Every officer, other than the sheriff, taking into possession intoxicating liquors as provided for in §57-9-103, shall within five (5) days after so doing, deliver the intoxicating liquors to the sheriff of the county wherein the same was taken into possession, and the sheriff shall execute to the officer a receipt for same in writing showing the kind and quantity of intoxicating liquors so delivered, and the name or names of the person from whom the intoxicating liquors were taken, if such name be known to the officer.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 57 - Intoxicating Liquors
§ 57-9-101. Destruction of Liquor and Paraphernalia
§ 57-9-102. Arrest of Persons Implicated in Manufacture
§ 57-9-103. Officers to Take Into Possession Intoxicating Liquors Held or Transported Illegally
§ 57-9-104. Officers to File Written Statement About Intoxicants Taken
§ 57-9-105. Court Having Jurisdiction
§ 57-9-106. Delivery of Seized Liquor to Sheriff
§ 57-9-107. Sheriff to Keep Intoxicants Until Otherwise Ordered by Court
§ 57-9-108. Sheriff's Statement of Intoxicants Held
§ 57-9-110. Notice When Name of Owner Unknown
§ 57-9-111. Claimants of Liquor — Petition
§ 57-9-112. Answer to Petition Claiming Ownership
§ 57-9-113. Petition Claiming Ownership Tried in Summary Manner
§ 57-9-114. Determination of Claims to Liquor
§ 57-9-117. Disposition of Liquor Bearing No Federal Tax Stamp — Destruction of Spoiled Liquor
§ 57-9-118. Sheriff's Inventory to Facilitate Credit to Proper Jurisdiction