Title 61, Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages

The department and the division must file annually with the Governor and the General Assembly their annual reports as of June thirtieth of each year, and must report to the Governor on their affairs generally or on special matters as often as he requires.

In the event of a licensee's death, except in the case of a license issued to more than one person, the personal representative of the deceased licensee may, with the consent of the probate court and upon permit of the department, continue the operation of the business covered by…

The department must refuse to issue any license under this article or Article 7 of this chapter if the department is of the opinion that: (1) the applicant is not a suitable person to be so licensed; (2) the store or place of business to be occupied by the applicant is not a suit…

The department may suspend or revoke a license issued under this article or Article 7 of this chapter if it determines that: (1) the licensee is not a suitable person to hold the license; or (2) the store or place of business occupied by the licensee is not a suitable place.

The department must revoke the license of a wholesaler if proof is obtained that the wholesaler has a direct or an indirect interest in a retail store.

The department must immediately revoke a retail license to sell alcoholic liquors if the licensee or an officer of the licensee is, during the effective period of the license, indebted to a wholesaler licensed by the department, except an indebtedness for current purchases of alc…

Alcoholic liquors owned by or in possession of a licensee for sale at the time the license is suspended or revoked or otherwise terminated may, upon the issuance by the department of a permit, within the time fixed in the permit, and upon those conditions as the department specif…

The unlawful sale, barter, exchange, storage or keeping in possession in this State of spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented, brewed (whether lager or rice beer) or other liquors or beverages or a compound or mixture thereof which contains alcohol and is used as a beverage is hereb…

Any person may appear before a magistrate in the county and swear out an arrest warrant on personal knowledge or on information and belief charging a nuisance, giving the names of witnesses against the keeper or manager of the place and his aides and assistants, if any. The magis…

Under the arrest warrant, the defendant must be arrested and brought before a magistrate and the case must be disposed of as other crimes, except that when the magistrate commits or binds over the parties for trial to the next term of court of general sessions for the county, he …

Upon receipt of any such paper, the solicitor immediately must apply to a circuit judge at chambers in that circuit, or to the nearest circuit judge if there is none in that circuit, for an order or injunction restraining the defendants, their servants, or agents from keeping, re…

A person who violates the terms of a restraining order granted in such proceedings must be punished for contempt by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars and by imprisonment not less than ninety days nor more than one year. In contempt pro…

Liquors seized as provided in this chapter and the vessels containing the liquors must not be taken from the custody of the officers in possession thereof by a writ of replevin or other process, except as provided in Section 61-8-20. No suit shall lie for damages alleged to arise…

When a solicitor neglects or refuses to perform a duty or to take any steps required of him by a provision of this chapter, the Attorney General, on his own motion or by request of the Governor, must, in person or by an assistant, proceed to the locality and perform the neglected…

A wholesale druggist may lawfully sell, in wholesale quantities only, pure alcohol for medical purposes only or grain alcohol to be used by chemists or bacteriologists actually engaged in scientific work to retail druggists and to public or charitable hospitals or to medical or p…

A retail druggist whose place of business is located in a municipality of this State and who is a registered or licensed pharmacist or who regularly employs a registered or licensed pharmacist may sell, in the manner set out in this article and upon filing a bond in the sum of fi…

A person may manufacture ethyl and methyl alcohol from sawdust, slabs or any other wood substance, or from molasses.

A person who engages in the manufacture of alcohol under the provisions of this article must enter into a bond to the State in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with surety, to be approved by the Governor, conditioned for the faithful observance of and compliance with the provisio…

(A) A person engaged in the manufacture of ethyl alcohol as provided in Section 61-10-210: (1) may not sell it in this State unless it is denatured; (2) may ship ethyl alcohol undenatured to points outside this State for use in manufacturing and in the sciences and arts, but only…

No alcohol manufactured under the provisions of this article may be used as a beverage or for medicinal purposes.

A person who manufactures alcohol under the provisions of this article must, while the alcohol remains in this State, store and keep it in a general United States bonded warehouse or in another warehouse and file with the Secretary of State a declaration setting forth the exact l…

A person who manufactures alcohol under the provisions of this article must keep a record which shows the quantity of alcohol manufactured, the quantity transported or shipped, and to whom and where the alcohol was shipped. This record is subject to the inspection of any attorney…

(A) If a person who manufactures alcohol under the provisions of this article sells it for or consents to its use as a beverage, either in or outside this State, ethyl alcohol so manufactured, or violates the provisions of this article, he must forfeit to the State all property i…

A person who manufactures in this State ginger ale or similar soft drinks in which there is an alcoholic ingredient not exceeding one-third of one percent may import alcohol into this State or order and receive alcohol from another state in quantities not exceeding ten gallons, f…

Nothing in this article prohibits the sale of wood or denatured alcohol.

No sale of pure alcohol for medicinal purposes may be made by a retail druggist except upon the prescription of a regular practicing physician of this State who, before writing the prescription, makes an actual examination of the person for whom the prescription is issued.

No prescription may be filled except on the day it is issued or the following day. No more than one-half pint of alcohol may be sold and delivered on one prescription. When a prescription is filled, it may not be refilled. No druggist who is also a practicing physician may fill h…

A prescription issued pursuant to this article must be substantially in the following form: "State of South Carolina - County. To - druggist. I, -, a regular licensed and practicing physician under the laws of this State, do hereby certify that I have examined -, a patient in my …

A retail druggist whose place of business is located in a municipality of the State may sell alcohol in quantities not greater than five gallons to be used in the arts or for scientific or mechanical purposes and the druggist may sell, in like quantities, to chemists and bacterio…

A person desiring to purchase alcohol for any purpose set forth in Section 61-10-60 must sign a written printed statement giving his name, residence, occupation, the purpose for which he intends to use the alcohol, and a certification that the alcohol is purchased in good faith f…

The druggist must retain prescriptions for alcohol and the statements required by Section 61-10-70 for inspection as required by law for the retention of the prescription of narcotics and other drugs.

A druggist or physician who violates the provisions of this article must, in addition to the punishment provided in this article, have his license revoked for not more than one year for each offense.

Revenue allocated to counties for educational purposes relating to the use of alcoholic liquors and the rehabilitation of alcoholics, drug abusers, and drug addicts pursuant to Section 6-27-40 and Section 12-33-245 must be regulated and disbursed in accordance with the provisions…

Before the use of the revenue described in Section 61-12-10, the governing body of each county must: (a) designate a single existing county agency or organization, either public or private, as the sole agency in the county for alcohol and drug abuse planning for programs funded b…

The single county agency, as provided for in Section 61-12-20, must provide for citizen participation and consumer input in the development and implementation of the county alcohol and drug abuse plan through an existing board or advisory committee or, where none exists or where …

Revenue funds received in accordance with this chapter must be expended only for activities and services which are called for in, and are consistent with, the recommendations of the approved county alcohol and drug abuse plan.

Each county governing body must: (a) establish methods of administration necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the programs and services or projects, including the provision of annual reports of progress toward implementing county plans to the Office of Substance Us…

The provisions of this chapter must not be construed as prohibiting two or more counties from joining together in plans, programs, and projects or in designating a single agency to administer multicounty plans required by item (b) of Section 61-12-20.

Funds disbursed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must be used only to supplement and increase the level of federal, state, local, and other funding that in the absence of these funds would be made available, and must in no event be used to supplant federal, state, local…