Texas Codes

Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 101.31 (2026)

Alcoholic Beverages In Dry Areas

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Sec. 101.31. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN DRY AREAS. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, no person in a dry area may manufacture, distill, brew, sell, import into the state, export from the state, transport, distribute, warehouse, store, solicit or take orders for, or possess with intent to sell an alcoholic beverage.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that the person has previously been convicted two or more times of an offense under this section, the offense is a state jail felony.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 493, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 462, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1982–2009 · leading case: Leyva v. State, 635 S.W.2d 910 (Tex. App. 1982).

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Leyva v. State, 635 S.W.2d 910 (Tex. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “Appellant was convicted of transporting beer in a dry area, Tex.Alco.Bev. Code Ann. § 101.31 (Vernon 1978) 1 and fined $100.”

Ellis v. State, 741 S.W.2d 466 (Tex. App. 1987). “Under Tex.Alco.Bev.Code Ann. § 101.31 (Vernon 1978).”

Chester Kennedy v. State (Tex. App. 2009). “TEX. ALCO. BEV. CODE ANN. § 101.31 (Vernon 1995).”

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