26 USC § 5611 - Release of distillery before judgment

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identifier: "/us/usc/t26/s5611"
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title: "26 USC § 5611 - Release of distillery before judgment"
title_number: 26
title_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"
section_number: "5611"
section_name: "Release of distillery before judgment"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "Penalties, Seizures, and Forfeitures Relating to Liquors"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "PENALTY, SEIZURE, AND FORFEITURE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DISTILLING, RECTIFYING, AND DISTILLED AND RECTIFIED PRODUCTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1404.)"
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# § 5611. Release of distillery before judgment

Any distillery or distilling apparatus seized on any premises qualified under this chapter, for any violation of law, may, in the discretion of the court, be released before final judgment to a receiver appointed by the court to operate such distillery or apparatus. Such receiver shall give bond, which shall be approved in open court, with corporate surety, for the full appraised value of all the property seized, to be ascertained by three competent appraisers designated and appointed by the court. Funds obtained from such operation shall be impounded as the court shall direct pending such final judgment.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1404.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 5611, , , related to penalty for using false weights and measures, prior to the general revision of this chapter by . See .

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in prior section 5624, , , prior to the general revision of this chapter by .