2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 37. Intoxicating Liquors
§37-163.15. Possession, display, sale or transportation in violation of law - Confiscation - Actions.

It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, wholesaler or retail dealer of low-point beer, as herein defined, who has in his or her possession, displays or exhibits for sale, sells or transports or causes to be transported, within this state, any low-point beer as herein defined, in violation of any of the provisions of Section 163.1 et seq. of this title or any other law of the state relating to the sale of such low-point beer; and all such low-point beer found in the possession of any such person shall be subject to confiscation and destruction in an action brought in the name of the State of Oklahoma, on relation of district attorney of the county in which said place of business is operated, or in which said low-point beer is found, in the same manner as liquors purchased in violation of laws of the state relating to the purchase, transportation or sale of intoxicating liquors, and the procedure therein provided shall be followed, as nearly as may be practicable, by the district attorney in the enforcement of the provisions of Section 163.1 et seq. of this title.

The State of Oklahoma on relation of the district attorney, is hereby authorized to institute legal action, in any court of competent jurisdiction, against the owner or operator of any automobile, truck or other means of transportation of any low-point beer, as herein defined, who may be in violation of any of the laws of the state relating to the transportation of such beverages, or the identification of such trucks or other means of transportation, or the provisions relating to invoices; and such legal proceedings shall subject any such automobile, truck or other means of transportation so used to confiscation and sale, according to the same procedure now provided by the laws of the State of Oklahoma for sale of vehicles used in violation of such laws prohibiting the possession, transportation or sale of intoxicating liquors.

It shall be the duty of the district attorneys of the respective counties of the state to enforce the provisions of this section, and authority is hereby conferred upon said district attorneys to maintain any suit necessary therefor, in the name of the State of Oklahoma on relation of such district attorneys.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 293, § 15. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 274, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.