§ 11-30-2. Unlicensed manufacture or distribution of intoxicating liquor.
(a) All buildings, places, tenements, vehicles, or vessels used for the manufacture for sale, the transportation for sale, the sale, or the keeping for sale, of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes are declared to be common nuisances unless it shall be used, manufactured, kept for sale, or sold under a validly existing license issued for that purpose by some board, body, or official authorized to issue it.
(b) “Liquor” or “intoxicating liquor” means any liquid fit for beverage purposes containing more than three and two-tenths per cent (3.2%) of alcohol by weight.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1858, § 1; P.L. 1933, ch. 2045, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 11-30-1. - Definitions.
Section 11-30-2. - Unlicensed manufacture or distribution of intoxicating liquor.
Section 11-30-3. - Penalty for common nuisance.
Section 11-30-4. - Penalty for nuisance involving intoxicating liquors.
Section 11-30-5. - Evidence as to intoxicating liquors.
Section 11-30-6. - Annulment of lease by maintenance of nuisance.
Section 11-30-7. - Landlord’s liability for nuisance.
Section 11-30-8. - Entry by police officers of premises — Commanding departure of persons found.
Section 11-30-9. - Officers commanding aid in execution.
Section 11-30-10. - Unlawful sale of beverages by club or association.
Section 11-30-11. - Injunction.
Section 11-30-12. - Slaughterhouses, rendering plants, garbage plants, and brick kilns.
Section 11-30-13. - Burning of decaying and waste substances.