PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

It is illegal to send or move any kind of alcoholic drink from one U.S. state, territory, district, U.S. place outside the states, or from another country into any of those places if the sender or anyone involved intends it to be received, kept, sold, or used there in a way that breaks that place’s law. This rule applies whether the alcohol is still in its original package or not.

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