(a) Any officer or inspector of the Division so authorized, may seize, without a warrant, any alcoholic liquor, as well as any receptacle containing it, shipped into a municipality or part of this State in which a prohibitory law is in force, or whose competent authority has decided, in the manner set forth in § 102 of this title, that any license or any certain kind of license shall not be granted, unless each parcel containing such alcoholic liquor is clearly and visibly addressed to the bona fide purchaser. The fact that such parcel is so addressed shall not, however, prevent the seizure of the alcoholic liquor and of the receptacle containing it if such alcoholic liquor is shipped or sold contrary to any provision of this title.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 1102

  • Barrel: when used as a container for beer, means such container having a capacity of 31 United States standard gallons of 231 cubic inches. See Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 101
  • Beer: means any beverage containing more than 1/2 of 1% of ethyl alcohol by volume, obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of any infusion or decoction of barley malt and hops in water and includes, among other things, ale, porter, stout and other malt or brewed liquors. See Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 101
  • Division: means "Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement. See Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 101
  • License: means any license or permit to manufacture, to sell, to purchase, to transport, to import or to possess alcoholic liquor authorized or issued by the Commissioner under the provisions of Chapter 5 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 101
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302

(b) The alcoholic liquor seized as well as the receptacles containing it shall be handed over to the Division.

(c) This section shall not apply to an individual, the holder of a license to purchase a stock of draft beer in half barrel or quarter barrel containers for personal use, who having said license then with him or her, is personally transporting for his or her own personal use such draft beer.

38 Del. Laws, c. 18, § ?56; Code 1935, § ?6183; 42 Del. Laws, c. 191, § ?7; 4 Del. C. 1953, § ?1102; 55 Del. Laws, c. 82, § ?12; 58 Del. Laws, c. 248, § ?3; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 486, § ?13;