The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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.

F.S. 562.15 on Google Scholar

F.S. 562.15 on Casetext

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 from cite.case.law:

STEVE ALTMAN PHOTOGRAPHY, v. UNITED STATES,, 18 Cl. Ct. 267 (Cl. Ct. 1989)

. . . Counterclaim Plaintiff concedes that he converted to his own use $562.15 of OPIC’s camera equipment. . . . This concession permits this court to award OPIC damages in the amount of $562.15 for plaintiff’s conversion . . .

ZENTGRAF, v. TEXAS A M UNIVERSITY, 492 F. Supp. 265 (S.D. Tex. 1980)

. . . . §§ 562, 562.13 and 562.15 (1979). . . .

UNITED STATES v. McKINNON,, 426 F.2d 845 (5th Cir. 1970)

. . . . § 562.15 in part here pertinent provides: . . . .

J. C. CLINTON, v. STATE, 100 So. 2d 82 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1958)

. . . .; count two, possession of unstamped beverages, section 562.15; count three, possession of beverages . . .

MARSHALL, v. STATE, 89 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1956)

. . . . § 562.15, F.S.A., and 2, removing, depositing or concealing an untaxed intoxicating beverage, F.S. . . .

LEROY SLADE v. NATHAN MAYO,, 153 Fla. 644 (Fla. 1943)

. . . was on the 29th day of August, 1941, informed against amongst other things, for violation of Section 562.15 . . .

GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a v. STATE OF FLORIDA, 152 Fla. 297 (Fla. 1943)

. . . Section 562.15, Florida Statutes 1941, makes it unlawful for any person to own or possess any beverage . . .