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title: O.C.G.A. § 3-4-111. Sale by wholesalers to licensees; purchase by licensees from wholesalers; declaration of contraband.
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# O.C.G.A. § 3-4-111. Sale by wholesalers to licensees; purchase by licensees from wholesalers; declaration of contraband.

(a) Those persons who are duly licensed as wholesalers of distilled spirits under this title may sell distilled spirits at wholesale prices to any person or persons licensed as provided in this article. Persons licensed under this article may purchase distilled spirits from a licensed wholesaler at wholesale prices.

(b) Any distilled spirits possessed, sold, or offered for sale by a retail dealer or retail consumption dealer which are purchased or otherwise acquired from any person other than a wholesale dealer authorized to do business under this chapter are declared to be contraband and shall be seized and disposed of by the commissioner in the manner provided in this title.

## History

Ga. L. 1964, p. 771, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 1140, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1972, p. 207, § 13; Ga. L. 1973, p. 610, § 1; Code 1933, § 5A-2905, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 827, § 3/HB 1066.