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. 562.31

562.31 Possession of raw materials prima facie evidence; exception.—The possession by any person, except a licensed manufacturer or distributor, a state bonded warehouse, or a common carrier, of any mash, wort, or wash, or any other raw materials for the manufacture of beverage subject to tax under the Beverage Law, or which would be taxable thereunder if such beverage were manufactured or brought into the state in accordance with the regulatory provisions of such law, shall be prima facie evidence that such person intends to manufacture the same into such beverage for the purpose of selling such beverage with design to evade the payment of such tax.

History.—s. 10, ch. 19301, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(271r); s. 5, ch. 22669, 1945; s. 2, ch. 72-230.

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Amendments to 562.31

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 562.31

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 562.31.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

PIGGLY WIGGLY CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES, 81 F. Supp. 819 (Ct. Cl. 1949)

. . . 6.97 which it applied to $8,067.53 ($8,-167.63 less purchase discount of $100.10) and allowed only $562.31 . . .

PIGGLY WIGGLY CORPORATION v. THE UNITED STATES, 112 Ct. Cl. 391 (Ct. Cl. 1949)

. . . 6.97 which it applied to $8,067.53 ($8,167.63 less purchase discount of $100.10) and allowed only $562.31 . . .