Sections
26 entriesSection 25350Allows the department to seize unlawfully manufactured alcohol, untaxed beer or wine, specified distilled spirits, alcohol intended for unlicensed sale, and beverages…Section 25351Prohibits possessing alcoholic beverages that are subject to seizure under the referenced seizure provision. Any person who possesses those seizable alcoholic beverages…Section 25352Allows the department or its employees to seize any unlicensed still whether operating, assembled, or dismantled, along with still parts and materials…Section 25353Requires alcoholic beverages and other property seized under the alcoholic-beverage division to be forfeited to the state. The provision expressly classifies every…Section 25354Allows the department, its officers, or employees to summarily destroy alcoholic beverages manufactured or produced in California by someone other than a…Section 25355Allows the department, its officers, or employees to destroy or otherwise dispose of alcoholic beverages or other property seized for forfeiture under…Section 25356Allows a person whose alcoholic beverages or other property, excluding automobiles and other vehicles, were seized for forfeiture to petition the department…Section 25357Requires the department to consider a qualifying forfeiture petition within 60 days after it is filed and to grant the petitioner an…Section 25358Allows the department to order disposal of alcoholic beverages or other property that has been seized, or to order the property returned…Section 25359Allows beverages or other property seized by the department to be turned over to a state department or institution and allows those…Section 25360Requires alcoholic beverages or other property seized or forfeited under the division to undergo a superior court forfeiture proceeding when the property…Section 25361Requires notice of seizure and intended forfeiture proceedings to be filed with the court clerk and served on every person, firm, or…Section 25362Allows an owner, within 20 days after service of seizure and forfeiture notice or 20 days after publication, to file a verified…Section 25363Requires the court, when no verified answer has been filed 20 days after the forfeiture notice was mailed or published, to hear…Section 25364Allows a forfeiture proceeding to be set for hearing on a day within 30 days after a verified answer is filed. Requires…Section 25365Allows an owner who has a verified answer on file to present competent evidence at the scheduled forfeiture hearing showing that the…Section 25366Requires the court to release alcoholic beverages or other property to their owner or owners when it determines that the property was…Section 25367Allows a claimant with a recorded lien, mortgage, or conditional sales contract to prove at the forfeiture hearing that the interest is…Section 25368Requires the court to release seized beverages or property to a qualifying lienholder, mortgagee, or vendor when the proved amount due equals…Section 25369Allows the Department of Finance, within 30 days after judgment, to pay the balance due to a bona fide or innocent purchaser,…Section 25370Requires alcoholic beverages or other property covered by a forfeiture judgment to be turned over to the Department of General Services for…Section 25371Requires the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to keep a record whenever alcoholic beverages or other property are seized under the alcoholic-beverage…Section 25372Establishes civil liability to the State and felony liability for any officer, employee, or agent of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control…Section 25373Allows any California peace officer who seizes alcoholic beverages or other property to retain the items as evidence until a forfeiture is…Section 25374Exempts common carriers and employees acting within the scope of their employment under the division from the chapter. The chapter therefore does…Section 25375Requires the Attorney General or a district attorney, after 10 days’ notice, to seek a superior-court seizure order for an alcohol license…