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243.130 Transactions permitted to distillers, rectifiers, and wineries.
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Sales and deliveries of distilled spirits and wine may be made at wholesale, and
from the licensed premises only:
(a) By distillers to rectifiers, wineries, holders of special nonbeverage alcohol
licenses so far as they may make the purchases, or other distillers;
(b) By rectifiers to wineries or to distillers if distilled spirits sold to distillers are
packaged in retail containers;
(c) By wineries to rectifiers or other wineries, or to the holders of special
nonbeverage alcohol licenses;
(d) By distillers, rectifiers, or wineries to wholesalers; or
(e) By distillers, rectifiers, or wineries for export out of the state.
No distiller, rectifier, or winery shall sell or contract to sell, give away, or deliver
any alcoholic beverages to any person who is not authorized by the law of the state
of the person's residence, and of the United States government if located in the
United States, to receive and possess those alcoholic beverages. Except as provided
in KRS 243.0305, no distiller, rectifier, or winery shall sell or contract to sell, give
away, or deliver any of its products to any retailer or consumer in Kentucky.
Employees of distillers, rectifiers, and wineries may sample the products produced
by that manufacturer for purposes of education, quality control, and product
development.
Distillers may purchase distilled spirits only from other licensed distillers in this
state or in another state or province, but distillers may purchase from rectifiers
licensed in Kentucky, distilled spirits which are packaged in retail containers.
Rectifiers may purchase distilled spirits and wine only from licensed distillers or
wineries in Kentucky, or from nonresident distillers or wineries authorized by the
law of the state of their residence and by the United States government, if the
distillers or wineries are located in the United States, to make the sales.
Wineries may purchase distilled spirits or wine only from licensed distillers or
wineries in Kentucky, or from nonresident distillers or wineries authorized by law
of the state of their residence, and by the United States government if located in the
United States, to make the sales.
Nothing shall prohibit the purchase or sale of warehouse receipts by any person, but
this subsection does not authorize the owner of a warehouse receipt to accept
delivery of any distilled spirits unless the owner is a person who is permitted by law
to receive the distilled spirits.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
(a) Vitiate the policy of this Commonwealth supporting an orderly three (3) tier
system for the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; or
(b) Allow delivery or shipment of alcohol into dry or moist territory.
Effective: April 13, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 3, effective April 13, 2018. -- Amended
2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 52, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts
ch. 121, sec. 60, effective June 25, 2013. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1,
effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2554b-119.
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