Title 27Intoxicating LiquorsRelease 119-73

§122 Shipments into States for possession or sale in violation of State law

Title 27 › Chapter CHAPTER 6— - TRANSPORTATION IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE › § 122

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

You cannot ship alcoholic drinks (beer, wine, spirits, or other intoxicants) from any U.S. state, territory, district, or from another country into any other U.S. state, territory, district, or noncontiguous U.S. place. This rule applies when someone plans for the alcohol to be received, kept, sold, or used there in a way that breaks that place’s law.

Full Legal Text

Title 27, §122

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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.

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Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the act of Mar. 1, 1913, ch. 90, § 1, 37 Stat. 699.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Act Mar. 1, 1913, is popularly known as the “Webb-Kenyon Act”.

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Citation

27 U.S.C. § 122

Title 27Intoxicating Liquors

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73