Title 26Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73

§5365 Segregation of operations

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle E— - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes › Chapter CHAPTER 51— - DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER › Subchapter Subchapter F— - Bonded and Taxpaid Wine Premises › Part PART II— - OPERATIONS › § 5365

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can require that wine operations in a place be kept separate, by walls or other means, to protect tax revenue and stop mixing different wines or methods.

Full Legal Text

Title 26, §5365

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The Secretary may require by regulations such segregation of operations within the premises, by partitions or otherwise, as may be necessary to prevent jeopardy to the revenue, to prevent confusion between untaxpaid wine operations and such other operations as are authorized in this subchapter, to prevent substitution with respect to the several methods of producing effervescent wines, and to prevent the commingling of standard wines with other than standard wines.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 5365, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 665, consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.

Amendments

1979—Pub. L. 96–39 authorized segregation of operations to prevent the commingling of standard wines with other than standard wines. 1976—Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1979 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–39 effective Jan. 1, 1980, see section 810 of Pub. L. 96–39, set out as a note under section 5001 of this title.

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 5365

Title 26Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73