Title 11
Criminal Offenses

Chapter 30
Nuisances

R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-30-2

§ 11-30-2. Unlicensed manufacture or distribution of intoxicating liquor.

(a) All buildings, places, tenements, vehicles, or vessels used for the manufacture for sale, the transportation for sale, the sale, or the keeping for sale, of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes are declared to be common nuisances unless it shall be used, manufactured, kept for sale, or sold under a validly existing license issued for that purpose by some board, body, or official authorized to issue it.

(b) “Liquor” or “intoxicating liquor” means any liquid fit for beverage purposes containing more than three and two-tenths per cent (3.2%) of alcohol by weight.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1858, § 1; P.L. 1933, ch. 2045, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-2.