement Fund v. Lobean

Clinton v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1958-01-31

Citation: 100 So. 2d 82

Snippet: two, possession of unstamped beverages, section 562.15; count three, possession of beverages upon which

Marshall v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1956-07-25

Citation: 89 So. 2d 1, 1956 Fla. LEXIS 4061

Snippet: containers the Florida excise liquor stamps, F.S. § 562.15, F.S.A., and 2, removing, depositing or concealing

Slade v. Mayo

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1943-11-02

Citation: 15 So. 2d 420, 153 Fla. 644, 1943 Fla. LEXIS 1061

Snippet: amongst other things, for violation of Section 562.15, Florida Statutes 1941, as a second offender, and

General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1943-01-22

Citation: 11 So. 2d 482, 152 Fla. 297, 1943 Fla. LEXIS 898

Snippet: knowledge or consent of the conditional vendor? Section 562.15, Florida Statutes 1941, makes it unlawful for any