South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages

Section 61-2-136. Relocation of licensed beer, wine, or liquor wholesale business. - Notwithstanding another provision of law, a currently licensed beer and...

Section 61-2-140. Suspension or revocation of licenses and permits. - (A) A person promptly must surrender a license or permit...

Section 61-2-145. Liability insurance coverage required; on-premises consumption. - (A) In addition to all other requirements, a person licensed...

Section 61-2-150. Subsequent tenants. - If a fine is imposed by the department for a...

Section 61-2-160. Issuance, renewal, or transfer of license; delinquent taxes. - A license or permit pursuant to the provisions of this...

Section 61-2-170. Drive-through or curb service of alcoholic beverages. - The department may not generate license fees to be deposited...

Section 61-2-175. Foreign person or corporate entity shipping alcoholic beverages to resident not holding valid license; cease and desist order; penalties. - (A) Any person or corporate entity (including partnerships) located in...

Section 61-2-180. Special events or activities. - A person or organization licensed by the department under this...

Section 61-2-185. Special nonprofit event licenses; donations of alcohol; requirements; definitions. - (A) A nonprofit organization may apply for a special nonprofit...

Section 61-2-190. Warrantless arrests. - A person detected in the act of violating any provision...

Section 61-2-200. Summons. - There shall be one official summons which may be used...

Section 61-2-210. Jurisdiction of magistrates court. - When a person is charged by an agent or inspector...

Section 61-2-220. Affidavit for search warrant. - When this title provides that a search warrant may be...

Section 61-2-230. Suspension of constable or magistrate. - A constable, deputy constable, or magistrate who neglects or refuses...

Section 61-2-240. Interference with officer; abusive language. - Interference by any person with, obstruction or resistance of, or...

Section 61-2-250. Sentencing. - In cases of conviction for the violation of a provision...

Section 61-2-260. Contested case hearings. - Contested case hearings arising under the provisions of this title...

Chapter 4 - Beer, Ale, Porter, And Wine

Section 61-4-10. Nonalcoholic beverages defined. - The following are declared to be nonalcoholic and nonintoxicating beverages:...

Section 61-4-20. Sales without taxes levied. - It is unlawful for a person to sell or permit...

Section 61-4-30. Cash sales. - Beer or wine sold by wholesalers to the holders of...

Section 61-4-40. Credit sales prohibited. - A holder of a beer permit or a beer and...

Section 61-4-50. Sales to underage persons. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to sell beer,...

Section 61-4-60. False information about age. - It is unlawful for a person to whom beer or...

Section 61-4-70. Posting signs. - A person engaged in the business of selling at retail...

Section 61-4-80. Purchase of beer or wine for a person to whom it cannot lawfully be sold. - It is unlawful for a person who purchases beer or...

Section 61-4-90. Transfer of beer or wine for underage person's consumption. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to transfer or...

Section 61-4-100. Criminal charges brought against both seller and purchaser. - (A) If a person is charged with a violation of...

Section 61-4-110. Open containers in motor vehicle. - It is unlawful for a person to have in his...

Section 61-4-120. Sunday sales; exception. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to sell or...

Section 61-4-130. Seizure of contraband beer or wine; retention of possession upon posting of cash bond; forfeiture of bond. - If beer or wine is sold or delivered to a...

Section 61-4-140. Open containers on Sundays. - A person who drinks beer or wine or possesses beer...

Section 61-4-150. Sales by unlicensed persons. - If beer or wine is sold to anyone by a...

Section 61-4-160. Discount pricing for on-premises consumption. - No person who holds a biennial permit to sell beer...

Section 61-4-170. Beverages resembling vegetable, fruit, or soft drinks. - It is unlawful for a person, with or without a...

Section 61-4-180. Labeling. - It is unlawful for a person to sell or otherwise...

Section 61-4-190. Warrants for unpaid penalties. - If a penalty imposed under this chapter remains due and...

Section 61-4-200. Transfers of beer or wine. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a holder of a...

Section 61-4-210. Temporary retail permits. - (A) A person who purchases or acquires by lease, inheritance,...

Section 61-4-220. Food service. - A restaurant with a Class A or B license issued...

Section 61-4-230. Refusal to permit inspection. - A person who, upon demand of an officer or agent...

Section 61-4-240. Temporary possession, consumption, or sale permits. - Temporary permits for the possession, consumption, and sale of beer...

Section 61-4-250. Penalties. - For violations of this chapter, or of Chapter 21 or...

Section 61-4-260. Monies received. - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all monies received...

Section 61-4-270. Revocation of permits. - In addition to the penalties provided in this chapter, the...

Section 61-4-300. "Producer" defined. - "Producer" as used in this article means a brewery or...

Section 61-4-310. Certificate of registration. - (A) A producer must apply to the department on forms...

Section 61-4-320. Suspension or revocation of certificate of registration. - A certificate of registration provided for in this article may...

Section 61-4-330. Books and records audit. - The department and the division have the right within statutory...

Section 61-4-340. Shipping; brand registration. - No person other than a registered producer may ship, move,...

Section 61-4-350. Seizure and sale of contraband beer or wine. - Beer or wine shipped or moved into this State in...

Section 61-4-360. Samples of wine. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a producer or wholesaler...

Section 61-4-500. Applications. - A person engaging in the business of selling beer, ale,...

Section 61-4-510. Special retail beer and wine permits. - (A) In counties or municipalities where off-premises beer and wine...

Section 61-4-515. Motorsports entertainment, tennis, soccer, or baseball complex, permit for purchase and sale for on-premises consumption. - (A) In addition to the permits authorized pursuant to the...

Section 61-4-520. Retail permits; requirements. - A retail permit authorizing the sale of beer or wine...

Section 61-4-525. Protests against issuance or renewal of permit; attendance at hearing; court costs; penalties. - (A) A person residing in the county in which a...

Section 61-4-530. "Dry" political subdivisions in neighboring states. - In considering an application for a permit for the sale...

Section 61-4-540. Issuance of permits; bonds. - When a verified application is filed with the department and...

Section 61-4-550. Special permits for use at fairs and special functions. - (A) The department may issue permits running for a period...

Section 61-4-560. Operation without a permit. - A person who operates a retail or wholesale business without...

Section 61-4-570. Wine service for consumption on premises. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an establishment that holds...

Section 61-4-580. Prohibited acts. - (A) No holder of a permit authorizing the sale of...

Section 61-4-590. Revocation or suspension of permits; department investigation and determination. - (A) The department has jurisdiction to revoke or suspend permits...

Section 61-4-600. Surrender of license. - Upon the revocation, cancellation, or suspension of a license or...

Section 61-4-610. Unlawful sales. - It is unlawful for a licensee to sell beer or...

Section 61-4-620. Permits for retail sale of beer and wine; Sunday sales permitted when establishment closes on Saturday for religious reasons. - A person who sells beer and wine pursuant to a...

Section 61-4-630. Sunday sales. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an establishment possessing a...

Section 61-4-700. Wine labeling. - 27 Code of Federal Regulations part 4, relating to "Labeling...

Section 61-4-710. Labels, standards, and identity. - It is unlawful for a person to import, sell, or...

Section 61-4-720. Sale of wine by winery located in state; wine tastings. - (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a licensed winery located...

Section 61-4-725. Wine sales by temporary permit; authorized hours. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensed winery located...

Section 61-4-730. Sales by permitted wineries. - (A) Permitted wineries that produce and sell wine produced on...

Section 61-4-735. Regulation of practices between wine manufacturers, importers, wholesalers, and retailers. - (A) Except as provided in Sections 61-4-720 and 61-4-730, a...

Section 61-4-736. Coupons and rebates for the purchase of wine. - A manufacturer of wine, vintner, winery, an importer, or retailer...

Section 61-4-737. Wine tastings. - Notwithstanding another provision of law or regulation, the holder of...

Section 61-4-740. Special orders for out-of-state wine. - A person may order wine produced outside this State which...

Section 61-4-745. Transporting into and out of State for personal consumption; limits; labeling. - (A) Subject to the provisions of Section 61-4-747, a person...

Section 61-4-747. Direct shipment to residents for personal consumption; licensing of out-of-state shippers; penalties. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation...

Section 61-4-748. Certain wineries eligible for satellite location certificates. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation...

Section 61-4-750. Adulterated wine. - The importation into, offering for sale, or sale in this...

Section 61-4-760. Inspection of out-of-state wine; wine packages. - The division must provide for the inspection of all wines...

Section 61-4-770. Wines containing more than sixteen and one-half percent alcohol. - Wines containing more than sixteen and one-half percent of alcohol...

Section 61-4-780. Penalties. - A person who violates any provision of this article or...

Section 61-4-900. Posting of retail permit. - The retail permit issued by the department must be conspicuously...

Section 61-4-910. Penalties; revocation or suspension of permit. - A person who violates any provision of this article is...

Section 61-4-920. Penalties for violation of rule or regulation. - The department must revoke or suspend the license, permit, or...

Section 61-4-930. Wholesaler advertising. - It is unlawful for a wholesaler to purchase advertising for...

Section 61-4-940. Practices between manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer. - (A) A manufacturer or brewer of beer, ale, porter, or...

Section 61-4-942. Distribution agreements; prohibited acts. - Notwithstanding any existing beer distribution agreement to the contrary, a...

Section 61-4-945. Coupons and rebates for the purchase of beer. - A manufacturer, brewer, importer, or retailer may offer or sponsor...

Section 61-4-950. Beer signs. - Neither the department nor the division has the authority to...

Section 61-4-960. Retailers of beer for off-premises consumption, beer tastings; penalties. - (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law or regulation, the holder...

Section 61-4-1100. Prohibited practices. - (1) It is unlawful for a producer who holds a...

Section 61-4-1110. Shipment and receipt of malt beverages. - If a registered producer and a beer wholesaler licensed by...

Section 61-4-1115. Assignment of territory of beer brands binding on successor producer or primary American source of supply. - For the purpose of this article, when a producer, as...

Section 61-4-1120. Jurisdiction of court to enjoin cancellation or termination. - The court of common pleas has jurisdiction and power to...

Section 61-4-1130. Sale of beer wholesale interest. - (1) Except as hereinafter provided, a proposed sale of an...

Section 61-4-1140. Enforcement. - The division is empowered to investigate violations of this article...

Section 61-4-1300. Territorial agreements. - Pursuant to the authority of the State under the Twenty-First...

Section 61-4-1310. Filings with the department. - A wholesaler must file (1) a copy of its distribution...

Section 61-4-1320. Resale price agreements. - No provision of a distribution agreement may expressly, by implication,...

Section 61-4-1500. Breweries and wineries. - A person may construct, maintain, or operate a brewery or...

Section 61-4-1510. Permit applications. - Before a person constructs, maintains, or operates a brewery or...

Section 61-4-1515. Breweries; sales of beer for on- and off-premises consumption; penalties. - (A) A brewery permitted in this State is authorized to...

Section 61-4-1520. Violation of rule or regulation. - Upon violation of a rule or regulation for the operation...

Section 61-4-1530. Operation of brewery or winery without permit. - A person who operates a brewery or winery without a...

Section 61-4-1540. Adoption of Chapter 21 of Title 12. - For the purpose of administration and enforcement of this article,...

Section 61-4-1700. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Brewpub" means a tavern,...

Section 61-4-1710. Permits. - The department may issue a brewpub permit to a person...

Section 61-4-1720. Permit in lieu of certain other permits. - The brewpub permit provided for in this article is in...

Section 61-4-1730. Taxation. - Beer brewed on a permitted premises pursuant to this article...

Section 61-4-1740. Authority of permittee. - A brewpub permit authorizes the holder to: (1) produce on...

Section 61-4-1750. Compliance with DHEC rules and regulations. - No person holding a brewpub permit may sell beer, ale,...

Section 61-4-1760. Off-premises sales or shipment. - No brewpub permittee may sell or ship the beer produced...

Section 61-4-1770. Suspension or revocation of permit. - The department may suspend or revoke the permit or license...

Section 61-4-1910. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Keg" means a metal...

Section 61-4-1920. Keg registration requirements; underage transfer statement; returned kegs; deposit. - (A) A retail licensee shall not sell a keg of...

Section 61-4-1930. Possession of untagged keg; penalty. - (A) A person may not knowingly possess a keg that...

Section 61-4-1940. Removal or alteration of tag; penalty. - (A) A person may not purposefully remove, alter, obliterate, or...

Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act

Section 61-6-10. Citation. - This chapter is known and may be cited as "The...

Section 61-6-20. Definitions. - As used in the ABC Act, unless the context clearly...

Section 61-6-30. Excluded products; violations. - No provision in the ABC Act applies to alcohol intended...

Section 61-6-40. Relationship with other laws. - The ABC Act is declared to be complementary to and...

Section 61-6-50. Wilful violation of rule or regulation. - The wilful violation of any rule or regulation made under...

Section 61-6-60. Administration and enforcement personnel. - The division may employ inspectors or agents necessary for the...

Section 61-6-70. Personnel. - The department and the division may, in their discretion, employ...

Section 61-6-80. Annual reports. - The department and the division must file annually with the...

Section 61-6-100. Authority to issue, suspend, and revoke licenses. - Except as otherwise provided, the department has sole and exclusive...

Section 61-6-110. Qualifications for license. - Unless the department in its discretion otherwise orders, no person...

Section 61-6-120. Proximity to church, school, or playground; exception. - (A) The department shall not grant or issue any license...

Section 61-6-130. Licensees per household. - No license may be issued to more than one member...

Section 61-6-141. Maximum alcohol retail dealer licenses to one licensee. - To protect the health, safety, and morals of the residents...

Section 61-6-151. Prohibitions on licensee's interests in retail liquor stores. - To protect the health, safety, and morals of the residents...

Section 61-6-160. Unincorporated towns and communities. - The department may, in its discretion, after investigation by the...

Section 61-6-170. Retail dealer licenses per community. - The department may, in its discretion, limit the further issuance...

Section 61-6-180. Notice of application. - (A) A person who intends to apply for a license...

Section 61-6-185. Protest of issuance or renewal of license; attendance at hearing; court costs and other penalties. - (A) A person residing in the county in which a...

Section 61-6-190. License tax. - The department must not issue any license until the applicant...

Section 61-6-195. Retail dealer must certify purchases from wholesaler. - The department must not issue or renew a retail dealer's...

Section 61-6-500. Consumption and possession of alcoholic beverages in publicly-owned auditoriums, coliseums, or armories. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authorities in...

Section 61-6-505. Temporary retail liquor license upon purchase or acquisition of retail business. - (A) A person who purchases or acquires by lease, inheritance,...

Section 61-6-700. Food service establishments. - An establishment which offers meals to the public must be...

Section 61-6-710. Special food manufacturer's license. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person who...

Section 61-6-720. Licensing of bakeries using alcoholic beverages as ingredients; fee; restrictions. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person who...

Section 61-6-900. Death of licensee. - In the event of a licensee's death, except in the...

Section 61-6-910. Qualifications for license. - The department must refuse to issue any license under this...

Section 61-6-920. Suspension or revocation of license. - The department may suspend or revoke a license issued under...

Section 61-6-930. Revocation of wholesaler's license. - The department must revoke the license of a wholesaler if...

Section 61-6-940. Indebtedness of retailer to wholesaler. - The department must immediately revoke a retail license to sell...

Section 61-6-950. Sale of alcoholic liquors by former licensee. - Alcoholic liquors owned by or in possession of a licensee...

Section 61-6-1035. Sampling of wines. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 61-6-1500, the sampling of wines...

Section 61-6-1095. Definitions - For the purposes of this subarticle: (A) "Micro-distillery" means a...

Section 61-6-1100. Restrictions upon manufacturers. - A manufacturer may not own or operate more than one...

Section 61-6-1110. Manufacturer's license; fee. - The department may issue a manufacturer's license to a person...

Section 61-6-1120. Micro-distillery licenses; fee. - (A) The department may issue a micro-distillery license to a...

Section 61-6-1130. Tastings and sales of alcoholic liquors; remission of taxes; maintenance of records. - (A) A micro-distillery or manufacturer desiring to offer tastings and...

Section 61-6-1140. Tastings and retail sales on licensed premises; limitations. - A holder of a valid micro-distillery or manufacturer license issued...

Section 61-6-1150. Tastings and retail sales; additional limitations and requirements. - Authorization by this section of sales and tastings at licensed...

Section 61-6-1155. Micro-distilleries; on-premises consumption of liquors. - (A)(1) In addition to alcoholic liquor production or manufacturing and...

Section 61-6-1160. Violation of provisions of subarticle; penalties. - Except as otherwise provided in this title: (A) a person...

Section 61-6-1300. Restrictions upon wholesalers. - No wholesaler may: (1) sell, barter, exchange, give, transfer, or...

Section 61-6-1310. Separate store or warehouse. - A wholesaler must, for the purpose of conducting his business...

Section 61-6-1320. Monthly statements. - A wholesaler must file with the department, on or before...

Section 61-6-1500. Restrictions upon retail dealers; unlawful practices; penalties. - (A) A retail dealer may not: (1) sell, barter, exchange,...

Section 61-6-1505. Retail dealer may be licensed to cash checks. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retailer dealer may...

Section 61-6-1510. Separate store or place of business; advertising encouraging underage drinking. - A retail dealer must maintain a separate store or place...

Section 61-6-1530. Signs required to be posted. - A retail dealer must have posted in his place of...

Section 61-6-1540. Nonalcoholic merchandise. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), no other goods,...

Section 61-6-1550. Carriers engaged in interstate travel. - The restrictive provisions of this article relating to retail dealers...

Section 61-6-1555. Purchase and use of beer, wine, and alcoholic liquor directly from wholesaler by airline companies; penalties. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an airline company may...

Section 61-6-1560. Discounts on alcoholic liquors or nonalcoholic items. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retail dealer,...

Section 61-6-1600. Nonprofit organizations; time when sale of alcoholic beverages prohibited. - (A) A nonprofit organization which is licensed by the department...

Section 61-6-1610. Food service establishments or places of lodging; Sunday and other time restrictions on sale of alcoholic beverages; refilling bottles. - (A) Except on Sunday, it is lawful to sell and...

Section 61-6-1620. Possession or consumption of alcoholic liquors on premises open to public. - (A) This article authorizes the possession or consumption of alcoholic...

Section 61-6-1630. License restriction; retail dealer; liquor by the drink licensee. - A person licensed to sell alcoholic liquor by the drink...

Section 61-6-1636. Purchasing and sale of alcoholic liquor by the drink. - (A) A person licensed by this article for sale and...

Section 61-6-1637. Substituting brands of alcoholic liquor. - A person licensed pursuant to this article, including his agent,...

Section 61-6-1640. Sampling of wine, cordials, and distilled spirits. - Notwithstanding the provisions of this subarticle or any other provision...

Section 61-6-1650. Samples of wine in excess of sixteen and one-half percent alcohol, cordials, or distilled spirits. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a producer or wholesaler...

Section 61-6-1800. License required. - No person, corporation, or organization for whose premises a license...

Section 61-6-1810. Applications. - (A) A person making application for a license under subarticle...

Section 61-6-1820. Criteria for license; notice. - The department may issue a license under subarticle 1 of...

Section 61-6-1825. Protest of issuance or renewal of license; attendance at hearing; court costs; penalties. - (A) A person residing in the county in which a...

Section 61-6-1830. Suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal of license. - The department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a...

Section 61-6-2000. Temporary permits for nonprofit organizations; criminal background checks. - (A) In addition to the licenses authorized pursuant to the...

Section 61-6-2005. Temporary retail liquor license upon purchase or acquisition of business. - (A) A person who purchases or acquires by lease, inheritance,...

Section 61-6-2010. Temporary permits upon referendum vote. - (A) In addition to the provisions of Section 61-6-2000, the...

Section 61-6-2015. Temporary permit to sell beer and wine for on-premises consumption; terms; qualifications - (A) A temporary permit to sell beer and wine for...

Section 61-6-2016. Motorsports entertainment, tennis, soccer, or baseball complex, biennial license for purchase and sale for on-premises consumption. - (A) In addition to the other provisions of this chapter,...

Section 61-6-2200. Age of server. - A person may not serve or deliver to a purchaser...

Section 61-6-2220. Sales to intoxicated persons. - A person or establishment licensed to sell alcoholic liquors or...

Section 61-6-2230. Drinking contests or games prohibited; definitions. - (A) A person licensed to sell alcoholic liquors or liquor...

Section 61-6-2300. Definitions. - As used in this subarticle: (1) "Alcoholic beverages" means alcoholic...

Section 61-6-2310. Qualified facilities; hospitality cabinets; notification of approval. - After approval by ordinance by the governing body of the...

Section 61-6-2320. Limitations on alcoholic beverages contained in cabinets. - (A) The type of alcoholic beverages contained in a hospitality...

Section 61-6-2330. Portion of cabinets containing nonalcoholic beverages or food; restrictions. - A hospitality cabinet may be part of another furniture unit...

Section 61-6-2340. Locking of cabinet containing alcoholic beverages; limits on access. - (A) Those portions of a hospitality cabinet containing alcoholic beverages...

Section 61-6-2350. Alcoholic beverage restock and replenishment supplies. - (A) Alcoholic beverages used to restock and replenish a facility's...

Section 61-6-2360. Regulations. - The Department of Revenue shall promulgate regulations to implement this...

Section 61-6-2370. Civil penalties. - In lieu of the punishment provided in Section 61-2-250 and...

Section 61-6-2400. Taxation. - Alcoholic liquors sold by the drink must be taxed pursuant...

Section 61-6-2410. Restaurants with Class A licenses. - A restaurant with a Class A license issued by the...

Section 61-6-2420. Restaurants with Class B licenses. - This article does not authorize a Class B Restaurant to...

Section 61-6-2430. Discounting of prices by wholesale distributor. - A wholesale distributor of alcoholic liquor may discount product price...

Section 61-6-2600. Penalties. - Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person who...

Section 61-6-2610. Further penalties. - A person, corporation, or organization who has in its possession,...

Section 61-6-2800. Applicability. - The provisions of this article are applicable, notwithstanding any other...

Section 61-6-2810. Exemption for South Carolina manufacturers. - A South Carolina manufacturer licensed under the provisions of Article...

Section 61-6-2820. Importation by registered producers. - No person other than a registered producer may ship, move,...

Section 61-6-2830. Registration of brand names. - No alcoholic liquors may be shipped or moved into this...

Section 61-6-2840. Applications for certificates of registration. - (A) A producer must apply to the department on forms...

Section 61-6-2850. Certificates of registration of brand names. - (A) A registered producer, before the shipment of alcoholic liquors...

Section 61-6-2860. Affirmation of corporate policy. - A registered producer of alcoholic liquors must, at the time...

Section 61-6-2870. Biennial certificate of registration. - No person is qualified as a producer representative unless he...

Section 61-6-2880. Interest in wholesale or retail liquor business. - No person having a direct or indirect interest in a...

Section 61-6-2890. Warehouses. - (A) A registered producer may not store alcoholic liquors in...

Section 61-6-2900. Shipment or transfer of imported liquors. - Alcoholic liquors must be shipped or moved from a point...

Section 61-6-2910. Invoices covering shipments into State. - Before shipment into this State, the registered producer must mail...

Section 61-6-2920. Invoices covering shipments out of State or to wholesaler. - Before shipment to a wholesaler in this State or to...

Section 61-6-2930. Contraband liquors. - Alcoholic liquors shipped or moved into this State in violation...

Section 61-6-2940. Issuance of certificates or licenses. - The department, in its discretion, upon due consideration of the...

Section 61-6-2950. Suspension or revocation of certificates or licenses. - Certificates of registration or licenses provided by this article may...

Section 61-6-2960. Audit or examination of records. - The applicant for a certificate or license required by this...

Section 61-6-2965. Relationship with other laws. - Licenses issued under this article are subject to the requirements...

Section 61-6-2970. Monies received. - All monies received by the department under the provisions of...

Section 61-6-2980. Proof-of-purchase promotions. - A producer may redeem by mail proof-of-purchase certificates for nonalcoholic...

Section 61-6-4000. Relationship with other laws. - This article, except Section 61-6-4720, is complementary to and not...

Section 61-6-4010. Unlawful manufacture, possession, or sales. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to: (1) manufacture,...

Section 61-6-4020. Transportation in motor vehicle. - (A) A person who is twenty-one years of age or...

Section 61-6-4025. Possession of unlawfully acquired or manufactured alcoholic liquors in vehicle, vessel, or aircraft. - It is unlawful for a person to keep, store, have...

Section 61-6-4030. Transportation of alcoholic liquors in taxi or other vehicle for hire. - It is unlawful for a person to transport alcoholic liquors...

Section 61-6-4040. Rendering aid in unlawful transportation. - A person who acts as an advance or rear guard...

Section 61-6-4050. Purchase from unlicensed retail dealer. - It is unlawful for a person to purchase or otherwise...

Section 61-6-4060. Storage in place of business. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to store or...

Section 61-6-4070. Transfer to person under the age of twenty-one years. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to transfer or...

Section 61-6-4075. Purchase of alcoholic beverage for minor; penalty. - It is unlawful for a person who purchases alcoholic liquors...

Section 61-6-4080. Sale to person under the age of twenty-one years; penalty; completion of merchant education program. - (A) A person engaged in the sale of alcoholic liquors...

Section 61-6-4085. Charges against seller and minor purchaser; compliance tester exception. - (A) If a person is charged with a violation of...

Section 61-6-4090. Effect of conviction or plea. - If a permittee or licensee, or servant, agent, or employee...

Section 61-6-4100. Distilleries. - It is unlawful for a person in this State to...

Section 61-6-4110. Distilling or manufacturing; violations. - It is unlawful for a person to knowingly permit or...

Section 61-6-4120. Materials used in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors. - It is unlawful to make, manufacture, transport, possess, or knowingly...

Section 61-6-4130. Presence at distillery, prima facie evidence of guilt. - A person found at a distillery or other place where...

Section 61-6-4140. Employment of persons under the age of twenty-one years. - It is unlawful for a person under the age of...

Section 61-6-4150. Sale from vehicle, vessel, or aircraft. - Except as authorized by law, it is unlawful for a...

Section 61-6-4155. Unlawful use of alcohol without liquid device; penalties; exceptions. - (A) As used in this section, "alcohol without liquid device"...

Section 61-6-4157. Powdered or crystalline alcohol; penalties; exceptions. - (A) As used in this section, "powdered or crystalline alcohol"...

Section 61-6-4160. Sunday sales; Christmas Day sales; penalties. - It is unlawful to sell alcoholic liquors on Sunday except...

Section 61-6-4170. Billboards encouraging underage drinking; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to advertise alcoholic...

Section 61-6-4180. Possession of firearm or weapon. - If a person unlawfully manufactures, transports, or sells alcoholic liquors...

Section 61-6-4190. Refusal or frustration of inspection. - A person who, upon demand of an officer or agent...

Section 61-6-4200. Dispossession or attempted dispossession of alcoholic liquors. - A person who dispossesses, rescues, or attempts to dispossess or...

Section 61-6-4210. General penalties. - A person who violates any provision of the ABC Act,...

Section 61-6-4220. Effect of conviction, plea, or bond forfeiture as prior offense. - A conviction, plea of guilty, plea of nolo contendere, or...

Section 61-6-4230. Sentencing. - The trial judge in his discretion may impose sentences under...

Section 61-6-4240. Reports of convictions, pleas, or bond forfeitures. - Clerks of court, magistrates, city recorders, and other public officers...

Section 61-6-4250. Certificates of convictions, pleas, or bond forfeiture. - The clerk of court of each county in the State...

Section 61-6-4260. Effect of conviction, plea, or bond forfeiture upon license. - A conviction, a plea of guilty, a forfeiture of bond,...

Section 61-6-4270. Monetary penalties. - For violations of Articles 3, 5, 7, and 13 of...

Section 61-6-4280. Transferability of licenses or permits. - Licenses and permits are the property of the department, are...

Section 61-6-4290. Suspension of driver's license. - The Department of Public Safety, upon notice that a person...

Section 61-6-4300. Seizure of alcoholic liquors or vehicle, vessel, or aircraft. - If alcoholic liquors are sold from a vehicle, vessel, aircraft,...

Section 61-6-4310. Sale of seized items. - Alcoholic liquors seized by the department, its agents, or by...

Section 61-6-4320. Destruction of alcoholic liquors. - Only those alcoholic liquors which have been manufactured by a...

Section 61-6-4330. Bidding process. - No alcoholic liquors sold under the provisions of this article...

Section 61-6-4340. Confiscation of certain vehicles, vessels, and aircraft. - A vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other chattel found at a...

Section 61-6-4350. Storage of seized chattel. - The respective sheriffs of this State must safely store and...

Section 61-6-4360. Notice of motor vehicle seizure. - (A) If a chattel seized under this article is a...

Section 61-6-4370. Sale of chattel. - If, before the date set for sale of a chattel...

Section 61-6-4380. Proceeds of sale. - If a chattel has been seized by municipal officers, the...

Section 61-6-4390. Actions to recover possession of chattel. - Before sale of a chattel under Section 61-6-4370, the owner,...

Section 61-6-4400. Stay of sale; appraisals. - Upon service upon the sheriff of a proceeding under Section...

Section 61-6-4410. Bonds for immediate possession of chattel. - If the owner or other person claiming an interest in...

Section 61-6-4420. Proof of claim. - In a proceeding brought to recover possession of a chattel...

Section 61-6-4430. Release of seized chattel. - If the claimant is the owner of the chattel and...

Section 61-6-4440. Settlement of claims; joint claimants. - If the claimant in a proceeding under Section 61-6-4390 is...

Section 61-6-4450. Distribution of proceeds. - If delivery is not demanded by the claimant or claimants...

Section 61-6-4460. Clear title. - A person who purchases any chattel at a sale made...

Section 61-6-4470. Proceedings against confiscated alcoholic liquors. - For the purpose of confiscating alcoholic liquors under the ABC...

Section 61-6-4480. Sheriffs' reports of seized chattels. - The sheriff of each county must, upon seizure of or...

Section 61-6-4490. Preemption of field. - Ordinances of political subdivisions of this State prohibiting the acts...

Section 61-6-4500. Municipal court jurisdiction. - Municipal courts must try and determine all cases involving a...

Section 61-6-4510. Municipal police officers. - Municipal police officers have the power of constables to enforce...

Section 61-6-4520. Federal labeling law. - It is unlawful for a person to sell or otherwise...

Section 61-6-4530. Notes of indebtedness. - A note or other evidence of indebtedness contracted in the...

Section 61-6-4540. Search warrants. - Upon affidavit, which may be on information and belief, to...

Section 61-6-4550. Discount prices. - No person who holds a biennial license to sell alcoholic...

Section 61-6-4700. Consumption of alcoholic liquor on premises. - It is unlawful for a person to drink alcoholic liquors...

Section 61-6-4710. Lawful possession or consumption. - (A) A person who is twenty-one years of age or...

Section 61-6-4720. Consumption of alcoholic liquor in public conveyance. - A person who drinks alcoholic liquors in a public conveyance...

Chapter 8 - Nuisances

Section 61-8-10. Common nuisances. - The unlawful sale, barter, exchange, storage or keeping in possession...

Section 61-8-20. Arrest warrants and search warrants. - Any person may appear before a magistrate in the county...

Section 61-8-30. Disposition; binding over for trial. - Under the arrest warrant, the defendant must be arrested and...

Section 61-8-40. Restraining orders or injunctions. - Upon receipt of any such paper, the solicitor immediately must...

Section 61-8-50. Contempt proceedings. - A person who violates the terms of a restraining order...

Section 61-8-60. Writs of replevin. - Liquors seized as provided in this chapter and the vessels...

Section 61-8-70. Solicitor's failure to prosecute. - When a solicitor neglects or refuses to perform a duty...

Chapter 10 - Alcohol

Section 61-10-10. Sales by wholesale druggists. - A wholesale druggist may lawfully sell, in wholesale quantities only,...

Section 61-10-20. Sales by retail druggists. - A retail druggist whose place of business is located in...

Section 61-10-30. Retail sales for medicinal purposes. - No sale of pure alcohol for medicinal purposes may be...

Section 61-10-40. Prescriptions. - No prescription may be filled except on the day it...

Section 61-10-50. Form of prescriptions. - A prescription issued pursuant to this article must be substantially...

Section 61-10-60. Retail sales for artistic, scientific, or mechanical purposes. - A retail druggist whose place of business is located in...

Section 61-10-70. Written statement of purpose. - A person desiring to purchase alcohol for any purpose set...

Section 61-10-80. Records retention. - The druggist must retain prescriptions for alcohol and the statements...

Section 61-10-90. Penalties. - A druggist or physician who violates the provisions of this...

Section 61-10-210. Manufacture from wood products or molasses. - A person may manufacture ethyl and methyl alcohol from sawdust,...

Section 61-10-220. Bonds. - A person who engages in the manufacture of alcohol under...

Section 61-10-230. Sales or shipment of undenatured ethyl alcohol. - (A) A person engaged in the manufacture of ethyl alcohol...

Section 61-10-240. Beverage or medicinal purposes. - No alcohol manufactured under the provisions of this article may...

Section 61-10-250. Storage in warehouses. - A person who manufactures alcohol under the provisions of this...

Section 61-10-260. Records. - A person who manufactures alcohol under the provisions of this...

Section 61-10-270. Property forfeitures. - (A) If a person who manufactures alcohol under the provisions...

Section 61-10-280. Alcoholic ingredient in soft drinks. - A person who manufactures in this State ginger ale or...

Section 61-10-290. Sale of wood or denatured alcohol. - Nothing in this article prohibits the sale of wood or...

Chapter 12 - Disbursement Of Revenue For Programs For Alcoholics, Drug Abusers, And Drug Addicts

Section 61-12-10. Disbursement regulated. - Revenue allocated to counties for educational purposes relating to the...

Section 61-12-20. Designation of agency or organization; development of county plan. - Before the use of the revenue described in Section 61-12-10,...

Section 61-12-30. Citizen participation and consumer input. - The single county agency, as provided for in Section 61-12-20,...

Section 61-12-40. Expenditure of revenue funds. - Revenue funds received in accordance with this chapter must be...

Section 61-12-50. Administration and accounting. - Each county governing body must: (a) establish methods of administration...

Section 61-12-60. Construction. - The provisions of this chapter must not be construed as...

Section 61-12-70. Funds supplemental to federal, state, or local funding. - Funds disbursed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must...

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South Carolina Code of Laws Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages

South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages