§ 12-2-204 — Manner of advertisement and sale of confiscated intoxicating beverages

(a) In connection with the advertisement concerning the sale of intoxicating beverages, the advertisement shall contain the manner in which interested parties can obtain information regarding the description of the beverages to be sold, the number of bottles, the size of bottles, and the brand name or names. The advertisement shall likewise contain the time and place of the sale and such a sale for intoxicating beverages shall only be held in a wet county. (b) The advertisement shall be for a period of not less than ten (10) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, by printed public notices posted in at least two (2) public places in the county where the beverages are to be sold and one (1) of the places shall include the courthouse. In addition thereto, a copy of the notice of sale shall be circularized and mailed to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the licensed retail liquor dealers in the city and county in which the sale is to be held. All persons submitting a bid for the intoxicating beverages shall be licensed to sell such intoxicating beverages in this state, and all bids received shall be in writing and the terms of the sale shall be cash.

Legislative History

Acts 1959, ch. 303, § 2; T.C.A., § 12-222; Acts 1992, ch. 713, § 3.