# Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-106: Delivery of seized liquor to sheriff

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-106

## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-106
- **Heading:** Delivery of seized liquor to sheriff
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 57 / Chapter 9 / Section 57-9-106

## Text

Every officer, other than the sheriff, taking into possession intoxicating liquors as provided for in § 57-9-103 , shall within five (5) days after so doing, deliver the intoxicating liquors to the sheriff of the county wherein the same was taken into possession, and the sheriff shall execute to the officer a receipt for same in writing showing the kind and quantity of intoxicating liquors so delivered, and the name or names of the person from whom the intoxicating liquors were taken, if such name be known to the officer. Acts 1919, ch. 50, § 3; Shan. Supp., § 6798a19b3; Code 1932, § 11226; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 57-607.
Every officer, other than the sheriff, taking into possession intoxicating liquors as provided for in § 57-9-103 , shall within five (5) days after so doing, deliver the intoxicating liquors to the sheriff of the county wherein the same was taken into possession, and the sheriff shall execute to the officer a receipt for same in writing showing the kind and quantity of intoxicating liquors so delivered, and the name or names of the person from whom the intoxicating liquors were taken, if such name be known to the officer.
Acts 1919, ch. 50, § 3; Shan. Supp., § 6798a19b3; Code 1932, § 11226; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 57-607.

## Nearby sections

- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-101 Destruction of liquor and paraphernalia](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-101.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-102 Arrest of persons implicated in manufacture](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-102.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-103 Officers to take into possession intoxicating liquors held or transported illegally](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-103.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-104 Officers to file written statement about intoxicants taken](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-104.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-105 Court having jurisdiction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-105.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-106 Delivery of seized liquor to sheriff](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-106.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-107 Sheriff to keep intoxicants until otherwise ordered by court](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-107.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-108 Sheriff's statement of intoxicants held](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-108.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-109 Notice to owners](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-109.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-110 Notice when name of owner unknown](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-110.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-111 Claimants of liquor - Petition](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-111.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-112 Answer to petition claiming ownership](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-112.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-113 Petition claiming ownership tried in summary manner](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-113.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-9-114 Determination of claims to liquor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C9_S57-9-114.md)

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