2011 US Code
Title 27 - Intoxicating Liquors
Chapter 6 - TRANSPORTATION IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE (§§ 121 - 124)
Section 121 - State statutes as operative on termination of transportation; original packages

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 27 - INTOXICATING LIQUORS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 27 - INTOXICATING LIQUORS
CHAPTER 6 - TRANSPORTATION IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE
Sec. 121 - State statutes as operative on termination of transportation; original packages
Containssection 121
Date2011
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 3, 2012
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Short TitlesWilson Act
Original Packages Act
Source CreditAug. 8, 1890, ch. 728, 26 Stat. 313.
Statutes at Large Reference26 Stat. 313

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27 USC § 121 (2011)
§121. State statutes as operative on termination of transportation; original packages

All fermented, distilled, or other intoxicating liquors or liquids transported into any State or Territory or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale, or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such State or Territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such liquids or liquors had been produced in such State or Territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise.

(Aug. 8, 1890, ch. 728, 26 Stat. 313.)

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Act Aug. 8, 1890, is popularly known as the “Wilson Act” or the “Original Packages Act”.

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