Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-5-116
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Hearing to determine whether taxes are unpaid - Order
Official statutory text
to confiscate and forfeit.
A. After the seizure of such container of alcoholic beverage
upon which the taxes have not been paid, any officer or employee of
the ABLE Commission, designated in writing by the Director, shall
hold a hearing to determine whether the container of alcoholic
beverage seized did not have the necessary taxes paid as required by
the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and the rules
thereunder. The ABLE Commission shall give not less than seven-
days' notice of the time and place of such hearing to the owner of
such container of alcoholic beverage, if known, and also to the
person in whose possession such container was found, if such person
is known, and if such person in possession is not the owner of the
property. The Director, or any employee of the ABLE Commission,
designated to conduct such hearing, shall have power to administer
oaths and the power to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of
and the giving of testimony by witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum
requiring the production of books, papers, records and memoranda.
B. Pursuant to such hearing, the ABLE Commission shall
determine whether the container of alcoholic beverage seized did not
have the taxes paid as required by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage
Control Act and the rules thereunder, and upon a decision to that
effect, an order shall be entered that such container of alcoholic
beverage is confiscated and forfeited to the State of Oklahoma. The
ABLE Commission shall give notice of such order to the owner of such
container of alcoholic beverage, if known, and also to the person in
whose possession the property so taken was found, if such person is
known, and if such person in possession is not the owner of the
property.
A. After the seizure of such container of alcoholic beverage
upon which the taxes have not been paid, any officer or employee of
the ABLE Commission, designated in writing by the Director, shall
hold a hearing to determine whether the container of alcoholic
beverage seized did not have the necessary taxes paid as required by
the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and the rules
thereunder. The ABLE Commission shall give not less than seven-
days' notice of the time and place of such hearing to the owner of
such container of alcoholic beverage, if known, and also to the
person in whose possession such container was found, if such person
is known, and if such person in possession is not the owner of the
property. The Director, or any employee of the ABLE Commission,
designated to conduct such hearing, shall have power to administer
oaths and the power to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of
and the giving of testimony by witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum
requiring the production of books, papers, records and memoranda.
B. Pursuant to such hearing, the ABLE Commission shall
determine whether the container of alcoholic beverage seized did not
have the taxes paid as required by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage
Control Act and the rules thereunder, and upon a decision to that
effect, an order shall be entered that such container of alcoholic
beverage is confiscated and forfeited to the State of Oklahoma. The
ABLE Commission shall give notice of such order to the owner of such
container of alcoholic beverage, if known, and also to the person in
whose possession the property so taken was found, if such person is
known, and if such person in possession is not the owner of the
property.
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