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Title
07
:
Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter
003
:
PROHIBITED ACTS
§
63. Importation or transportation of liquors; prohibitions; personal import
limit; penalty
Subsection (a) effective until January 1,
2016; see also subsection (a) effective January 1, 2016 set out below.
(a) All
spirituous liquors imported or transported into this State shall be imported or
transported by and through the Liquor Control Board. A person importing or
transporting or causing to be imported or transported into this State any
spirituous liquors shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more
than $1,000.00, or both. However, a person may import or transport not more
than eight quarts of spirituous liquors into this State in his or her own
private vehicle or in his or her actual possession at the time of importation
without license or permit.
Subsection (a) effective January 1, 2016;
see also subsection (a) effective until January 1, 2016 set out above.
(a) All spirits
and fortified wines imported or transported into this State shall be imported
or transported by and through the Liquor Control Board. A person importing or
transporting or causing to be imported or transported into this State any
spirits and fortified wines shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined
not more than $1,000.00, or both. However, a person may import or transport not
more than eight quarts of spirits and fortified wines into this State in his or
her own private vehicle or in his or her actual possession at the time of
importation without license or permit.
(b) Except as
provided in sections 66 and 68 of this title, all malt or vinous beverages, or
both, imported or transported into this State shall be imported or transported
by and through a wholesale dealer holding a wholesale dealer's license issued
by the Liquor Control Board. A person importing or transporting or causing to
be imported or transported into this State any malt or vinous beverages, or
both, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than
$1,000.00, or both. Provided, however, a person may import or transport not
more than six gallons of malt or vinous beverages, or both, into this State in
his or her own private vehicle or in his or her actual possession at the time
of importation without license or permit, providing it is not for resale.
(Amended 1991, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.); 2005, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May
10, 2006; 2007, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 19, 2008; 2013, No. 72, §
24; 2015, No. 51, § A.14, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.)