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O.C.G.A. § 3-6-26.1 — Requirement as to possession of invoices or delivery tickets when transporting wine upon which taxes not paid; seizure as contraband when transported without invoices or delivery tickets | Georgia Code
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TITLE 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Section 6. Wine, 3-6-1 through 3-6-71.

ARTICLE 2 STATE LICENSE REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION AND SALE

3-6-26.1. Requirement as to possession of invoices or delivery tickets when transporting wine upon which taxes not paid; seizure as contraband when transported without invoices or delivery tickets.

  1. Every person who transports wine, upon which the taxes imposed by this title have not been paid, into or out of or within this state shall have in his actual personal possession invoices or delivery tickets showing the name and address of the seller or consignor, the name and address of the purchaser or consignee, the quantity of wine being transported, and the name and address of the person responsible for payment of the state tax at the ultimate destination.
  2. All wines, and the vehicles in which the wines are being transported, which are transported into or out of or within this state without accompanying invoices or delivery tickets are declared to be contraband and shall be seized by the commissioner or his agents. The seizure, disposition, and any claims shall be handled pursuant to Code Section 3-2-35.

(Code 1933, § 5A-5510, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1269, § 51.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 45 Am. Jur. 2d, Intoxicating Liquors, §§ 36, 40, 47, 48.

C.J.S.

- 48 C.J.S., Intoxicating Liquors, § 235. 48A C.J.S., Intoxicating Liquors, §§ 367 et seq., 398.

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