§122 — Title 27 Intoxicating Liquors | U.S. Code

Summary

Makes it illegal to send any kind of alcoholic drink (spirits, wine, beer, or other intoxicating liquor) from one U.S. State, Territory, or District—or from a foreign country—into another U.S. State, Territory, or District when the sender intends for it to be received, kept, sold, or used in a way that breaks the laws of the place receiving it. It does not matter how the alcohol is shipped or whether it is in its original package.

Title 27, §122

Intoxicating Liquors — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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.

Editorial Notes

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”.

§122 Shipments Into States for Possession or Sale in Violation of State Law