Maryland Alcoholic Beverages Section 16-405

Article - Alcoholic Beverages

§ 16-405.

      The Comptroller, his duly authorized deputies, inspectors and clerks, the board of license commissioners of the county or the city in which the place of business is located, its duly authorized agents and employees, and any peace officer of such county or city, or any of them, shall be fully authorized to inspect and search, without warrant, at all hours, any building, vehicle and premises in which any alcoholic beverages are authorized to be kept, transported, manufactured or sold under a license or permit issued under the provisions of this article, and any evidence discovered during any such inspections shall be admissible in any prosecution for the violation of the provisions of this or any other article, or upon any hearing for revocation, suspension or restriction of the license or permit. Any alcoholic beverages taken as evidence shall be returned to the license or permit holder if he be adjudged not guilty; otherwise it shall be sold to license holders, turned over to State institutions for medicinal use or destroyed. Receipts from such sales shall be credited to the general fund account of the State, county or Baltimore City as the case may be.



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