27 U.S.C. § 122 — Shipments into States for possession or sale in violation of State law
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It is against federal law to ship or transport alcoholic beverages across state or territory lines, or in from a foreign country, when someone intends the alcohol to be received, possessed, sold, or used in violation of the receiving state or territory's own law.
The shipment or transportation, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, of any spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquor of any kind, from one State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, which said spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquor is intended, by any person interested therein, to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used, either in the original package or otherwise, in violation of any law of such State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, is prohibited.
Source credit: (Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 740, § 202(b), 49 Stat. 877.)
- 1935Enacted · Act of Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 740 · 49 Stat. 877
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 740 on 1935-08-27.
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