2017 US Code
Title 27 - Intoxicating Liquors
Chapter 6 - Transportation in Interstate Commerce
Sec. 121 - State statutes as operative on termination of transportation; original packages

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Citation 27 U.S.C. § 121 (2017)
Section Name ยง121. State statutes as operative on termination of transportation; original packages
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

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

Editorial Notes SHORT TITLE

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

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 27 - INTOXICATING LIQUORS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 27 - INTOXICATING LIQUORS
CHAPTER 6 - TRANSPORTATION IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE
Sec. 121 - State statutes as operative on termination of transportation; original packages
Contains section 121
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Short Titles "Wilson Act"
"Original Packages Act".
Statutes at Large References 26 Stat. 313
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