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18 U.S.C. § 1265 — C.O.D. shipments prohibited

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 143 words · no verdicts yet

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This section prohibits collecting payment for certain alcohol shipments into places that prohibit delivery or sale, except for actual transportation and delivery. The penalty is a fine, up to one year in prison, or both.

A railroad, express company, other common carrier, or person may not, in transporting beverage-suitable spirituous, vinous, malted, or other fermented liquor (or a compound containing it) into a State, Territory, District, or Possession that prohibits its delivery or sale, collect all or part of the purchase price before, at, or after delivery from the consignee or anyone else, or act as the buyer’s or seller’s agent to buy, sell, or complete the sale. The only exception is actual transportation and delivery. The violator may be fined under this title, imprisoned up to one year, or both.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Any railroad or express company, or other common carrier which, or any person who, in connection with the transportation of any spirituous, vinous, malted, or other fermented liquor, or any compound containing any spirituous, vinous, malted, or other fermented liquor fit for use for beverage purposes, into any State, Territory, District or Possession of the United States, which prohibits the delivery or sale therein of such liquor, collects the purchase price or any part thereof, before, on, or after delivery, from the consignee, or from any other person, or in any manner acts as the agent of the buyer or seller of any such liquor, for the purpose of buying or selling or completing the sale thereof, saving only in the actual transportation and delivery of the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 762; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 762
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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