Florida Statute 562.15 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

Chapter 562
BEVERAGE LAW: ENFORCEMENT

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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.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 562.15

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

S562.15 - LIQUOR TAX - POSSESS ALCOHOL BEV W/O PAY TAX SUBSQ OFF - F: T

S562.15 - LIQUOR TAX - POSSESS ALCOHOL BEV W/O PAY TAX 1ST OFF - M: S

Cases Citing Statute 562.15

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Gen. Motors Acceptance Corp. v. State, 11 So. 2d 482 (Fla. 1943).

Cited 22 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 152 Fla. 297, 1943 Fla. LEXIS 898

knowledge or consent of the conditional vendor? Section 562.15, Florida Statutes 1941, makes it unlawful for

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Slade v. Mayo, 15 So. 2d 420 (Fla. 1943).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 153 Fla. 644, 1943 Fla. LEXIS 1061

...an Mayo as Custodian of the State Prison, to show cause why petitioner should not be'discharged from custody. The return of respondent shows that petitioner was on the 29th day of August, 1941, informed against amongst other things, for violation of Section 562.15, Florida Statutes 1941, as a second offender, and that on to-wit, the 17th day of September, 1941, the petitioner was adjudged guilty of the offense charged and sentenced to serve a term of three years in the State Prison....

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Marshall v. State, 89 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1956).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1956 Fla. LEXIS 4061

...RREN, Associate Justice. The county solicitor filed an information against the defendant (appellant) in two counts, 1, charging possession of moonshine whiskey without having affixed to the immediate containers the Florida excise liquor stamps, F.S. § 562.15, F.S.A., and 2, removing, depositing or concealing an untaxed intoxicating beverage, F.S....

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Clinton v. State, 100 So. 2d 82 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1958).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

...e laws and not guilty of operating a gambling house. His appeal is from these convictions. The convictions concerned: count one, possession of moonshine liquor, section 562.451, Florida Statutes, F.S.A.; count two, possession of unstamped beverages, section 562.15; count three, possession of beverages upon which federal tax was unpaid, section 562.18; and count four, concealing beverages with intent to defraud the state of taxes, section 562.32....

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