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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO
Chapter 562
BEVERAGE LAW: ENFORCEMENT
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F.S. 562.451
562.451 Moonshine whiskey; ownership, possession, or control prohibited; penalties; rule of evidence.
(1) Any person who owns or has in her or his possession or under her or his control less than 1 gallon of liquor, as defined in the Beverage Law, which was not made or manufactured in accordance with the laws in effect at the time when and place where the same was made or manufactured commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) Any person who owns or has in her or his possession or under her or his control 1 gallon or more of liquor, as defined in the Beverage Law, which was not made or manufactured in accordance with the laws in effect at the time when and place where the same was made or manufactured commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(3) In any prosecution under this section, proof that the liquor involved is what is commonly known as moonshine whiskey shall be prima facie evidence that the same was not made or manufactured in accordance with the laws in effect at the time when and place where the same was made or manufactured.
History.s. 9, ch. 22669, 1945; s. 17, ch. 23746, 1947; s. 5, ch. 29964, 1955; s. 1, ch. 59-435; s. 574, ch. 71-136; s. 2, ch. 72-230; s. 869, ch. 97-103; s. 26, ch. 2019-167.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 562.451
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S562.451 - LIQUOR-POSSESS - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8774 - F: T
S562.451 - LIQUOR-POSSESS - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8773 - M: S
S562.451 1 - LIQUOR-POSSESS - LESS THAN ONE GALLON ILLEGAL LIQUOR - M: S
S562.451 2 - LIQUOR-POSSESS - ONE GALLON OR MORE ILLEGAL LIQUOR - M: F



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