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Rev. & Tax. Code, § 32557 · Chapter 11. Violations

Rev. & Tax. Code, § 32557

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Any person who knowingly possesses, keeps, stores, or retains for the purpose of sale, or sells or offers to sell, any container or containers of alcoholic beverage with a tax value greater than five hundred dollars ($500) where the taxes imposed under this part have not been paid is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1087, Sec. 47.5. Effective January 1, 1997.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=RTC&sectionNum=32557.
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