Any person who knowingly possesses, keeps, stores, or retains for the purpose of sale, or sells or offers to sell, any container or containers of alcoholic beverage with a tax value greater than five hundred dollars ($500) where the taxes imposed under this part have not been paid is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1087, Sec. 47.5. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Terms Used In California Revenue and Taxation Code 32557

  • Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, general partner of a partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership, association, corporation, company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 19
  • Tax: as used in this part , except in Chapters 4 (commencing with Section 32151) and 5 (commencing with Section 32201), means the excise tax imposed by this part on beer or wine or on distilled spirits. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 32004