§ 57-9-101 Destruction of liquor and paraphernalia
§ 57-9-102 Arrest of persons implicated in manufacture
§ 57-9-103 Officers to take into possession intoxicating liquors held or transported illegally
§ 57-9-104 Officers to file written statement about intoxicants taken
§ 57-9-105 Court having jurisdiction
§ 57-9-106 Delivery of seized liquor to sheriff
§ 57-9-107 Sheriff to keep intoxicants until otherwise ordered by court
§ 57-9-108 Sheriff’s statement of intoxicants held
§ 57-9-109 Notice to owners
§ 57-9-110 Notice when name of owner unknown
§ 57-9-111 Claimants of liquor – Petition
§ 57-9-112 Answer to petition claiming ownership
§ 57-9-113 Answer to petition claiming ownership
§ 57-9-114 Determination of claims to liquor
§ 57-9-115 Delivery of seized liquor to alcoholic beverage commission – Sale
§ 57-9-116 Report of sales
§ 57-9-117 Disposition of liquor bearing no federal tax stamp – Destruction of spoiled liquor
§ 57-9-118 Sheriff’s inventory to facilitate credit to proper jurisdiction
§ 57-9-119 No disposition prior to time for filing claim
§ 57-9-120 Possession of liquor is prima facie evidence of unlawful transportation, reception, and possession
§ 57-9-121 Violation of preceding sections – Penalty
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 57 > Chapter 9 > Part 1 - General Provisions

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • beverage: means and includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, high alcohol content beer, and every liquid containing alcohol, spirits, wine, and high alcohol content beer and capable of being consumed by a human being, other than patent medicine or beer, as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Commission: means the alcoholic beverage commission, except as otherwise provided. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Manufacture: means and includes brewing high alcohol content beer, distilling, rectifying and operating a winery. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Municipality: means an incorporated town or city having a population of:
    (i) Seven hundred (700) or more, according to the 2010 federal census or a subsequent federal census. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Wine: means the product of the normal alcoholic fermentation of the juice of dried or fresh, sound, ripe grapes, fruit, or other agricultural products, with the usual cellar treatment and necessary additions to correct defects due to climatic, saccharine, and seasonal conditions, including champagne, sparkling, and fortified wine of an alcoholic content not to exceed twenty-one percent (21%) by volume. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105