26 U.S.C. § 5611

§5611. Release of distillery before judgment

Edition 2024

U.S.C. Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
26 U.S.C.

United States Code, 2024 Edition

Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

Subtitle E - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes

CHAPTER 51 - DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER

Subchapter J - Penalties, Seizures, and Forfeitures Relating to Liquors

PART I - PENALTY, SEIZURE, AND FORFEITURE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DISTILLING, RECTIFYING, AND DISTILLED AND RECTIFIED PRODUCTS

Sec. 5611 - Release of distillery before judgment

From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§5611. Release of distillery before judgment

Any distillery or distilling apparatus seized on any premises qualified under this chapter, for any violation of law, may, in the discretion of the court, be released before final judgment to a receiver appointed by the court to operate such distillery or apparatus. Such receiver shall give bond, which shall be approved in open court, with corporate surety, for the full appraised value of all the property seized, to be ascertained by three competent appraisers designated and appointed by the court. Funds obtained from such operation shall be impounded as the court shall direct pending such final judgment.

(Added Pub. L. 85–859, title II, §201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1404.)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions
A prior section 5611, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 685, related to penalty for using false weights and measures, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859. See section 5603 of this title.

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in prior section 5624, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 688, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.

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