Manufacturing, Rectifying or Sale Without License or Permit; Penalties.

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12-8-102. Manufacturing, rectifying or sale without license or permit; penalties.

(a) Any person who manufactures or rectifies any alcoholic beverage without holding a manufacturer's license or who possesses a still without holding a manufacturer's license is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both. Any equipment possessed and used in an illegal manner shall be confiscated by the state and disposed of as directed by the court. Nothing in this subsection shall apply to the manufacture of homemade beer, mead, wine and fermented fruit juice if the total of beer, mead, wine and fermented fruit juice produced during a calendar year does not exceed:

(i) One hundred (100) gallons in a household having one (1) person who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older; or

(ii) Two hundred (200) gallons in a household having two (2) or more persons who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 12-10-102, any person who sells any alcoholic liquor or malt beverage without holding a license or permit authorizing the sale is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.


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