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Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73not60

§3667 Liquors and Related Property; Definitions

Title 18 › Part II— CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 232— MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCING PROVISIONS › § 3667

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Liquor involved in violations of sections 1261–1265, the bottles or containers it’s in, and any vehicle or vessel used to move it can be taken by the government and kept or sold. The handling and sale of that property or the money from it follow the rules for seizures and forfeitures under the internal-revenue laws. vessel: any kind of watercraft used, or able to be used, for travel on water or on water and air. vehicle: includes animals and any kind of carriage or device used, or able to be used, for travel on land or through the air.

Full Legal Text

Title 18, §3667

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All liquor involved in any violation of section 1261–1265 of this title, the containers of such liquor, and every vehicle or vessel used in the transportation thereof, shall be seized and forfeited and such property or its proceeds disposed of in accordance with the laws relating to seizures, forfeitures, and dispositions of property or proceeds, for violation of the internal-revenue laws. As used in this section, “vessel” includes every description of watercraft used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation in water or in water and air; “vehicle” includes animals and every description of carriage or other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land or through the air.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Based on section 222 and 224 of title 27, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Intoxicating Liquors (June 25, 1936, ch. 815, §§ 2, 4, 49 Stat. 1928). Section consolidates section 222 and 224 of title 27, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with changes in phraseology and arrangement necessary to effect the consolidation. Said section 222 is also incorporated in section 1262 of this title. Definition of “State” in section 222 of title 27 U.S.C., 1940 ed., as meaning and including “every State, Territory, and Possession of the United States,” was omitted because the words “Territory, District,” and so forth, appear after “State” in section 1262, 1265, of this title, which are the only sections in chapter 59, constituting section 1261–1265 of this title, to which such definition would have been applicable. Changes made in phraseology.

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Citation

18 U.S.C. § 3667

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60