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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.28 - Miscellaneous Regulatory Provisions. › 66.28.380 - Products combining alcohol and cannabis prohibited.

RCW 66.28.380
Products combining alcohol and cannabis prohibited.
In accordance with RCW 69.50.3271, it is unlawful to manufacture, import, offer, or sell in this state a consumable product that contains cannabis or any form of tetrahydrocannabinol in combination with beer, wine, spirits, or any other type of liquor in the same product.
[ 2023 c 217 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.32 - Search and Seizure. › 66.32.010 - Possession of contraband liquor.

RCW 66.32.010
Possession of contraband liquor.
The board may, to the extent required to control unlawful diversion of liquor from authorized channels of distribution, require that packages of liquor transported within the state be sealed with such official seal as may be adopted by the board, except in the case of:
(1) Liquor manufactured in the state; or
(2) Liquor purchased within the state or for shipment to a consumer within the state in accordance with the provisions of law; or
(3) Wine or beer exempted in RCW 66.12.010.
[ 2012 c 2 § 208 (Initiative Measure No. 1183, approved November 8, 2011); 1955 c 39 § 3. Prior: 1943 c 216 § 3(1); 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 33(1); Rem. Supp. 1943 § 7306-33(1).]
NOTES:
Finding—Application—Rules—Effective date—Contingent effective date—2012 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1183): See notes following RCW 66.24.620.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.32 - Search and Seizure. › 66.32.020 - Search warrant—Search and seizure.

RCW 66.32.020
Search warrant—Search and seizure.
If, upon the sworn complaint of any person, it is made to appear to any judge of the superior court or district court, that there is probable cause to believe that intoxicating liquor is being manufactured, sold, bartered, exchanged, given away, furnished, or otherwise disposed of or kept in violation of the provisions of this title, such judge shall, with or without the approval of the prosecuting attorney, issue a warrant directed to a civil officer of the state duly authorized to enforce or assist in enforcing any law thereof, or to an inspector of the board, commanding the civil officer or inspector to search the premises, room, house, building, boat, vehicle, structure or place designated and described in the complaint and warrant, and to seize all intoxicating liquor there found, together with the vessels in which it is contained, and all implements, furniture, and fixtures used or kept for the illegal manufacture, sale, barter, exchange, giving away, furnishing, or otherwise disposing of the liquor, and to safely keep the same, and to make a return of the warrant within ten days, showing all acts and things done thereunder, with a particular statement of all articles seized and the name of the person or persons in whose possession they were found, if any, and if no person is found in the possession of the articles, the return shall so state.
[ 1987 c 202 § 220; 1955 c 288 § 1; 1955 c 39 § 4. Prior: 1943 c 216 § 3(2), part; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 33(2), part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 7306-33(2), part.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.32 - Search and Seizure. › 66.32.030 - Service of warrant—Receipt for seized property.

RCW 66.32.030
Service of warrant—Receipt for seized property.
A copy of the warrant, together with a detailed receipt for the property taken shall be served upon the person found in possession of any intoxicating liquor, furniture, or fixtures so seized, and if no person is found in possession thereof, a copy of the warrant and receipt shall be left in a conspicuous place upon the premises wherein they are found.
[ 1955 c 39 § 5. Prior: 1943 c 216 § 3(2), part; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 33(2), part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 7306-33(2), part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.32 - Search and Seizure. › 66.32.040 - Forfeiture of liquor directed if kept unlawfully.

RCW 66.32.040
Forfeiture of liquor directed if kept unlawfully.
All liquor seized pursuant to the authority of a search warrant or an arrest shall, upon adjudication that it was kept in violation of this title, be forfeited and upon forfeiture be disposed of by the agency seizing the liquor.
[ 1993 c 26 § 1; 1955 c 39 § 6. Prior: 1943 c 216 § 3(2), part; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 23(2), part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 7306-33(2), part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.32 - Search and Seizure. › 66.32.050 - Hearing.

RCW 66.32.050
Hearing.
Upon the return of the warrant as provided herein, the judge shall fix a time, not less than ten days, and not more than thirty days thereafter, for the hearing of the return, when he or she shall proceed to hear and determine whether or not the articles seized, or any part thereof, were used or in any manner kept or possessed by any person with the intention of violating any of the provisions of this title.
[ 1987 c 202 § 221; 1955 c 39 § 7. Prior: 1943 c 216 § 3(3), part; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 33(2), part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 7306-33(3), part.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.32 - Search and Seizure. › 66.32.060 - Claimants may appear.

RCW 66.32.060
Claimants may appear.
At the hearing, any person claiming any interest in any of the articles seized may appear and be heard upon filing a written claim setting forth particularly the character and extent of his or her interest, and the burden shall rest upon the claimant to show, by competent evidence, his or her property right or interest in the articles claimed, and that they were not used in violation of any of the provisions of this title, and were not in any manner kept or possessed with the intention of violating any of its provisions.
[ 2012 c 117 § 283; 1955 c 39 § 8. Prior: 1943 c 216 § 3(3), part; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 33(2), part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 7306-33(3), part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.32 - Search and Seizure. › 66.32.070 - Judgment of forfeiture—Disposition of proceeds of property sold.

RCW 66.32.070
Judgment of forfeiture—Disposition of proceeds of property sold.
If, upon the hearing, the evidence warrants, or, if no person appears as claimant, the judge shall thereupon enter a judgment of forfeiture, and order such articles destroyed forthwith: PROVIDED, That if, in the opinion of the judge, any of the forfeited articles other than intoxicating liquors are of value and adapted to any lawful use, the judge shall, as a part of the order and judgment, direct that the articles other than intoxicating liquor be sold as upon execution by the officer having them in custody, and the proceeds of the sale after payment of all costs of the proceedings shall be paid into the liquor revolving fund.
[ 1987 c 202 § 222; 1955 c 39 § 9. Prior: 1943 c 216 § 3(3), part; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 33(2), part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 7306-33(3), part.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.32 - Search and Seizure. › 66.32.080 - Forfeiture action no bar to criminal prosecution.

RCW 66.32.080
Forfeiture action no bar to criminal prosecution.
Action under RCW 66.32.010 through 66.32.080 and the forfeiture, destruction, or sale of any articles thereunder shall not bar prosecution under any other provision.
[ 1955 c 39 § 10. Prior: 1943 c 216 § 3(3), part; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 33(2), part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 7306-33(3), part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.32 - Search and Seizure. › 66.32.090 - Seized liquor to be reported to board.

RCW 66.32.090
Seized liquor to be reported to board.
In every case in which liquor is seized by a sheriff or deputy of any county or by a police officer of any municipality or by a member of the Washington state patrol, or any other authorized peace officer or inspector, it shall be the duty of the sheriff or deputy of any county, or chief of police of the municipality, or the chief of the Washington state patrol, as the case may be, to forthwith report in writing to the board of particulars of such seizure.
[ 1993 c 26 § 2; 1987 c 202 § 223; 1935 c 174 § 8; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 55; RRS § 7306-55.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.40 - Local Option. › 66.40.010 - Local option units.

RCW 66.40.010
Local option units.
(1) For an election upon the question of whether the sale of liquor is permitted, the election unit must be any city or town, or that portion of any county not within cities and towns.
(2) This section is subject to the exception specified in RCW 66.40.030(2).
[ 2015 c 153 § 1; 1957 c 263 § 3. Prior: (i) 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 82; RRS § 7306-82. (ii) 1949 c 5 § 2, part (adding new section 23-S-2 to 1933 ex.s. c 62); Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7306-23S-2, part.]
NOTES:
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.40 - Local Option. › 66.40.020 - Election may be held.

RCW 66.40.020
Election may be held.
Within any unit referred to in RCW 66.40.010, upon compliance with the conditions hereinafter prescribed, there may be held, at the time and as a part of any general election, an election upon the question of whether the sale of liquor shall be permitted within such unit; and in the event that any such election is held in any such unit, no other election under this section shall be held prior to the next succeeding general election.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 83; RRS § 7306-83.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.40 - Local Option. › 66.40.030 - License elections.

RCW 66.40.030
License elections.
(1) Within any election unit referred to in RCW 66.40.010, subject to the exception specified in subsection (2) of this section, a separate election may be held upon the question of whether the sale of liquor under spirits, beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer, and wine private club; spirits, beer, and wine nightclub; and sports entertainment facility licenses, must be permitted within the election unit. The conditions and procedure for holding the election are prescribed by RCW 66.40.020, 66.40.040, 66.40.100, 66.40.110, and 66.40.120. Whenever a majority of qualified voters voting upon the question in the election unit vote "against the sale of liquor under spirits, beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer, and wine private club; spirits, beer, and wine nightclub; and sports entertainment facility licenses," the county auditor must file with the *liquor control board a certificate showing the result of the canvass at the election. Ninety days after the date of that canvass, it is unlawful for licensees to maintain and operate premises within the election unit licensed under spirits, beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer, and wine private club; spirits, beer, and wine nightclub; and sports entertainment facility licenses.
(2) The addition after an election under subsection (1) of this section of new territory to the election unit by annexation, disincorporation, or otherwise does not extend the prohibition against the sale of liquor under spirits, beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer, and wine private club; spirits, beer, and wine nightclub; and sports entertainment facility licenses to the new territory. Furthermore, the new territory is not: (a) Within the election unit in any subsequent election under subsection (1) of this section; or (b) subject to any prohibition adopted pursuant to any subsequent election under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Elections held under RCW 66.40.010, 66.40.020, 66.40.040, 66.40.100, 66.40.110, 66.40.120, and 66.40.140 are limited to the question of whether the sale of liquor by means other than under spirits, beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer, and wine private club; spirits, beer, and wine nightclub; and sports entertainment facility licenses is permitted within the election unit.
[ 2015 c 153 § 2; 2009 c 271 § 9; 1999 c 281 § 8; 1994 c 55 § 1; 1949 c 5 § 12 (adding new section 83-A to 1933 ex.s. c 62); Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7306-83A.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The "state liquor control board" was renamed the "state liquor and cannabis board" by 2015 c 70 § 3.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.40 - Local Option. › 66.40.040 - Petition for election—Contents—Procedure—Signatures, filing, form, copies, fees, etc.—Public inspection.

RCW 66.40.040
Petition for election—Contents—Procedure—Signatures, filing, form, copies, fees, etc.—Public inspection.
Any unit referred to in RCW 66.40.010 may hold such election upon the question of whether the sale of liquor shall be permitted within the boundaries of such unit, upon the filing with the county auditor of the county within which such unit is located, of a petition subscribed by qualified electors of the unit equal in number to at least thirty percent of the electors voting at the last general election within such unit. Such petition shall designate the unit in which the election is desired to be had, the date upon which the election is desired to be held, and the question that is desired to be submitted. The persons signing such a petition shall state their post office address, the name or number of the precinct in which they reside, and in case the subscriber be a resident of a city, the street and house number, if any, of his or her residence, and the date of signature. Said petition shall be filed not less than sixty days nor more than ninety days prior to the date upon which the election is to be held. No signature shall be valid unless the above requirements are complied with, and unless the date of signing the same is less than ninety days preceding the date of filing. No signature shall be withdrawn after the filing of such petition. Such petition may consist of one or more sheets and shall be fastened together as one document, filed as a whole, and when filed shall not be withdrawn or added to. Such petition shall be a public document and shall be subject to the inspection of the public. Upon the request of anyone filing such a petition and paying, or tendering to the county auditor one dollar for each hundred names, or fraction thereof, signed thereto, together with a copy thereof, said county auditor shall immediately compare the original and copy and attach to such copy and deliver to such person his or her official certificate that such copy is a true copy of the original, stating the date when such original was filed in his or her office; and said officer shall furnish, upon the demand of any person, a copy of said petition, upon payment of the same fee required for the filing of original petitions.
[ 2012 c 117 § 285; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 84; RRS § 7306-84. Formerly RCW 66.40.040 through 66.40.090.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.40 - Local Option. › 66.40.100 - Check of petitions.

RCW 66.40.100
Check of petitions.
Upon the filing of a petition as hereinbefore provided, the county auditor with whom it is filed shall cause the names on said petition to be compared with the names on the voters' official registration records provided for by law with respect to such unit. The officer or deputy making the comparison shall place his or her initials in ink opposite the signatures of those persons who are shown by such registration records to be legal voters and shall certify that the signatures so initialed are the signatures of legal voters of the state of Washington and of said unit, and shall sign such certificate. In the event that said petition, after such comparison, shall be found to have been signed by the percentage of legal voters of said unit referred to in RCW 66.40.040, the question shall be placed upon the ballot at the next general election.
[ 2012 c 117 § 286; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 85; RRS § 7306-85.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.40 - Local Option. › 66.40.110 - Form of ballot.

RCW 66.40.110
Form of ballot.
Upon the ballot to be used at such general election the question shall be submitted in the following form:
"Shall the sale of liquor be permitted within . . . . . . (here specify the unit in which election is to be held)." Immediately below said question shall be placed the alternative answers, as follows:
"For sale of liquor. . . .
(  )
Against sale of liquor. . . .
(  )."
Each person desiring to vote in favor of permitting the sale of liquor within the unit in which the election is to be held shall designate his or her choice beside the words "For sale of liquor," and those desiring to vote against the permitting of the sale of liquor within such unit shall designate their choice beside the words "Against sale of liquor," and the ballot shall be counted accordingly.
[ 2012 c 117 § 287; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 86; RRS § 7306-86.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.40 - Local Option. › 66.40.120 - Canvass of votes—Effect.

RCW 66.40.120
Canvass of votes—Effect.
The returns of any such election shall be canvassed in the manner provided by law. If the majority of qualified electors voting upon said question at said election shall have voted "For sale of liquor" within the unit in which the election is held, the sale of liquor may be continued in accordance with the provisions of this title. If the majority of the qualified electors voting on such question at any such election shall vote "Against sale of liquor", then, within thirty days after such canvass no sale or purchase of liquor, save as herein provided, shall be made within such unit until such permission so to do be subsequently granted at an election held for that purpose under the provisions of this title.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 87; RRS § 7306-87.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.40 - Local Option. › 66.40.130 - Effect of election as to licenses.

RCW 66.40.130
Effect of election as to licenses.
Ninety days after December 2, 1948, spirits, beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer, and wine private club; spirits, beer, and wine nightclub; and sports entertainment facility licenses may be issued in any election unit in which the sale of liquor is then lawful. No spirits, beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer, and wine private club; spirits, beer, and wine nightclub; and sports entertainment facility license shall be issued in any election unit in which the sale of liquor is forbidden as the result of an election held under RCW 66.40.010, 66.40.020, 66.40.040, 66.40.100, 66.40.110, 66.40.120 and 66.40.140, unless a majority of the qualified electors in such election unit voting upon this initiative at the general election in November, 1948, vote in favor of this initiative, or unless at a subsequent general election in which the question of whether the sale of liquor under spirits, beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer, and wine private club; spirits, beer, and wine nightclub; and sports entertainment facility licenses shall be permitted within such unit is submitted to the electorate, as provided in RCW 66.40.030, a majority of the qualified electors voting upon such question vote "for the sale of liquor under spirits, beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer, and wine private club; spirits, beer, and wine nightclub; and sports entertainment facility licenses."
[ 2009 c 271 § 10; 1999 c 281 § 9; 1949 c 5 § 13 (adding new section 87-A to 1933 ex.s. c 62); Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7306-87A.]
NOTES:
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.40 - Local Option. › 66.40.140 - Certificate of result to board—Grace period—Permitted activities.

RCW 66.40.140
Certificate of result to board—Grace period—Permitted activities.
Whenever a majority of qualified voters voting upon said question in any such unit shall have voted "Against sale of liquor," the county auditor shall file with the *liquor control board a certificate showing the result of the canvass at such election; and thereafter, except as hereinafter provided, it shall not be lawful for a liquor store to be operated therein nor for licensees to maintain and operate licensed premises therein except as hereinafter provided:
(1) As to any stores maintained by the board within any such unit at the time of such licensing, the board shall have a period of thirty days from and after the date of the canvass of the vote upon such election to continue operation of its store or stores therein.
(2) As to any premises licensed hereunder within any such unit at the time of such election, such licensee shall have a period of sixty days from and after the date of the canvass of the vote upon such election in which to discontinue operation of its store or stores therein.
(3) Nothing herein contained shall prevent any distillery, brewery, rectifying plant or winery or the licensed operators thereof from selling its manufactured product, manufactured within such unit, outside the boundaries thereof.
(4) Nothing herein contained shall prevent any person residing in any unit in which the sale of liquor shall have been forbidden by popular vote as herein provided, who is otherwise qualified to receive and hold a permit under this title, from lawfully purchasing without the unit and transporting into or receiving within the unit, liquor lawfully purchased by him or her outside the boundaries of such unit.
[ 2012 c 117 § 288; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 88; RRS § 7306-88.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The "state liquor control board" was renamed the "state liquor and cannabis board" by 2015 c 70 § 3.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.40 - Local Option. › 66.40.150 - Concurrent liquor elections in same election unit prohibited.

RCW 66.40.150
Concurrent liquor elections in same election unit prohibited.
No election in any unit referred to in RCW 66.40.010, 66.40.020, 66.40.040, 66.40.100, 66.40.110, 66.40.120 and 66.40.140, upon the question of whether the sale of liquor shall be permitted within the boundaries of such unit shall be held at the same time as an election is held in the same unit upon the question of whether the sale of liquor under the provisions of RCW 66.40.030 shall be permitted. In the event valid and sufficient petitions are filed which would otherwise place both questions on the same ballot that question upon which the petition was filed with the county auditor first shall be placed on the ballot to the exclusion of the other.
[ 1949 c 93 § 1 (adding new section 88-A to 1933 ex.s. c 62); Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7306-88A.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.040 - Sufficiency of description of offenses in complaints, informations, process, etc.

RCW 66.44.040
Sufficiency of description of offenses in complaints, informations, process, etc.
In describing the offense respecting the sale, or keeping for sale or other disposal, of liquor, or the having, keeping, giving, purchasing or consumption of liquor in any information, summons, conviction, warrant, or proceeding under this title, it shall be sufficient to simply state the sale, or keeping for sale or disposal, having, keeping, giving, purchasing, or consumption of liquor, without stating the name or kind of such liquor or the price thereof, or to whom it was sold or disposed of, or by whom consumed, or from whom it was purchased or received; and it shall not be necessary to state the quantity of liquor so sold, kept for sale, disposed of, had, kept, given, purchased, or consumed, except in the case of offenses where the quantity is essential, and then it shall be sufficient to allege the sale or disposal of more or less than such quantity.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 57; RRS § 7306-57.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.050 - Description of offense in words of statutes—Proof required.

RCW 66.44.050
Description of offense in words of statutes—Proof required.
The description of any offense under this title, in the words of this title, or in any words of like effect, shall be sufficient in law; and any exception, exemption, provision, excuse, or qualification, whether it occurs by way of proviso or in the description of the offense in this title, may be proved by the defendant, but need not be specified or negatived in the information; but if it is so specified or negatived, no proof in relation to the matter so specified or negatived shall be required on the part of the informant or complainant.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 58; RRS § 7306-58.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.060 - Proof of unlawful sale establishes prima facie intent.

RCW 66.44.060
Proof of unlawful sale establishes prima facie intent.
In any proceeding under this title, proof of one unlawful sale of liquor shall suffice to establish prima facie the intent or purpose of unlawfully keeping liquor for sale in violation of this title.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 59; RRS § 7306-59.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.070 - Certified analysis is prima facie evidence of alcoholic content.

RCW 66.44.070
Certified analysis is prima facie evidence of alcoholic content.
A certificate, signed by any person appointed or designated by the board in writing as an analyst, as to the percentage of alcohol contained in any liquid, drink, liquor, or combination of liquors, when produced in any court or before any court shall be prima facie evidence of the percentage of alcohol contained therein.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 60; RRS § 7306-60.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.080 - Service of process on corporation.

RCW 66.44.080
Service of process on corporation.
In all prosecutions, actions, or proceedings under the provisions of this title against a corporation, every summons, warrant, order, writ or other proceeding may be served on the corporation in the same manner as is now provided by law for service of civil process.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 61; RRS § 7306-61.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.090 - Acting without license.

RCW 66.44.090
Acting without license.
Any person doing any act required to be licensed under this title without having in force a license issued to him or her shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2012 c 117 § 289; 1955 c 289 § 2. Prior: (i) 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 28; RRS § 7306-28.(ii) 1939 c 172 § 6(1); 1935 c 174 § 6(1); 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 92(1); RRS § 7306-92(1).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.100 - Opening or consuming liquor in public place—Penalty.

RCW 66.44.100
Opening or consuming liquor in public place—Penalty.
Except as permitted by this title, no person shall open the package containing liquor or consume liquor in a public place. Every person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class 3 civil infraction under chapter 7.80 RCW.
[ 1999 c 189 § 3; 1981 1st ex.s. c 5 § 21; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 34; RRS § 7306-34.]
NOTES:
Application—1999 c 189: See note following RCW 66.28.230.
Effective date—1981 1st ex.s. c 5: See RCW 66.98.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.120 - Unlawful use of seal.

RCW 66.44.120
Unlawful use of seal.
(1) No person other than an employee of the board may keep or have in his or her possession any official seal adopted by the board under this title, unless the same is attached to a package in accordance with the law; nor may any person keep or have in his or her possession any design in imitation of any official seal prescribed under this title, or calculated to deceive by its resemblance thereto, or any paper upon which any design in imitation thereof, or calculated to deceive as aforesaid, is stamped, engraved, lithographed, printed, or otherwise marked.
(2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, every person who willfully violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and is liable on conviction thereof for a first offense to imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than three months nor more than six months, without the option of the payment of a fine, and for a second offense, to imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six months nor more than three hundred sixty-four days, without the option of the payment of a fine.
(b) A third or subsequent offense is a class C felony, punishable by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not less than one year nor more than two years.
[ 2012 c 2 § 209 (Initiative Measure No. 1183, approved November 8, 2011); 2011 c 96 § 46; 2005 c 151 § 11; 2003 c 53 § 299; 1992 c 7 § 42; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 47; RRS § 7306-47.]
NOTES:
Finding—Application—Rules—Effective date—Contingent effective date—2012 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1183): See notes following RCW 66.24.620.
Findings—Intent—2011 c 96: See note following RCW 9A.20.021.
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.130 - Sales of liquor by drink or bottle.

RCW 66.44.130
Sales of liquor by drink or bottle.
Except as otherwise provided in this title, every person who sells by the drink or bottle, any liquor shall be guilty of a violation of this title.
[ 1955 c 289 § 3. Prior: 1939 c 172 § 6(2); 1935 c 174 § 15(2); 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 92(2); RRS § 7306-92(2).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.140 - Unlawful sale, transportation of spirituous liquor without stamp or seal—Unlawful operation, possession of still or mash.

RCW 66.44.140
Unlawful sale, transportation of spirituous liquor without stamp or seal—Unlawful operation, possession of still or mash.
Every person who shall sell or offer for sale, or transport in any manner, any spirituous liquor, without government stamp or seal attached thereto, or who shall operate without a license, any still or other device for the production of spirituous liquor, or shall have in his or her possession or under his or her control any mash capable of being distilled into spirituous liquor except as provided in RCW 66.12.130, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall upon his or her first conviction be fined not less than five hundred dollars and confined in the county jail not less than six months, and upon second and subsequent conviction shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars and confined in the county jail not less than one year.
[ 2012 c 117 § 290; 1980 c 140 § 4; 1955 c 289 § 4. Prior: 1939 c 172 § 6(3); 1935 c 174 § 15(3); 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 92(3); RRS § 7306-92(3).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.150 - Buying liquor illegally.

RCW 66.44.150
Buying liquor illegally.
If any person in this state buys alcoholic beverages from any person other than a person authorized by the board to sell alcoholic beverages, he or she is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2012 c 2 § 210 (Initiative Measure No. 1183, approved November 8, 2011); 1955 c 289 § 5. Prior: 1939 c 172 § 6(4); 1935 c 174 § 15(4); 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 92(4); RRS § 7306-92(4).]
NOTES:
Finding—Application—Rules—Effective date—Contingent effective date—2012 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1183): See notes following RCW 66.24.620.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.160 - Illegal possession, transportation of alcoholic beverages.

RCW 66.44.160
Illegal possession, transportation of alcoholic beverages.
Except as otherwise provided in this title, any person who has or keeps or transports alcoholic beverages other than those purchased from the board, a state liquor store, or some person authorized by the board to sell them, shall be guilty of a violation of this title.
[ 1955 c 289 § 6. Prior: 1939 c 172 § 6(5); 1935 c 174 § 15(5); 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 92(5); RRS § 7306-92(5).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.170 - Illegal possession of liquor with intent to sell—Prima facie evidence, what is.

RCW 66.44.170
Illegal possession of liquor with intent to sell—Prima facie evidence, what is.
Any person who keeps or possesses liquor upon his or her person or in any place, or on premises conducted or maintained by him or her as principal or agent with the intent to sell it contrary to provisions of this title, shall be guilty of a violation of this title. The possession of liquor by the principal or agent on premises conducted or maintained, under federal authority, as a retail dealer in liquors, shall be prima facie evidence of the intent to sell liquor.
[ 2012 c 117 § 291; 1955 c 289 § 7. Prior: 1937 c 144 § 1 (adding new section 92A to 1933 ex.s. c 62); RRS § 7306-92A.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.175 - Violations of law.

RCW 66.44.175
Violations of law.
Every person who violates any provision of this title or the regulations shall be guilty of a violation of this title, whether otherwise declared or not.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 91; RRS § 7306-91.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.180 - General penalties—Jurisdiction for violations.

RCW 66.44.180
General penalties—Jurisdiction for violations.
(1) Every person guilty of a violation of this title for which no penalty has been specifically provided:
(a) For a first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two months, or both;
(b) For a second offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six months; and
(c) For a third or subsequent offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to three hundred sixty-four days.
(2) If the offender convicted of an offense referred to in this section is a corporation, it shall for a first offense be liable to a penalty of not more than five thousand dollars, and for a second or subsequent offense to a penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars, or to forfeiture of its corporate license, or both.
(3) Every district judge and municipal judge shall have concurrent jurisdiction with superior court judges of the state of Washington of all violations of the provisions of this title and may impose any punishment provided therefor.
[ 2011 c 96 § 47; 2003 c 53 § 300; 1987 c 202 § 225; 1981 1st ex.s. c 5 § 22; 1935 c 174 § 16; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 93; RRS § 7306-93.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2011 c 96: See note following RCW 9A.20.021.
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
Effective date—1981 1st ex.s. c 5: See RCW 66.98.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.193 - Sales on university or college campus.

RCW 66.44.193
Sales on university or college campus.
If an institution of higher education chooses to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages on campus, the legislature encourages the institution to feature products produced in the state of Washington.
[ 2003 c 51 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.200 - Sales to persons apparently under the influence of liquor—Purchases or consumption by persons apparently under the influence of liquor on licensed premises—Penalty—Notice—Separation of actions.

RCW 66.44.200
Sales to persons apparently under the influence of liquor—Purchases or consumption by persons apparently under the influence of liquor on licensed premises—Penalty—Notice—Separation of actions.
(1) No person shall sell any liquor to any person apparently under the influence of liquor.
(2)(a) No person who is apparently under the influence of liquor may purchase or consume liquor on any premises licensed by the board.
(b) A violation of this subsection is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
(c) A defendant's intoxication may not be used as a defense in an action under this subsection.
(d) Until July 1, 2000, every establishment licensed under RCW 66.24.330 or 66.24.420 shall conspicuously post in the establishment notice of the prohibition against the purchase or consumption of liquor under this subsection.
(3) An administrative action for violation of subsection (1) of this section and an infraction issued for violation of subsection (2) of this section arising out of the same incident are separate actions and the outcome of one shall not determine the outcome of the other.
[ 1998 c 259 § 1; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 36; RRS § 7306-36.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.210 - Obtaining liquor for ineligible person.

RCW 66.44.210
Obtaining liquor for ineligible person.
Except in the case of liquor administered by a physician or dentist or sold upon a prescription in accordance with the provisions of this title, no person shall procure or supply, or assist directly or indirectly in procuring or supplying, liquor for or to anyone whose permit is suspended or has been canceled.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 38; RRS § 7306-38.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.240 - Drinking in public conveyance—Penalty against carrier—Exception.

RCW 66.44.240
Drinking in public conveyance—Penalty against carrier—Exception.
Every person engaged wholly or in part in the business of carrying passengers for hire, and every agent, servant, or employee of such person, who knowingly permits any person to drink any intoxicating liquor in any public conveyance, except in the compartment where such liquor is sold or served under the authority of a license lawfully issued, is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section does not apply to a public conveyance that is commercially chartered for group use or a for hire vehicle licensed under city, county, or state law.
[ 1983 c 165 § 29; 1909 c 249 § 442; RRS § 2694.]
NOTES:
Legislative finding, intent—Effective dates—Severability—1983 c 165: See notes following RCW 46.20.308.
Alcoholic beverages, drinking or open container in vehicle on highway, exceptions: RCW 46.61.519.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.250 - Drinking in public conveyance—Penalty against individual—Restricted application.

RCW 66.44.250
Drinking in public conveyance—Penalty against individual—Restricted application.
Every person who drinks any intoxicating liquor in any public conveyance, except in a compartment or place where sold or served under the authority of a license lawfully issued, is guilty of a misdemeanor. With respect to a public conveyance that is commercially chartered for group use and with respect to a for hire vehicle licensed under city, county, or state law, this section applies only to the driver of the vehicle.
[ 1983 c 165 § 30; 1909 c 249 § 441; RRS § 2693.]
NOTES:
Legislative finding, intent—Effective dates—Severability—1983 c 165: See notes following RCW 46.20.308.
Alcoholic beverages, drinking or open container in vehicle on highway, exceptions: RCW 46.61.519.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.265 - Candidates giving or purchasing liquor on election day prohibited.

RCW 66.44.265
Candidates giving or purchasing liquor on election day prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for a candidate for office or for nomination thereto whose name appears upon the ballot at any election to give to or purchase for another person, not a member of his or her family, any liquor in or upon any premises licensed by the state for the sale of any such liquor by the drink during the hours that the polls are open on the day of such election.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 112 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.280 - Minor applying for permit.

RCW 66.44.280
Minor applying for permit.
Every person under the age of twenty-one years who makes application for a permit shall be guilty of an offense against this title.
[ 1955 c 70 § 3. Prior: 1935 c 174 § 6(2); 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 37(2); RRS § 7306-37(2).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.290 - Minor purchasing or attempting to purchase liquor—Penalty.

RCW 66.44.290
Minor purchasing or attempting to purchase liquor—Penalty.
(1) Every person under the age of twenty-one years who purchases or attempts to purchase liquor shall be guilty of a violation of this title. This section does not apply to persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years who are participating in a controlled purchase program authorized by the *liquor control board under rules adopted by the board. Violations occurring under a private, controlled purchase program authorized by the *liquor control board may not be used for criminal or administrative prosecution.
(2) An employer who conducts an in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section shall provide his or her employees a written description of the employer's in-house controlled purchase program. The written description must include notice of actions an employer may take as a consequence of an employee's failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of alcohol during an in-house controlled purchase.
(3) An in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section shall be for the purposes of employee training and employer self-compliance checks. An employer may not terminate an employee solely for a first-time failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of alcohol during an in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section.
(4) Every person between the ages of eighteen and twenty, inclusive, who is convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided by RCW 9A.20.021, except that a minimum fine of two hundred fifty dollars shall be imposed and any sentence requiring community restitution shall require not fewer than twenty-five hours of community restitution.
[ 2003 c 53 § 301; 2001 c 295 § 1; 1965 c 49 § 1; 1955 c 70 § 4. Prior: 1935 c 174 § 6(1); 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 37(1); RRS § 7306-37(1).]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The "state liquor control board" was renamed the "state liquor and cannabis board" by 2015 c 70 § 3.
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.292 - Sales to minors by licensee or employee—Board notification to prosecuting attorney to formulate charges against minors.

RCW 66.44.292
Sales to minors by licensee or employee—Board notification to prosecuting attorney to formulate charges against minors.
The Washington *state liquor control board shall furnish notification of any hearing or hearings held, wherein any licensee or his or her employee is found to have sold liquor to a minor, to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the sale took place, upon which the prosecuting attorney may formulate charges against said minor or minors for such violation of RCW 66.44.290 as may appear.
[ 2012 c 117 § 292; 1981 1st ex.s. c 5 § 23; 1965 c 49 § 3.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The "state liquor control board" was renamed the "state liquor and cannabis board" by 2015 c 70 § 3.
Effective date—1981 1st ex.s. c 5: See RCW 66.98.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.300 - Treats, gifts, purchases of liquor for or from minor, or holding out minor as at least twenty-one, in public place where liquor sold.

RCW 66.44.300
Treats, gifts, purchases of liquor for or from minor, or holding out minor as at least twenty-one, in public place where liquor sold.
Any person who invites a minor into a public place where liquor is sold and treats, gives or purchases liquor for such minor, or permits a minor to treat, give or purchase liquor for the adult; or holds out such minor to be twenty-one years of age or older to the owner or employee of the liquor establishment, a law enforcement officer, or a liquor enforcement officer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1994 c 201 § 7; 1941 c 78 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7306-37A.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 66 - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Chapter 66.44 - Enforcement—Penalties. › 66.44.310 - Minors frequenting off-limits area—Misrepresentation of age—Penalty—Classification of licensees.

RCW 66.44.310
Minors frequenting off-limits area—Misrepresentation of age—Penalty—Classification of licensees.
(1) Except as otherwise provided by RCW 66.44.316, 66.44.350, and 66.24.590, it shall be a misdemeanor:
(a) To serve or allow to remain in any area classified by the board as off-limits to any person under the age of twenty-one years;
(b) For any person under the age of twenty-one years to enter or remain in any area classified as off-limits to such a person, but persons under twenty-one years of age may pass through a restricted area in a facility holding a spirits, beer, and wine private club license;
(c) For any person under the age of twenty-one years to represent his or her age as being twenty-one or more years for the purpose of purchasing liquor or securing admission to, or remaining in any area classified by the board as off-limits to such a person.
(2) The Washington *state liquor control board shall have the power and it shall be its duty to classify licensed premises or portions of licensed premises as off-limits to persons under the age of twenty-one years of age.
[ 2007 c 370 § 12; 1998 c 126 § 14; 1997 c 321 § 53; 1994 c 201 § 8; 1981 1st ex.s. c 5 § 24; 1943 c 245 § 1 (adding new section 36-A to 1933 ex.s. c 62); Rem. Supp. 1943 § 7306-36A. Formerly RCW 66.24.130 and 66.44.310.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The "state liquor control board" was renamed the "state liquor and cannabis board" by 2015 c 70 § 3.
Effective date—2007 c 370 §§ 10-20: See note following RCW 66.04.010.
Effective date—1998 c 126: See note following RCW 66.20.010.
Effective date—1997 c 321: See note following RCW 66.24.010.
Effective date—1981 1st ex.s. c 5: See RCW 66.98.100.
Minors, access to tobacco, role of liquor and cannabis board: Chapter 70.155 RCW.