§281-3 Illegal manufacture, importation, or sale of liquor. It shall be unlawful for any person not having a valid license to manufacture or sell any liquor except as otherwise provided in this chapter; provided that the head of any family may produce for family use and not for sale an amount of wine not exceeding two hundred gallons a year, and an amount of beer not exceeding one hundred gallons a year.
It shall also be unlawful for any person, not having a valid wholesale license or a valid manufacturer's (including rectifier's) license, to import any liquor from without the State, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Liquor imported into this State shall come to rest at the warehouse of the manufacturer (including rectifier) or the wholesaler importing the liquor, shall be unloaded into such warehouse, and shall be held in such warehouse for at least forty-eight hours before further sale by such manufacturer (including rectifier) or wholesaler.
It shall also be unlawful for any person to label, designate, or sell any liquor using the word "Hawaii", "Hawaiian", "Aloha State", "50th State", "Kauai", "Maui", "Oahu", or "Honolulu" unless such liquor is wholly or partially manufactured in the State, and all of the primary ingredients are wholly rectified or combined in the State of Hawaii in compliance with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau standards.
A license shall constitute authority for the licensee to sell only the liquor thereby authorized to be sold by the licensee. [L Sp 1933, c 40, §2; RL 1935, §2571; am L 1935, c 105, §2; am L 1937, c 211, §3; RL 1945, §7222; am L 1951, c 223, §1(2); RL 1955, §159-3; am L 1963, c 50, §1; HRS §281-3; am L 1972, c 95, §1; am L 1980, c 57, §1 and c 199, §1; am L 1981, c 182, §2; am L 1982, c 76, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1986, c 344, §12; am L 1987, c 141, §1; am L 1990, c 171, §2; am L 2009, c 184, §3]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
281-2 Excepted articles; penalty.
281-3 Illegal manufacture, importation, or sale of liquor.
281-4 Liquor consumption on unlicensed premises prohibited, when.
281-11.5 Liquor commission and board attorney.
281-12 Commission and board office.
281-15 Reports, accounts, audit.
281-17 Jurisdiction and powers.
281-17.5 Fees; justified, method of change, limitation.
281-19 Hearings, attendance, examinations.
281-20 General right of inspection.
281-22 Political activities of commission employees.
281-32.5 Permits for trade shows or other exhibitions.
281-33 Special powers, privileges, and rights.
281-33.1 Individual permits to receive shipments of liquor.
281-33.6 Direct shipment of wine by wineries.
281-33.8 Reporting of shipments by carriers.
281-34 Sham operation under club license; supervision.
281-35 Special conditions; club licenses.
281-35.5 Special conditions; condominium hotel licenses.
281-38 Conditions of licenses.
281-39 Place of business; exception; solicitors' and representatives' permits.
281-39.5 Liquor license prohibited; where.
281-42 Manufacturers and wholesale dealers, special restrictions.
281-44 Advertisements and signs upon licensed premises.
281-45 No license issued, when.
281-47 Standard bar; music and dancing available.
281-53 Application; penalty for false statements.
281-53.5 County liquor commissions; criminal history record check.
281-54 Filing fees with application.
281-55 Reference to investigator.
281-56 Report by investigator.
281-57 Preliminary hearing; notice of public hearing.
281-62 Reduction or increase in area of licensed premises.
281-73 Quality of liquor; penalty.
281-76 Tampering with samples; penalty.
281-77 Refusal of samples; penalty.
281-78.5 Practices to promote excessive consumption of liquor; prohibited.
281-79 Entry for examination; obstructing liquor commission operations; penalty.
281-84 Exclusion of intoxicated person from premises; penalty.
281-85 Prize, gift, premium, and other inducement.
281-91 Revocation or suspension of license; hearing.
281-93 Reports to prosecuting officers.
281-94 Forfeiture of fee paid.
281-95 Bankruptcy, insolvency, death.
281-97 When sale without license authorized.
281-101 Unlicensed manufacture or sale of liquor; penalty.
281-101.4 Hearing, illegal manufacture, importation, or sale of liquor.
281-101.5 Prohibitions involving minors; penalty.
281-102 Other offenses; penalty.
281-102.5 Purchasing from other than primary source of supply; penalty.
281-104 Investigators, employees, counsel for.
281-105 Determination whether acts were in scope of duty.
281-106 Prosecutions not to exclude other remedies affecting license or goods.
281-108 Search warrants; seizure.
281-109 Seizure without warrant.