2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 28-A: LIQUORS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 45, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 91: ENFORCEMENT AND JURISDICTION
28-A §2229. Disposal of forfeited liquors

Part 7: ENFORCEMENT

Subchapter 3: SEARCH AND SEIZURE

§2229. Disposal of forfeited liquors

1. Court or judge to order forfeited liquor to be turned over to the alcohol bureau. All spirits declared forfeited by a court under this Title must, by order of the court rendering the final judgment, be turned over to the alcohol bureau. All malt liquor or wine declared forfeited by a court under this Title must, by order of the court rendering final judgment, be turned over to the bureau. Liquor forfeited under this section must be disposed of in the same manner as abandoned liquor under section 2230.

[ 1997, c. 373, §162 (AMD) .]

2. Sale of forfeited liquor by alcohol bureau. Except as provided in paragraph A, the alcohol bureau shall sell forfeited liquor in the state liquor stores throughout the State.

A. If any liquor is determined by the court to be unfit or unsatisfactory for consumption or retail sale, the court may order the liquor to be destroyed by any officer competent to serve the process on which it was forfeited. The officer shall make the return accordingly to the court.

(1) The liquor must be destroyed by pouring it upon the ground or into a public sewer. [1997, c. 373, §162 (AMD).]

[ 1997, c. 373, §162 (AMD) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1987, c. 45, §A4 (NEW). 1997, c. 373, §162 (AMD).