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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-2900. Shipment or transfer of imported liquors.

Alcoholic liquors must be shipped or moved from a point outside this State to a point inside the State only by railroad companies, steamship companies, express companies, or truck companies authorized to do business in the State as common carriers by the Department of Public Safety, by wholesalers licensed by the department, or by registered producers in their own trucks. Alcoholic liquors must be shipped or moved only to the warehouse of the food manufacturer licensed pursuant to Section 61-6-710, or the registered producer in care of the producer representative who is registered to handle the property of the registered producer originating the shipment. The shipment of alcoholic liquors must be either stored in the warehouse of the food manufacturer licensed pursuant to Section 61-1-710 or in a licensed warehouse of the registered producer or, after delivery to the producer representative is complete, may then be shipped to a licensed wholesaler by common carriers described in this section, by wholesalers licensed by the department or by registered producers in their own trucks. Shipments of alcoholic liquors from a licensed producer's warehouse to a licensed South Carolina wholesaler may be made in a vehicle owned or operated by the wholesaler. If alcoholic liquors are stored in the warehouse of a registered producer, or after delivery to the producer representative is complete, they may be shipped to a licensed wholesaler or to a point outside this State. Before any shipment or transfer, the food manufacturer or producer representative, as appropriate, must apply to the department, on forms prescribed by the department, for permission to ship or transfer the alcoholic liquors, and the food manufacturer or producer representative must have received a certificate of approval of the shipment or transfer.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 40, Section 1.D.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-2910. Invoices covering shipments into State.

Before shipment into this State, the registered producer must mail to the department by first-class mail a correct and complete invoice listing in detail the items in the shipment by quantity, type, brand, size, price; the point of origin; and the point of destination. Before or at the time of shipment, a copy of the bill of lading must be forwarded to the department by first-class mail.
Immediately upon acceptance of delivery of the shipment by the producer representative, the producer representative must furnish the department with a copy of the invoice covering the shipment with endorsement thereon showing the date, time, and place delivery was accepted.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-2920. Invoices covering shipments out of State or to wholesaler.

Before shipment to a wholesaler in this State or to any point outside the State, the producer representative must mail to the department a correct and complete copy of the invoice covering the shipment, listing the name and address of the consignee and, in detail, the items in the shipment by quantity, type, brand, size, and price. On all shipments to a point outside this State, the producer representative must at the time of shipment mail to the department a copy of the bill of lading.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-2930. Contraband liquors.

Alcoholic liquors shipped or moved into this State in violation of any provision of this article are contraband and may be seized and sold as provided by Section 61-6-4310.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-2940. Issuance of certificates or licenses.

The department, in its discretion, upon due consideration of the information contained in applications for certificates and licenses provided for in this article, must issue or reject the certificate or license applied for.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-2950. Suspension or revocation of certificates or licenses.

Certificates of registration or licenses provided by this article may be suspended or revoked by the department upon a showing of a violation of law or of any regulation.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-2960. Audit or examination of records.

The applicant for a certificate or license required by this article, as a condition precedent to the issue of the certificate or license, must certify that the department and the division have the right within statutory limitations to audit and examine the books, records, papers, and memoranda of the applicant with respect to the administration and enforcement of laws administered by the department and the division.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-2965. Relationship with other laws.

Licenses issued under this article are subject to the requirements and restrictions of Sections 61-6-110, 61-6-120, 61-6-180, 61-6-910, and 61-6-920.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-2970. Monies received.

All monies received by the department under the provisions of this article must be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the general fund of the State.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4000. Relationship with other laws.

This article, except Section 61-6-4720, is complementary to and not in conflict with the laws providing for the lawful sale of beer, wines, and other vinous, fermented, or malt liquors.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4010. Unlawful manufacture, possession, or sales.

(A) It is unlawful for a person to:
(1) manufacture, store, keep, receive, have in possession, transport, ship, buy, sell, barter, exchange, or deliver alcoholic liquors, except liquors acquired in a lawful manner and except in accordance with the provisions of this title; or
(2) accept, receive, or have in possession alcoholic liquors for unlawful use pursuant to the provisions of this title.
(B) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(1) for a first offense, by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months;
(2) for a second offense, by a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars or imprisonment for one year; and
(3) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 70, Section 17.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4020. Transportation in motor vehicle.

(A) A person who is twenty-one years of age or older may transport lawfully acquired alcoholic liquors to and from a place where alcoholic liquors may be lawfully possessed or consumed. If the cap or seal on the container has been opened or broken, it is unlawful to transport the liquors in a motor vehicle, except in a trunk, luggage compartment, or cargo area that is separate and distinct from the driver's and passengers' compartments. For purposes of this exception, the luggage compartment or cargo area is not required to be a closed trunk that is accessible only from the exterior of the motor vehicle. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. For purposes of this section, alcoholic liquors means all distilled spirits regardless of the percentage of alcohol by volume that they contain.
(B) Sections 61-6-4290 and 61-6-4300 do not apply to violations of this section, including violations prior to the effective date of this section.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 390, Section 32; 2011 Act No. 51, Section 1, eff June 14, 2011.
Effect of Amendment
The 2011 amendment designated the existing text as subsection (A), and therein, in the first sentence, substituted "; but if" for ". If" and "a trunk, luggage compartment, or cargo area that is separate and distinct from the driver's and passengers' compartments" for "the luggage compartment or cargo area", and inserted the third sentence; and added subsection (B).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4025. Possession of unlawfully acquired or manufactured alcoholic liquors in vehicle, vessel, or aircraft.

It is unlawful for a person to keep, store, have in possession, carry, ship, or transport in a vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other chattel, any unlawfully acquired or manufactured alcoholic liquors.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(a) for a first offense, by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months;
(b) for a second offense, by a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars or imprisonment for one year; and
(c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4030. Transportation of alcoholic liquors in taxi or other vehicle for hire.

It is unlawful for a person to transport alcoholic liquors in a motor vehicle used as a taxi or used in the transportation of passengers for hire; however, this prohibition does not apply to lawful alcoholic liquors belonging to a passenger being transported when the alcoholic liquors are in the baggage of the passenger or upon his or her person. If alcoholic liquors are found in the vehicle, the vehicle must be seized and forfeited as provided for in Sections 61-6-4350 to 61-6-4460, and the alcoholic liquors must be seized as contraband and sold as provided in Section 61-6-4310.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(a) for a first offense, by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months;
(b) for a second offense, by a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars or imprisonment for one year; and
(c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4040. Rendering aid in unlawful transportation.

A person who acts as an advance or rear guard or pilot to a person engaged in the transportation of alcoholic liquors in violation of any law of this State is guilty of the offense of knowingly transporting alcoholic liquors for unlawful purposes and, upon conviction, must be punished for this misdemeanor as follows:
(a) for a first offense, by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months;
(b) for a second offense, by a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars or imprisonment for one year; and
(c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.
The buggy, wagon, automobile, aircraft, railroad car, bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle or boat, launch, or other vessel used by the person in rendering the aid may be confiscated in the same method and manner as provided by this article for the confiscation of a vehicle actually used in the carrying of these alcoholic liquors.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4050. Purchase from unlicensed retail dealer.

It is unlawful for a person to purchase or otherwise procure alcoholic liquors other than those purchased from licensed retail dealers in the State or those purchased pursuant to a special food manufacturer's license in Section 61-6-710. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(a) for a first offense, by a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days;
(b) for a second offense, by a fine of two hundred dollars or imprisonment for sixty days; and
(c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three hundred dollars or imprisonment for ninety days.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 40, Section 1.E.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4060. Storage in place of business.

(A) It is unlawful for a person to store or have in possession alcoholic liquors in his place of business other than a licensed liquor store. A place of business includes:
(1) A place where goods, wares, or merchandise are sold, offered for sale, or distributed, and also places of amusement;
(2) Residences and transportation vehicles when sale of merchandise is made therefrom; and
(3) Outbuildings, warehouses, and garages when adjacent to or used in connection with a place of business where goods, wares, or merchandise are sold, offered for sale, or distributed.
(B) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(1) For a first offense, by a fine of two hundred dollars or imprisonment for sixty days;
(2) For a second offense, by a fine of one thousand dollars or imprisonment for one year; and
(3) For a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of two thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4075. Purchase of alcoholic beverage for minor; penalty.

It is unlawful for a person who purchases alcoholic liquors while on licensed premises to give the alcoholic liquors to a person to whom it cannot lawfully be sold on the premises. A person who violates the provisions of this section, upon conviction:
(1) for a first offense, must be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both; and
(2) for a second or subsequent offense, must be fined not less than four hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 103, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4080. Sale to person under the age of twenty-one years; penalty; completion of merchant education program.

(A) A person engaged in the sale of alcoholic liquors who knowingly sells the alcoholic liquors to a person under the age of twenty-one is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction:
(1) for a first offense, must be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both; and
(2) for a second or subsequent offense, must be fined not less than four hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
(B) Failure of a person to require identification to verify a person's age is prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
(C) A person who violates the provisions of this section also is required to successfully complete a DAODAS approved merchant alcohol enforcement education program. The program must be a minimum of two hours and the cost to the person may not exceed fifty dollars.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2007 Act No. 103, Section 15.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4085. Charges against seller and minor purchaser; compliance tester exception.

(A) If a person is charged with a violation of the unlawful sale of alcoholic liquors to minors pursuant to Section 61-6-4080, the minor also must be charged with a violation of the unlawful purchase or possession of alcoholic liquors pursuant to Section 63-19-2450. In addition, if the minor provided false information as to his age pursuant to Section 63-19-2450(A) or if an adult violated the provisions of Section 61-6-4075 regarding purchasing alcoholic liquors for a person who cannot lawfully buy them, these persons also must be charged with their violations.
(B) A person may not be charged with a violation of Section 61-6-4080 if the provisions of subsection (A) are not met.
(C) Nothing in this section requires that charges made pursuant to this section be prosecuted to conclusion; but rather this determination must be made in the manner provided by law.
(D) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (A) and (B), a person under the age of twenty-one may be recruited and authorized by a law enforcement agency to test an establishment's compliance with laws relating to the unlawful transfer or sale of alcoholic liquors to a minor. The testing must be under the direct supervision of a law enforcement agency, and the agency must have the person's parental consent. If the requirements of this subsection are met, a person may be charged with a violation of Section 61-6-4080 without the requirement that the minor also be charged.
HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 103, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4090. Effect of conviction or plea.

If a permittee or licensee, or servant, agent, or employee of the permittee or licensee pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is convicted of a criminal offense which occurred on the licensed premises, the conviction or plea constitutes proof that the offense occurred and the record thereof is admissible in a contested case hearing before the Administrative Law Court.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4100. Distilleries.

It is unlawful for a person in this State to manufacture, sell, give, or have in his possession a distillery, commonly called a still, or any integral part of a distillery, or an apparatus, appliance, device, or substitute therefor to be used for the purpose of manufacturing alcoholic liquors, in violation of the laws of this State.
The unexplained possession of any part of a still, apparatus or appliance, or any device or substitute therefor, commonly or generally used for or that is suitable to be used in the manufacture of prohibited alcoholic liquors is prima facie evidence of the violation of this section.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(a) for a first offense, by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months;
(b) for a second offense, by a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars or imprisonment for one year; and
(c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4110. Distilling or manufacturing; violations.

It is unlawful for a person to knowingly permit or allow another person to have or possess or locate on his premises an apparatus for the distilling or manufacture of alcoholic liquors in violation of the laws of this State.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(a) for a first offense, by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months;
(b) for a second offense, by a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars or imprisonment for one year; and
(c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4120. Materials used in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors.

It is unlawful to make, manufacture, transport, possess, or knowingly permit upon one's premises mash, wort, wash, buck, or other similar material or compound suitable for or commonly used in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors with the intent that the material or compound be used in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors in violation of the laws of this State; the making, manufacture, transportation, possession, or knowingly permitting upon one's premises such material or compound is considered to be a part of the process of the manufacture of alcoholic liquors; and a person found in possession of the material or compound or found at a place where the material or compound is stored, kept, made, manufactured, or found is prima facie guilty of a violation of this section.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(a) for a first offense, by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months;
(b) for a second offense, by a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars or imprisonment for one year; and
(c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4130. Presence at distillery, prima facie evidence of guilt.

A person found at a distillery or other place where alcoholic liquors are being manufactured in violation of the laws of this State is considered prima facie guilty of manufacturing alcoholic liquors or aiding and abetting in their manufacture and, upon conviction, must be punished as if the person personally manufactured the alcoholic liquors.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(a) for a first offense, by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months;
(b) for a second offense, by a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars or imprisonment for one year; and
(c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4140. Employment of persons under the age of twenty-one years.

It is unlawful for a person under the age of twenty-one years to work as an employee or otherwise in a retail, wholesale, or manufacturing liquor business or business establishment or for a person knowingly to employ another person under the age of twenty-one years in one of these businesses or business establishments. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(a) for a first offense, by a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days;
(b) for a second offense, by a fine of two hundred dollars or imprisonment for sixty days; and
(c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three hundred dollars or imprisonment for ninety days.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4150. Sale from vehicle, vessel, or aircraft.

Except as authorized by law, it is unlawful for a person to sell alcoholic liquors from any vehicle, vessel, or aircraft.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(a) for a first offense, by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months;
(b) for a second offense, by a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars or imprisonment for one year; and
(c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4155. Unlawful use of alcohol without liquid device; penalties; exceptions.

(A) As used in this section, "alcohol without liquid device" means a device, machine, apparatus, or appliance that is designed or marketed for the purpose of mixing alcohol with pure or diluted oxygen, or another gas, to produce an alcoholic vapor that an individual can inhale or snort. An alcohol without liquid device does not include an inhaler, nebulizer, atomizer, or other device that is designed and intended by the manufacturer to dispense a prescribed or over-the-counter medication.
(B) It is unlawful for a person to use, offer for use, purchase, offer to purchase, sell, offer to sell, or possess an alcohol without liquid device.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(1) for a first offense, by a fine of three hundred dollars;
(2) for a second offense, by a fine of seven hundred fifty dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both;
(3) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
(C) Except as provided in subsection (D) of this section, an alcohol without liquid device must be seized by a law enforcement officer and be taken before any magistrate of the county in which the alcohol without liquid device is seized, the magistrate shall immediately examine it, and if satisfied that it is an alcohol without liquid device, direct that it be destroyed immediately after conviction of the violator.
(D) This section shall not apply to a health care provider that operates primarily for the purpose of conducting scientific research, a state institution conducting bona fide research, a private college or university conducting bona fide research, or to a pharmaceutical company or biotechnology company conducting bona fide research.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 320, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 2008).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4157. Powdered or crystalline alcohol; penalties; exceptions.

(A) As used in this section, "powdered or crystalline alcohol" is alcohol prepared or sold in a powdered or crystalline form that contains any amount of alcohol when hydrolyzed for either direct use or reconstitution for human consumption.
(B)(1) It is unlawful for a person to use, offer for use, purchase, offer to purchase, sell, offer to sell, or possess powdered or crystalline alcohol.
(2) It is unlawful for a holder of a license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for on-premises or off-premises consumption of alcoholic liquors to use powdered or crystalline alcohol as an alcoholic beverage.
(3) Any person or license holder that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(a) for a first offense, by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both;
(b) for a second offense, by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both;
(c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
(C) This section does not apply to the use of powdered or crystalline alcohol for commercial uses specifically approved by state law, or for bona fide research purposes by a:
(1) health care provider that operates primarily for the purpose of conducting scientific research;
(2) state institution;
(3) private college or university; or
(4) pharmaceutical or biotechnology company.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 253 (H.4399), Section 2.A, eff June 6, 2014; 2015 Act No. 73 (S.179), Section 2, eff June 5, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2015 Act No. 73, Section 2, rewrote (A), substituting the definition of "powdered or crystalline alcohol" for "powdered alcohol"; in (B)(1), (B)(2), and (C), added "or crystalline"; and in (C), inserted "specifically approved by state law, or for".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4160. Sunday sales; Christmas Day sales; penalties.

It is unlawful to sell alcoholic liquors on Sunday except as authorized by law, on Christmas Day, or during periods proclaimed by the Governor in the interest of law and order or public morals and decorum. Full authority to proclaim these periods is conferred upon the Governor in addition to all his other powers. A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(a) for a first offense, by a fine of two hundred dollars or imprisonment for sixty days;
(b) for a second offense, by a fine of one thousand dollars or imprisonment for one year; and
(c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of two thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 223 (H.3512), Section 6.A, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 223, Section 6.A, in the first paragraph, substituted "on Christmas Day" for "on statewide election days" in the first sentence, and inserted "a provision of" before "this section" in the last sentence.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4170. Billboards encouraging underage drinking; penalty.

(A) It is unlawful for a person to advertise alcoholic liquors by means of billboards along public highways and streets by using any subject matter, language, or slogan addressed to and intended to encourage persons under twenty-one years of age to purchase or drink alcoholic liquors.
(B) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:
(1) for a first offense, by a fine of two hundred dollars or imprisonment for sixty days;
(2) for a second offense, by a fine of one thousand dollars or imprisonment for one year; and
(3) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of two thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 70, Section 18.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4180. Possession of firearm or weapon.

If a person unlawfully manufactures, transports, or sells alcoholic liquors or aids or assists in any manner in one or more of these acts and at the time of the unlawful manufacturing, transporting, selling, aiding, or assisting has on or about his person or has on or in a vehicle which he uses to aid him in any such purpose or in his actual or constructive possession a firearm or weapon of like kind, he is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not less than one year nor more than three years, or be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than fifteen hundred dollars.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4190. Refusal or frustration of inspection.

A person who, upon demand of an officer or agent of the division:
(1) refuses to allow full inspection of the premises or any part of the premises which is licensed to sell alcoholic liquors; or
(2) refuses to allow full inspection of the stocks and invoices of the licensee; or
(3) prevents or in any way hinders an inspection, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both.
A person found guilty of a violation of Section 61-4-230 and this section may not be sentenced under both sections for the same offense.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4200. Dispossession or attempted dispossession of alcoholic liquors.

A person who dispossesses, rescues, or attempts to dispossess or rescue from a constable or other officer alcoholic liquors taken or detained by the officer charged with the enforcement of the ABC Act must, upon conviction, be imprisoned for not less than three months nor more than one year or fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than fifteen hundred dollars, or both.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4210. General penalties.

A person who violates any provision of the ABC Act, except where a different punishment is expressly provided, must, upon conviction, be punished by a fine or imprisonment in the discretion of the court of general sessions.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4220. Effect of conviction, plea, or bond forfeiture as prior offense.

A conviction, plea of guilty, plea of nolo contendere, or forfeiture of bond for a violation on or after March 28, 1956, of any state or federal law relating to alcoholic liquors constitutes a prior offense for the purpose of a prosecution, or for the purpose of imposition of sentence for a subsequent violation of this article, except Section 61-6-4720.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4230. Sentencing.

The trial judge in his discretion may impose sentences under the provisions of this article, except Section 61-6-4720, or any portion of this article, of a fine or imprisonment of not less than one- half the fine or imprisonment prescribed for conviction under these provisions.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4240. Reports of convictions, pleas, or bond forfeitures.

Clerks of court, magistrates, city recorders, and other public officers in this State having charge or responsibility with respect to the keeping of records of convictions, the entry of pleas of guilty or nolo contendere, or the forfeitures of bond posted for violations of this article, except Section 61-6-4720, must report to the department each conviction, plea of guilty, nolo contendere, or bond forfeiture within ten days after the conviction, entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or forfeiture of bond, or after the receipt of this report, as the case may be. These reports must be made upon forms provided by the department, arranged in duplicate; and it is the duty of the department to acknowledge the filing of each report by signing the duplicate of the report and returning it to the officer making the report. The officer making the report must keep it as evidence of his compliance with the requirements that he made the report.
A person who violates this section is subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each offense, to be collected by the Attorney General of this State, or the solicitors of the State under the direction of the Attorney General, and paid into the general fund of the State.
The reports or certified copies of these reports must be received as evidence under the provisions of this article, except Section 61-6-4720.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4250. Certificates of convictions, pleas, or bond forfeiture.

The clerk of court of each county in the State must, at the conclusion of each term of the court of general sessions in the county, forward to the department a certificate on forms prescribed and furnished by the department showing the name of each person who is convicted, pleads guilty, enters a plea of nolo contendere, or forfeits bond for the violation of any provision of this article except Section 61-6-4720. The department must maintain a file of these violations. A copy of the department's records pertaining to the convictions, certified as correct by the director or his designee, is admissible in all courts as prima facie evidence of the facts recited in the records. The department must, upon receipt of a record of conviction, plea of guilty, plea of nolo contendere, or forfeiture of bond for the violation of the provisions of this article prohibiting the transportation of alcoholic liquors, forward to the Department of Public Safety a certified copy of the record.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4260. Effect of conviction, plea, or bond forfeiture upon license.

A conviction, a plea of guilty, a forfeiture of bond, or a plea of nolo contendere, under the provisions of this article except Section 61-6-4720, automatically revokes a beer, wine, or liquor license which this State has issued to the party convicted, pleading guilty, forfeiting bond, or pleading nolo contendere; however, as an alternative to the revocation of a beer, wine, or liquor license, the department may in its discretion impose a monetary penalty in lieu of the revocation.
For a first offense, the license must either be revoked for one year, or the licensee must pay a penalty of two hundred fifty dollars to the department. For a subsequent offense, the offender's license or licenses must be revoked for a period of two years, or the licensee must pay a penalty of five hundred dollars to the department. If the department exercises its right to impose the monetary penalty provided in this section in lieu of a revocation of a license and if the penalty is not paid within ten days of demand by the department, the license or licenses must be automatically revoked.
A person convicted, pleading guilty, forfeiting bond, or pleading nolo contendere who does not possess a license to sell beer, wine, or liquors, for a first offense, is not eligible for the issuance of a license for a period of one year. For a subsequent offense, he is not eligible for the issuance of a license for a period of two years.
Penalties provided for in this section are in addition to any fines and penalties imposed upon the licensees by any court of competent jurisdiction for violation of the laws of this State.
Penalties provided for in this section must be paid to the State Treasurer for credit to the general fund of the State for public school use.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4270. Monetary penalties.

For violations of Articles 3, 5, 7, and 13 of this chapter, or of Chapter 21 or 33 of Title 12, and for a violation of any regulation pertaining to alcoholic liquors, the department may, in its discretion, impose a monetary penalty upon the holder of a liquor license in lieu of suspension or revocation.
In these cases, the amount of any penalty imposed must be determined within the limits prescribed in this section in each case by the department after a hearing as provided in the South Carolina Revenue Procedures Act and the Administrative Procedures Act. For these violations:
(1) retail liquor licensees are subject to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars; and
(2) wholesale liquor licensees are subject to a penalty of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.
The department in its discretion may suspend payment of a fine or a monetary penalty imposed under this section.
If the department imposes a monetary penalty under this section which is not paid or a contested case hearing requested within thirty days after demand by the department, the license or licenses may be suspended or revoked by the department.
Penalties provided for in this section are in addition to any fines and penalties imposed upon the licensees by any court of competent jurisdiction for violation of the laws of this State.
Penalties provided for in this section must be paid to the State Treasurer for credit to the general fund of the State for public school use.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4280. Transferability of licenses or permits.

Licenses and permits are the property of the department, are not transferable, and, upon the termination of a business or upon a change of ownership, possession, or control, or upon a substantial change in the character of the property or facilities or nature of business for which a license or permit has been issued, must be surrendered immediately to the department.
When a person or business has multiple licenses or permits for locations within three hundred feet of each other, administrative penalties may be applied to all the licenses and permits.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4290. Suspension of driver's license.

The Department of Public Safety, upon notice that a person has been convicted, pleaded guilty, forfeited bond, or entered a plea of nolo contendere for the violation of any provision of this article prohibiting the transportation of alcoholic liquors, must suspend the driver's license of the person for a period of six months for a first offense, for a period of one year for a second offense, and for a period of two years for a third and subsequent offense. During the period of the suspension under this section, no vehicle may be registered in the person's name under the laws of this State.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4300. Seizure of alcoholic liquors or vehicle, vessel, or aircraft.

If alcoholic liquors are sold from a vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other chattel in violation of law, or if alcoholic liquors are possessed, carried, shipped, stored in, kept in, or transported in a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft in violation of law, the alcoholic liquors must be seized and sold as contraband as provided in Section 61-6-4310, and the vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other chattel must be seized by a peace officer and delivered to the sheriff of the county where the seizure is made, who must proceed to forfeit and sell the chattel as provided in Sections 61-6-4350 to 61-6-4460.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4310. Sale of seized items.

Alcoholic liquors seized by the department, its agents, or by the division must be sold by the department at public auction to the highest bidder after advertisement. The proceeds of the sale must be turned over to the State Treasurer after first paying the cost of confiscation and sale. Alcoholic liquors seized by a peace officer, except the department, its authorized agents, or by the division, must be delivered to the sheriff of the county in which the seizure is made. The sheriff must take possession of the alcoholic liquors so seized and sell them at public auction to the highest bidder after advertisement. The proceeds of the sale, after payment of the costs of confiscation and sale, must be immediately turned over to the treasurer of the county in which the seizure was made. However, if a municipal officer makes a seizure, the chief of police must take possession of the alcoholic liquors so seized and sell them at public auction to the highest bidder after advertisement. The proceeds of the sale, after payment of costs of confiscation and sale, must be turned over to the treasurer of the municipality in which the seizure was made. No sale of alcoholic liquors seized and sold in accordance with the provisions of this section may be made to a person other than a licensed manufacturer, wholesaler, or retail dealer.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4320. Destruction of alcoholic liquors.

Only those alcoholic liquors which have been manufactured by a licensed manufacturer or producer, as defined in the ABC Act, or alcoholic liquors of unquestioned purity and content may be sold at public auction as provided in this article. Other liquors which are confiscated must be destroyed by the proper officers.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4330. Bidding process.

No alcoholic liquors sold under the provisions of this article may be delivered within five days after the sale, during which time the department in its discretion may reject any bid and order the liquors resold until a satisfactory bid is made. However, if confiscated liquors are offered for sale after advertisement, as provided in this article, on two different dates and no bids are made, the liquors must be destroyed by the proper officers.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4340. Confiscation of certain vehicles, vessels, and aircraft.

A vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other chattel found at a site where alcoholic liquors are being or have been recently manufactured in violation of the law, and which vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other chattel contains sugar, meal, yeast, or other materials used in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors, or containers used to haul alcoholic liquors, must be confiscated and sold as provided by this article.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act › Section 61-6-4350. Storage of seized chattel.

The respective sheriffs of this State must safely store and keep chattels delivered to them pursuant to this article in the jail yard, county shops, or on other county property, if this may be safely done, but must not incur unnecessary expenses in connection with the storage of a chattel seized and delivered to them.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.