{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-18b-304","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-304","heading":"Sale and possession for sale.","body":"(a)\tOffense. - It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any alcoholic beverage, or possess any alcoholic beverage for sale, without first obtaining the applicable ABC permit and revenue licenses.\n(b)\tPrima Facie Evidence. - Possession of the following amounts of alcoholic beverages, without a permit authorizing that possession, shall be prima facie evidence that the possessor is possessing those alcoholic beverages for sale:\n(1)\tMore than 80 liters of malt beverages, other than draft malt beverages in kegs;\n(2)\tMore than eight liters of spirituous liquor; or\n(3)\tAny amount of nontaxpaid alcoholic beverages. (1913, c. 44, s. 2; 1915, c. 97, s. 8; 1923, c. 1, ss. 2, 6, 10; C.S., ss. 3379, 3411(b), (f), (j); 1937, c. 49, ss. 13, 15; 1945, c. 635; 1949, c. 1251, s. 2; 1951, c. 850; 1955, c. 560; 1957, c. 984; c. 1235, s. 1; 1963, c. 932; 1967, c. 222, ss. 4, 6; 1969, c. 789; 1971, c. 872, s. 1; 1975, c. 654, s. 4; 1977, c. 176, ss. 1-3; 1981, c. 412, s. 2; c. 747, s. 42; 1989, c. 553, s. 2; 1993, c. 508, s. 3.)","path":["Chapter 18B. Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages.","Article 3. Sale, Possession, and Consumption."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_18B/GS_18B-304.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:57:47Z","sha256":"6c2bbd6a600f65ea19d0a37bd3a1533131d5f0c5b4ff2a1ba21dd9648c9058cc","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-18b-303","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-18b-305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}