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Chapter 60 | Article 60 - 6
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WVC 60 - 6 - ARTICLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
WVC 60 - 6 - 1 §60-6-1. When lawful to possess, use or serve alcoholic liquors.
(1) A person from keeping and possessing alcoholic liquors in
his or her residence for the personal use of himself or herself,
his or her family, his or her employee or his or her guests if the
alcoholic liquors have been lawfully acquired by him or her;
(2) A person, his or her family, or employee from giving or
serving such alcoholic liquors to guests in the residence, when the
gift or service is not for the purpose of evading the provisions of
(3) The holder of a winery or a farm winery license from
serving complimentary samples of its wine in moderate quantities
for tasting on the winery or the farm winery premises; and
(4) The holder of a distillery or a mini-distillery license
from serving complimentary samples of its alcoholic liquor in
moderate quantities for tasting on the distillery or the
mini-distillery premises.
WVC 60 - 6 - 2 §60-6-2. When lawful to manufacture and sell wine and cider.
(1) A person from manufacturing wine at his or her residence
for consumption at his or her residence as permitted by section one
(3) A person from manufacturing and selling cider made from
apples produced by him or her within this state to persons holding
distillery licenses, if the manufacture and sale is under the
supervision and regulation of the commissioner;
(4) A person from manufacturing and selling wine made from
fruit produced by him or her within this state to persons holding
winery licenses, if the manufacture and sale is under the
(5) The holder of a winery or a farm winery license from
selling wine for off-premises consumption sold at retail at the
winery or the farm winery, as provided in section four, article
three-b of this chapter, or for any other person who is licensed
under this chapter to sell wine as a wine supplier or distributor;
(6) The holder of a distillery or a mini-distillery license
from selling alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption sold at
retail at the distillery or the mini-distillery, as provided in
section four, article three-a of this chapter.
WVC 60-6-3 §60-6-3. Applicability of chapter to certain uses of ethyl alcohol.
The provisions of this chapter relating to state monopoly
shall not apply to ethyl alcohol used:
(1) For scientific, chemical, mechanical or industrial
(2) By those authorized to procure ethyl alcohol tax free
under the acts of Congress and regulations thereunder;
(3) In the manufacture of denatured alcohol produced and used
as provided by the acts of Congress and regulations thereunder;
(4) In the manufacture of scientific, chemical, mechanical and
industrial preparations or products unfit for beverage purposes;
(5) By those authorized to manufacture ethyl alcohol for use
in the production of gasohol for personal use pursuant to section
seven-a, article four of this chapter.
Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to exempt
such users of ethyl alcohol from the license and transportation
WVC 60-6-4 §60-6-4. Permitted use by druggists.
The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent a person from
manufacturing, selling, delivering or shipping:
Any medicine containing sufficient medication to prevent its
use as a beverage;
Any medicinal preparation manufactured in accordance with
formulas prescribed by the United States pharmacopoeia, and
national formulary, patent and proprietary preparations, and other
bona fide medical and technical preparations, which are
manufactured and sold to be used exclusively as medicine and not as
beverages, and the sale of which does not now require the payment
of a United States liquor dealer's tax;
Toilet, medicinal and antiseptic preparations not intended for
internal human use nor for beverage purposes;
Any food products known as flavoring extracts manufactured and
sold for cooking and culinary purposes only and not for beverage
Nor shall such provisions prevent pharmacists, retail
druggists or drugstores employing a duly licensed pharmacist, from
purchasing or causing to be shipped to their place of business
ethyl alcohol for use in compounding or manufacturing any of the
medical or other preparations enumerated in this section, as
provided in section six, article four of this chapter.
WVC 60-6-5 §60-6-5. Applicability of chapter to certain uses by physicians,
druggists and others.
(1) A physician from prescribing the use of alcoholic liquors
when necessary for a bona fide patient;
(2) A druggist from selling, upon a prescription properly
issued by a physician, alcoholic liquors for medicinal purposes;
(3) A physician, dentist, or veterinarian, in the legitimate
practice of his profession, from using and administering alcoholic
(4) Hospitals, sanitariums, or that division of any
institution which is regularly conducted as a hospital, dispensary
or infirmary, from using or administering alcoholic liquors to bona
fide patients. Institutions and the divisions thereof provided in
this section may carry a stock of alcoholic liquors sufficient for
(5) Religious organizations from using wine for sacramental
WVC 60-6-6 §60-6-6. Transporting alcoholic liquor in excess of ten gallons.
bringing into or transporting in this state, in his possession or
in his baggage, and not for resale, alcoholic liquor in a quantity
not to exceed ten gallons: Provided, That upon written permission
of the commissioner, quantities of alcoholic liquor in excess of
ten gallons may be transported within this state.
WVC 60-6-7
§60-6-7. Specific acts forbidden; indictment. A person shall not: (1) Manufacture or sell in this state without a license any alcoholic liquor except as permitted by this article; (2) Aid or abet in the manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquor without a license except as permitted by this article; (3) Sell without a license any alcoholic liquor other than permitted by this article; (4) Adulterate any alcoholic liquor by the addition of any drug, methyl alcohol, crude, unrectified or impure form of ethyl alcohol, or other foreign or deleterious substance or liquid; (5) Refill, with alcoholic liquor, any bottle or other container in which alcoholic liquor has been sold at retail in this state; (6) Advertise any alcoholic liquor in this state except in accordance with the rules and regulations of the commissioner; or (7) Distribute, deal in, process, or use crowns, stamps or seals required under the authority of this chapter, except in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner; or (8) Manufacture or sell, aid or abet in the manufacture or sale, possess, use or in any other manner provide or furnish powdered alcohol. A person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500, or confined in jail not less than thirty days nor more than one year or both such fine and imprisonment, for the first offense. Upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense, the court may in its discretion impose a penalty of confinement in the penitentiary for a period not to exceed three years. A person who violates any provision of this section for the second or any subsequent offense under this section, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correction facility for a period not to exceed three years. An indictment for any first violation of subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of this section, or any of them, shall be sufficient if in form or effect as follows: State of West Virginia County of ..........................., to wit: The Grand Jurors of the State of West Virginia, in and for the body of the County of .........., upon their oaths present that ..............., on the ....... day of ........, 19...., in the said County of .........., did unlawfully, without a State license and without authorization under the Alcohol Beverage Control Act, manufacture and sell, and aid and abet in the manufacture and sale of a quantity of alcoholic liquor, against the peace and dignity of the state. Any indictment under this section shall otherwise be in conformity with section one, article nine, chapter sixty-two of the code. WVC 60-6-8
§60-6-8. Unlawful sale or possession by licensee. A licensed person shall not: (1) Sell alcoholic liquors of a kind other than that which such license or this chapter authorizes him or her to sell; (2) Sell beer to which wine, spirits, or alcohol has been added; (3) Sell wine to which other alcoholic spirits have been added, otherwise than as required in the manufacture thereof under regulations of the commission; (4) Sell alcoholic liquors to a person specified in section twenty-two, article three of this chapter; (5) Sell alcoholic liquors except as authorized by his or her license; (6) Sell any alcoholic liquor when forbidden by the provisions of this chapter; (7) Sell, possess, possess for sale, furnish or provide any powdered alcohol; (8) Keep on the premises covered by his or her license alcoholic liquor other than that which he or she is authorized to sell by such license or by this chapter. A person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500, or confined in jail not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment for the first offense. Upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense, the court may in its discretion impose a penalty of confinement in the penitentiary for a period not to exceed three years. A person who violates any provision of this section for the second or any subsequent offense under this section, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correction facility for a period not to exceed three years. WVC 60 - 6 - 9 §60-6-9. Intoxication or drinking in public places; illegal
possession of alcoholic liquor; arrests by sheriffs
or their deputies for violation in their presence;
(3) Tender a drink of alcoholic liquor to another person in a
(4) Possess alcoholic liquor in the amount in excess of ten
gallons, in containers not bearing stamps or seals of the
commissioner, without having first obtained written authority from
the commissioner therefor; or
(5) Possess any alcoholic liquor which was manufactured or
acquired in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Any law-enforcement officer may arrest without a warrant
and take the following actions against a person who, in his or her
presence, violates subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this
section: (1) If there is some nonintoxicated person who will
accept responsibility for the intoxicated person, the officer may
issue the intoxicated person a citation specifying a date for
appearance before a judicial officer and release him or her to the
custody of the individual accepting responsibility: Provided, That
the issuance of a citation shall be used whenever feasible; (2) if
it does not impose an undue burden on the officer, he or she may, after issuance of the a citation, transport the individual to the
individual's present residence or arrange for the transportation;
(3) if the individual is incapacitated or the alternatives provided
in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection are not possible,
the officer shall transport or arrange for transportation to the
appropriate judicial officer as defined by section seventeen,
article eleven, chapter twenty-seven of this code; or (4) if the
individual is incapacitated and, in the law-enforcement officer's
judgment, is in need of acute medical attention, that officer shall
arrange for transportation by ambulance or otherwise to a hospital
emergency room. The officer shall accompany the individual until
he or she is discharged from the emergency room or admitted to the
hospital. If the individual is released from the emergency room,
the officer may proceed as described in subdivisions (1), (2) and
(3) of this subsection. If the individual is admitted to the
hospital, the officer shall issue a citation to the individual
specifying a date for appearance before a judicial officer.
(c) Upon presentment before the proper judicial officer, the
law-enforcement officer serves as the chief complaining witness. The judicial officer shall determine if there is probative evidence
that the individual may be guilty of the charge of public
intoxication. If such evidence is not presented, the charge shall
be dismissed and the individual released. If sufficient evidence
is presented, the judicial officer shall issue a warrant and
establish bail or issue a summons to the individual. Once a warrant or summons has been issued, the following actions may be
(1) If the individual is no longer incapacitated, he or she
may be released;
(2) If the individual is still incapacitated but a
nonintoxicated person is available to accept responsibility for him
or her, he or she may be released to the responsible person; or
(3) If the individual is still incapacitated and no
responsible person is available, the judicial officer shall proceed
under the provisions of article five or six-a, chapter twenty-seven
(d) Any law-enforcement officer may arrest and hold in
custody, without a warrant, until complaint may be made before a
judicial officer and a warrant or summons issued, any person who in
the presence of the law-enforcement officer violates any one or
more of subdivisions (1) through (6), subsection (a) of this
section: Provided, That the law-enforcement officer may use
reasonable force to prevent harm to himself or herself, the
individual arrested or others in carrying out the provisions of
(e) Any person who violates subdivision (1), subsection (a) of
thereof, shall be sentenced by a judicial officer in accordance
(1) Upon first offense, a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $100. If the individual, prior to conviction, agrees to
voluntarily attend an alcohol education program of not more than
six hours duration at the nearest community mental health -- mental
retardation center, the judicial officer may delay sentencing until
the program is completed and upon completion may dismiss the
(2) Upon conviction for a second offense, a fine of not less
than $5 nor more than $100 and not more than sixty days in jail or
completion of not less than five hours of alcoholism counseling at
the nearest community mental health -- mental retardation center;
(3) Upon third and subsequent convictions, a fine of not less
than $5 nor more than $100 and not less than five nor more than
sixty days in jail or a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $100
and completion of not less than five hours of alcoholism counseling
at the nearest community mental health -- mental retardation
center: Provided, That three convictions for public intoxication
within the preceding six months is considered evidence of
alcoholism. For the educational counseling programs described in
this subsection the community mental health -- mental retardation
center may charge each participant its usual and customary fee and
shall certify in writing to the referring judicial officer the
completion or failure to complete the prescribed program for each
(f) A person charged with a violation of subdivision (1),
subsection (a) of this section who is an alcoholic shall be found not guilty by reason of addiction and proper disposition made
pursuant to articles five and six-a, chapter twenty-seven of this
(g) Any person who violates subdivision (2), subsection (a) of
thereof, shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $100; and
upon a second or subsequent conviction thereof, shall be fined not
less than $5 nor more than $100, or confined in jail not more than
sixty days, or both.
(h) Any person who violates subdivision (3), subsection (a) of
thereof, shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $100, or
confined in jail not more than sixty days, or both.
(i) Any person who violates subdivision (4) or (5), subsection
(a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon his or her
first conviction, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than
$500; and upon conviction of second or subsequent offense, he or
she is guilty of a felony and, shall be confined in a state
correctional facility for a period of not less than one year nor
WVC 60-6-10 §60-6-10. Unlawful operation of plant manufacturing distilled
A person who unlawfully owns, operates, or maintains a plant
for the manufacture of distilled spirits, or aids or abets in the
operation or maintenance of such a plant shall be guilty of a
felony, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one
hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or confined in the
penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years.
WVC 60-6-11 §60-6-11. Unlawful manufacture, etc., while armed.
A person who, while engaged in the unlawful manufacture,
transportation or sale of alcoholic liquors, or while aiding or
assisting in any of such acts, has in his actual or constructive
possession a firearm or other lethal weapon, shall be guilty of a
felony, and upon conviction shall be confined in the penitentiary
not less than one nor more than ten years.
WVC 60-6-12 §60-6-12. Transportation of alcoholic liquors into or through
state; permits; bond of permittee.
The commission may adopt regulations governing the
transportation of alcoholic liquors, lawfully acquired, within,
into or through the state in quantities in excess of one gallon as
it may deem necessary to confine such transportation to legitimate
purposes and may issue transportation permits in accordance with
such regulations, collect a fee therefor, and shall require each
person to whom such a permit is issued to furnish a bond in such
form and amount and with such surety as the commission shall
direct, conditioned that he will exercise the privileges granted by
such permit in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and
the regulations of the commission, or in default thereof forfeit to
the state school fund the sum of one hundred dollars for each
breach recoverable by motion upon ten days' notice in any court
having jurisdiction of the parties.
A person who, without authorization under this chapter,
transports alcoholic liquors in quantities in excess of one gallon
or in any amount for the purpose of sale or in any amount
manufactured or acquired contrary to the provisions of this
chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred
dollars, or confined in jail not to exceed one year, or both such
fine and imprisonment for the first offense. Upon conviction of a
second or subsequent offense, he shall be guilty of a felony and
confined in the penitentiary of this state for a period of not less
than one nor more than three years.
WVC 60-6-13 §60-6-13. Restrictions on importing into, and transporting liquors in state.
Except as permitted by section six of this article and article
eight of this chapter, a person shall not import into, or transport
in this state, any alcoholic liquors, unless it is:
(2) Transported upon the direction of the commission directly
to persons licensed to receive alcoholic liquors at wholesale; or
(3) Transported into the state or through the state to persons
outside the state upon transportation permits issued by the
WVC 60-6-14 §60-6-14.
WVC 60-6-15 §60-6-15. Penalties for violations not otherwise specified.
A person who violates any order, rule or regulation of the
commission made under the authority of this chapter, or who
violates any provisions of this chapter for which punishment has
not been specifically provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten nor more than
five hundred dollars or confined in jail not less than five days
nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
If, by the provisions of this chapter, conflicting penalties
are prescribed for an offense, the section providing for the
heavier penalty shall control.
WVC 60-6-16 §60-6-16. Places deemed common and public nuisances; abatement;
A place where alcoholic liquor is manufactured, sold, stored,
possessed, given away, or furnished contrary to law shall be deemed
a common and public nuisance. Boats, cars (including railroad and
traction passenger cars operating in this state), automobiles,
wagons, water and aircraft, beasts of burden, or vehicles of any
kind shall be deemed places within the meaning of this section and
may be proceeded against under the provisions of section seventeen
of this article. A person who shall maintain, or shall aid or abet
or knowingly be associated with others in maintaining such common
and public nuisance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one
hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or by confinement in
jail not less than sixty days nor more than six months for each
offense, and judgment shall be given that such nuisance be abated
or closed as a place for the manufacture, sale, storage,
possession, giving away, or furnishing contrary to law of alcoholic
liquor, as the court may determine.
If two or more persons conspire to maintain such common and
public nuisance or to distill, manufacture, store, transport, sell,
give away, or furnish alcoholic liquor in violation of any of the
provisions of this chapter, and one or more of such persons do any
act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to
such conspiracy shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by confinement in jail for not less than one month nor more than six
months, or in the discretion of the court, by both such fine and
WVC 60-6-17 §60-6-17. Suit to abate nuisances; injunction.
The commission, its agents, the attorney general, the
prosecuting attorney, or a citizen of the county or municipality
where a nuisance as defined in section sixteen of this article is
located, may maintain a suit in equity in the name of the state to
abate and perpetually enjoin the same. Courts of equity shall have
jurisdiction thereof. The injunction may be granted at the
commencement of the suit and no bond shall be required. On the
finding that the material allegations of the bill are true, the
court or judge thereof in vacation shall order the injunction for
such period of time as it or he may think proper, with the right to
dissolve the injunction upon the application of the owner of the
place, if a proper case is shown for such dissolution.
The continuance of the injunction as provided in this section
may be ordered, although the place complained of may not at the
time of hearing be unlawfully used.
WVC 60-6-18 §60-6-18. Search warrants.
If there be complaint on oath or affirmation supported by
affidavit or affidavits setting forth the facts for such belief
that alcoholic liquors are being manufactured, sold, kept, stored
or in any manner held, used or concealed in a particular house or
other place in violation of law, the justice of the peace, circuit,
criminal or intermediate court, or the judge thereof in vacation,
or the mayor of any city, town or village to whom such complaint is
made, if satisfied that there is a probable cause for such belief,
shall issue a warrant to search such house or other place for
alcoholic liquors. Such warrants, except as herein otherwise
provided, shall be issued, directed and executed in accordance with
the laws of West Virginia pertaining to search warrants.
Warrants issued under this chapter for the search of any
automobile, boat, conveyance or vehicle, or for the search of any
trunk, grip or other article of baggage, for alcoholic liquor, may
be executed in any part of the state where the same are overtaken,
and shall be made returnable before any justice of the peace,
circuit, criminal or intermediate court, or the judge thereof in
vacation, or the mayor of any city, town or village within whose
jurisdiction such automobile, boat, conveyance, vehicle, trunk,
grip or other article of baggage, or any of them, were transported
or attempted to be transported contrary to law.
An officer charged with the execution of a warrant issued
under this section, may, whenever it is necessary, break open and
enter a house, or other place herein described.
WVC 60-6-19 §60-6-19. Forfeiture of stills, etc.
All stills and distilling apparatus and material for the
manufacture of the same, and all alcoholic liquors, and materials
used in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors, and all containers in
which alcoholic liquors may be found, which are kept, stored,
possessed or in any manner used in violation of the provisions of
this chapter shall be deemed contraband and shall be forfeited to
WVC 60-6-20 §60-6-20. Contraband conveyances; forfeiture and disposition.
A conveyance of any kind, either on land, water, or in the
air, used for transportation of alcoholic liquors in violation of
section twelve of this article, shall be deemed contraband and
shall be forfeited to the state and proceeded against in the manner
provided for confiscation by section twenty-one of this article.
Any such conveyance forfeited to the state under the
provisions of this section shall be turned over to the commission,
which may retain the same for public use in the administration and
enforcement of this chapter. If it has no need for the conveyance,
it may order its destruction or sale unless the department of
public safety requests it, in which case the commission shall turn
it over to the said department.
The net proceeds of sales made under this section shall be
paid into the state treasury in the manner prescribed for receipts
from state stores and agencies.
WVC 60-6-21 §60-6-21. Court procedure as to contraband and forfeited articles.
Proceedings for confiscation of articles, conveyances or
vehicles declared contraband and forfeited to the state under
section twenty shall be had in the circuit or inferior court having
criminal jurisdiction, either in vacation or term time, in the
county where such articles, conveyances or vehicles were seized,
and the procedure shall be as follows:
(1) When such articles, conveyances or vehicles have been
seized under or without a warrant provided for in section eighteen
of this article, by an officer charged with the enforcement of this
chapter, the officer shall take possession of such article,
conveyance or vehicle and deliver the same and the alcoholic
liquors so seized to the sheriff of the county in which such
seizure was made, taking his receipt therefor in duplicate.
(2) The officer making such seizure shall forthwith report in
writing of such seizure to the prosecuting attorney of the county
in which such seizure was made and to the commission.
(3) Within not less than ten days nor more than sixty days
after receiving notice of any such seizure, the prosecuting
attorney for the county shall file, in the name of the state, a
petition against the seized property, in the clerk's office of the
circuit court of the county, returnable to the circuit court or
inferior court having criminal jurisdiction, which petition shall
be filed by the clerk without fee and may be heard by said court or
judge thereof in vacation.
(4) Such petition shall allege the seizure, and set forth in
general terms, the grounds of forfeiture of the seized property, and shall pray that the same be forfeited to the state and the
proceeds disposed of according to law, and that all persons
concerned or interested may appear and show cause why said property
should not be forfeited to the state.
(5) The owner of and all persons in any manner then indebted
or liable for the purchase price of said property, and any person
having a lien thereon, if they be known to the prosecuting
attorney, shall be made parties defendant thereto, and shall be
served with the notice issued by the clerk of such court,
hereinafter provided for in the manner provided by law for serving
a notice, at least ten days before the day therein specified for
the hearing on said petition, if they be residents of this state,
and, if they be unknown or nonresidents, or cannot with reasonable
diligence be found in this state, they shall be deemed sufficiently
served by publication of said notice as a Class II legal
publication shall be said county.
(6) Any person claiming to be the owner of such seized
property, or to hold a lien thereon or have an interest therein,
may appear at any time before final judgment of the trial court,
and be made a party defendant to the petition so filed, which
appearance shall be by answer, under oath, in which shall be
clearly set forth the nature of such defendant's claim or interest.
(7) If the court or judge thereof in vacation shall find that
illegally acquired alcoholic liquors or alcoholic liquors being
illegally transported in amounts in excess of one gallon, were not found in such conveyance or vehicle at the time of the seizure
thereof, the judgment of the court shall be to entirely relieve
said property from forfeiture, and no costs shall be taxed against
(8) If the court or judge thereof in vacation trying the issue
shall find or if it be admitted that said conveyance or vehicle at
the time of the seizure contained illegally acquired liquor or that
alcoholic liquors were being illegally transported therein,
(a) If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court that
such claimant is the bona fide owner and was such owner at the time
of such seizure and that he was ignorant of such illegal use
thereof and the illegal use was without his connivance or consent,
expressed or implied, the court shall relieve said conveyance or
vehicle from forfeiture and restore it to such claimant and no cost
shall be taxed against such claimant,
(b) If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court that
such claimant is the holder of a bona fide lien against the
property and was the holder of such lien at the time of such
seizure and that he was ignorant of such illegal use thereof, or
the use so made of such conveyance or vehicle was without his
connivance or consent, expressed or implied, and that the claimant
has perfected his lien, the court shall,
(1) If the lien so established is equal to or more than the
value of the conveyance or vehicle, such conveyance or vehicle
shall be delivered to the lienor upon the payment of storage and
(2) If the lien is less than the value of the conveyance or
vehicle, the lienor may have said conveyance or vehicle delivered
to him upon payment of the difference in amount as determined in
such proceedings; but should the lienor not demand delivery as
aforesaid, an order shall be made for the sale of said property by
the sheriff of the county, in the manner prescribed by law for sale
of personal property under execution, out of the proceeds of which
sale shall be paid, first, the storage, if any, second, the cost,
third, the lien, and the residue, if any, shall be paid to the
(9) If, however, no valid lien or claim is established against
the seized property upon the trial of the petition, or, if it shall
be determined that the owner thereof was himself using the same at
the time of the seizure or that such illegal use was with his
knowledge or consent, expressed or implied, the said property shall
be completely forfeited to the state and turned over to the
commission in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(10) In every case, the alcoholic liquors so seized shall be
deemed contraband and forfeited to the state as heretofore
WVC 60-6-22 §60-6-22. Action to recover price of liquors sold unlawfully.
No action shall be maintained to recover the price of
alcoholic liquor sold in violation of the provisions of this
chapter, except that the state or the commission may recover from
any person the price of any alcoholic liquor purchased by him in
violation of this chapter, and from any person who may have sold
alcoholic liquors in violation of the provisions of this chapter,
the consideration received by him therefor.
WVC 60-6-23 §60-6-23. Treatment of minors for addiction to alcoholic liquor
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any licensed
physician may examine, counsel, diagnose and treat any minor at his
or her request for any addiction to or dependency upon the use of
alcoholic liquor or nonintoxicating beer, as defined in section
five, article one of this chapter, without the knowledge or consent
of the minor's parent or guardian. Such physicians shall not incur
any civil or criminal liability in connection therewith except for
negligence or willful injury.
WVC 60-6-24 §60-6-24. Requirement for posting informational sign.
Each store or outlet controlled or operated by the state
alcohol beverage control commission, and any store, supermarket,
club, restaurant, or other facility selling alcoholic beverages or
nonintoxicating beer for either on- premise or off-premise
consumption, shall post in an open and prominent place within such
establishment a blood- alcohol chart containing information showing
the estimated percent of alcohol in the blood by the number of
drinks in relation to body weight and time of consumption, as
The size of display and location of said blood-alcohol chart shall be prescribed by the commissioner, by rule and regulation.
Enforcement of the posting provisions of this section shall be
carried out by the West Virginia nonintoxicating beer commissioner
in establishments which are required to post such notice but are
not subject to the supervision of the West Virginia alcohol
beverage control commissioner.
WVC 60 - 6 - 25 §60-6-25. Mandatory signs to be posted warning of the possible
dangers of consumption of alcohol during pregnancy.
(a) Beginning the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-eight, all persons licensed to sell alcoholic liquor, wine
or nonintoxicating beer at retail, either for consumption
on-premises or off-premises, or both, shall display signs provided
by the alcohol beverage control commissioner warning of the
possible danger of birth defects which may result from the
consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. These signs shall be
displayed upon the licensed premises in the following manner:
(1) If a licensee holds a license providing for the retail
sale of alcoholic liquor, wine or nonintoxicating beer for
on-premises consumption, the sign shall be posted in an open and
prominent place in the licensed portion of the establishment: Provided, That self-service "mini-bars" in hotel guest rooms are
exempt: Provided, however, That airports, convention centers,
sports facilities and other licensed premises with more than one
authorized location of sales, service and consumption shall post
signs in plain view to the majority of patrons entering or
approaching the licensed portion of the premises.
(2) If the licensee holds a license providing for the retail
off-premises consumption, the sign shall be posted in plain view at the main entrance to the licensed premises.
(3) If the licensee is a liquor manufacturer, the notices
shall be posted in plain view at the main entrance to areas where
alcohol is sold for off-premises consumption. If a manufacturer's
tasting rooms have separate buildings or separate entrances, the
sign shall be posted in plain view at the main entrance to the
(b) The alcohol beverage control commissioner shall make signs
and replacements warning of the possible danger of birth defects
which may result from the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy
available to each licensee governed by the provisions of this
(c)(1) Upon a determination by the commissioner that a
licensee has failed to comply with the provisions of this section,
the commissioner may impose a civil administrative penalty of not
less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars
for each violation. The provisions of section fifteen of this
article shall not apply to a violation of this section.
(2) The commissioner shall propose legislative rules for
promulgation pursuant to the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of
this code setting forth:
(A) Objective criteria against which the exercise of the
commissioner's discretion in the determination of whether to impose a civil administrative penalty is to be measured; and
(B) Procedures meeting the requirements of due process through
which an alleged violation of this section may be contested.
(3) The proceeds of civil administrative penalties collected
for violations of this section shall be deposited in a fund hereby
established in the state treasury to be known as the "fetal alcohol
syndrome fund". The commissioner shall expend the moneys deposited
in the fund to educate the public concerning the dangers of fetal
alcohol syndrome without appropriation except as provided in this
subsection. After the sum of five thousand dollars has been
deposited into the fund during a fiscal year, any additional
deposits shall be divided as follows: (1) An amount necessary to
allow the commissioner to carry out his or her duties pursuant to
this section, not to exceed one half of such additional deposits,
shall be deposited in the alcohol beverage control administration
fund; and (2) the remainder of such additional deposits shall be
made to the state fund, general revenue. Any moneys remaining in
the fund on the thirtieth day of June of each year shall be subject
to reappropriation for expenditure during the following fiscal
year. The commissioner shall annually file a report with the
president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Delegates, informing the Legislature as to the amounts deposited in the funds,
and the purposes for which the amounts deposited in the alcohol beverage control administration fund were expended.
WVC 60 - 6 - 26 §60-6-26. Conditional discharge for first offense of certain
offenses related to nonintoxicating beer or
(a) When a person pleads guilty to or is found guilty of a
violation of subdivision (1), subsection (a), section nineteen,
article sixteen, chapter eleven of this code; subsection (b),
section nineteen, article sixteen, chapter eleven of this code;
subsection (a), section twenty-two-a, article three of this
chapter; subdivision (1), subsection (a), section twenty-four,
article three-a of this chapter; subsection (b), section twenty-
four, article three-a of this chapter; subsection (a) or (b),
section twelve-a, article seven of this chapter; or subsection (a)
or (b), section twenty-a, article eight of this chapter, the court,
without entering a judgment of guilt and with the consent of the
accused, may defer further proceedings and place him or her on
probation upon terms and conditions it considers appropriate, if
the person has not previously been convicted of:
(1) Any of the offenses contained in the code provisions
referenced in this subsection; or
(2) Any statute of the United States or of any state relating
to underage purchase, consumption, sale, service or possession of
nonintoxicating beer or alcoholic liquor.
(b) If the person violates a term or condition of the
probation, the court may enter an adjudication of guilt and proceed as otherwise provided by law.
(c) Upon fulfillment of the terms and conditions of the
probation, the court shall discharge the person and dismiss the
proceedings against him or her.
(1) Discharge and dismissal under this section is without
adjudication of guilt and is not a conviction for purposes of this
section or the section of the original charge, or for purposes of
disqualifications or disabilities imposed by law upon conviction of
(2) The effect of the discharge and dismissal is to restore
the person in contemplation of law to the status he or she occupied
prior to arrest and trial.
(3) A person to whom a discharge and dismissal have been
effected under this section may not be found guilty of perjury,
false swearing or otherwise giving a false statement by reason of
his or her failure to disclose or acknowledge his or her arrest or
trial relating to a charge discharged and dismissed by this section
in response to any inquiry made of him or her for any purpose.
(d) There may be only one discharge and dismissal under this
section with respect to any one person.
(e) After a period of not less than six months after the
expiration of a term of probation imposed upon a person under the
provisions of this section, the person may apply to the court for
an order to expunge from all official records all recordations of his or her arrest, trial and discharge pursuant to this section. If the court determines after a hearing that the person during the
period of his or her probation and during the period prior to his
or her application to the court under this subsection has not been
guilty of any serious or repeated violation of the conditions of
his or her probation, it shall order the expungement.
(f) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the
contrary, any person prosecuted for an alleged violation of an
offense listed in subsection (a) of this section, whose case is
disposed of pursuant to the provisions of this section, is liable
for all court costs assessable against a person convicted of a
violation of the section under which the person was prosecuted. Payment of the costs may be made a condition of probation. The
costs assessed pursuant to this section, whether as a term of
accordance with section two, article three, chapter fifty of this
code; section four, article two-a, chapter fourteen of this code;
section four, article twenty-nine, chapter thirty of this code; and
sections two, seven and ten, article five, chapter sixty-two of