2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 07 Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 19 ENFORCEMENT
§ 564 Search of premises without warrant

564. Search of premises without warrant

A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer, selectman or grand juror who has information that malt, vinous, and spirituous liquor or alcohol is kept with intent to sell, or is sold contrary to law in a tent, shanty, hut, or place of any kind for selling refreshments in a public place, except dwelling houses, on or near the ground of a cattle show, agricultural exhibition, military muster or public occasion of any kind, shall search such suspected place without warrant. If such officer finds such liquor upon the premises, he or she shall seize the same and apprehend the keeper of such place and take him or her , without the liquor so seized, forthwith or as soon as conveniently may be, before a district judge in whose jurisdiction the same is found, and thereupon such officer shall make written complaint under oath, subscribed by him or her, to such magistrate, setting forth the finding of such liquor. Upon proof that the liquor is intoxicating and that the same was found in the possession of the accused in a tent, shanty or other place, with intent to sell, the liquor seized shall be adjudged forfeited and disposed of by order of such magistrate, as provided in this chapter. Such owner or keeper shall be proceeded against, as provided in this chapter, for keeping such malt, and vinous beverage, spirituous liquor or alcohol with intent to sell. (Amended 1965, No. 194, 10, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), 8, eff. April 9, 1974.)