Fla. Stat. 562.41
Searches; penalty

(1)

Any authorized employee of the division, any sheriff, any deputy sheriff, or any police officer may make searches of persons, places, and conveyances of any kind whatsoever in accordance with the laws of this state for the purpose of determining whether or not the provisions of the Beverage Law are being violated.

(2)

Any authorized employee of the division, any sheriff, any deputy sheriff, or any police officer may enter in the daytime any building or place where any beverages subject to tax under the Beverage Law or which would be subject to tax thereunder if such beverages were manufactured in or brought into this state in accordance with the regulatory provisions thereof, or any alcoholic beverages, are manufactured, produced, or kept, so far as may be necessary, for the purpose of examining said beverages. When such premises are open at night, such officers may enter them while so open, in the performance of their official duties.

(3)

Any owner of such premises or person having the agency, superintendency, or possession of same, who refuses to admit such officer or to suffer her or him to examine such beverages, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(4)

Any person who shall forcibly obstruct or hinder the director, any division employee, any sheriff, any deputy sheriff, or any police officer in the execution of any power or authority vested in her or him by law, or who shall forcibly rescue or cause to be rescued any property if the same shall have been seized by such officer, or shall attempt or endeavor to do so, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(5)

Licensees, by the acceptance of their license, agree that their places of business shall always be subject to be inspected and searched without search warrants by the authorized employees of the division and also by sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and police officers during business hours or at any other time such premises are occupied by the licensee or other persons.

Source: Section 562.41 — Searches; penalty, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0562.­41 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

562.01
Possession of untaxed beverages 562.02
Possession of beverage not permitted to be sold under license 562.03
Storage on licensed premises 562.06
Sale only on licensed premises 562.07
Illegal transportation of beverages 562.11
Selling, giving, or serving alcoholic beverages to person under age 21 562.12
Beverages sold with improper license, or without license or registration, or held with intent to sell prohibited 562.13
Employment of minors or certain other persons by certain vendors prohibited 562.14
Regulating the time for sale of alcoholic and intoxicating beverages 562.15
Unlawful possession 562.16
Possession of beverages upon which tax is unpaid 562.17
Collection of unpaid beverage taxes 562.18
Possession of beverage upon which federal tax unpaid 562.20
Monthly reports by common and other carriers of beverages required 562.23
Conspiracy to violate Beverage Law 562.24
Administration of oaths by director or authorized employees 562.25
State bonded warehouses 562.025
Possession of beverages as food ingredients 562.26
Delivering beverage on which tax unpaid 562.27
Seizure and forfeiture 562.28
Possession of beverages in fraud of Beverage Law 562.29
Raw materials and personal property 562.30
Possession of beverage prima facie evidence 562.31
Possession of raw materials prima facie evidence 562.32
Moving or concealing beverage with intent to defraud state of tax 562.33
Beverage and personal property 562.34
Containers 562.35
Conveyance 562.36
Beverage on conveyance prima facie evidence 562.38
Report of seizures 562.41
Searches 562.42
Destruction of forfeited property 562.44
Donation of forfeited beverages or raw materials to state institutions 562.45
Penalties for violating Beverage Law 562.46
Legal remedies not impaired 562.47
Rules of evidence 562.48
Minors patronizing, visiting, or loitering in a dance hall 562.50
Habitual drunkards 562.51
Retail alcoholic beverage establishments 562.61
Sale, offer for sale, purchase, or use of alcohol vaporizing devices prohibited 562.061
Misrepresentation of beverages sold on licensed premises 562.111
Possession of alcoholic beverages by persons under age 21 prohibited 562.112
Alcohol-related or drug-related overdoses 562.121
Operating bottle club without license prohibited 562.131
Solicitation for sale of alcoholic beverage prohibited 562.165
Production of beer or wine for personal or family use 562.408
Exercise of police power 562.451
Moonshine whiskey 562.452
Curb service of intoxicating liquor prohibited 562.453
Curb drinking of intoxicating liquor prohibited 562.454
Vendors to be closed in time of riot 562.455
Adulterating liquor

Current through Fall 2025

§ 562.41. Searches; penalty's source at flsenate​.gov