If you`re shipping something closer to home, you have another shipping option: use liquor ecommerce sites like Drizly or Minibar, for example, to send your friend a bottle of wine or a six-pack of thank-you beers using city delivery options, some for free. NOTE: Please note that summaries are for general information purposes and are not a legal reference. NCSL is unable to provide assistance, advice or answer questions about shipping for individual consumers or shipping for businesses. If you have questions about shipping liquor directly to consumers, please consult with your state attorney, your state`s Liquor Regulatory Agency, or your attorney general. Weinberg also recommends that you confirm with the reseller or distributor if any taxes or duties need to be paid on the product you wish to ship. If so, they should be able to advise you on how to pay them and how much they will cost you. Finally, “buy from a reputable dealer who knows the specifics of the laws and ideally has experience shipping to the destination of your choice,” Weinberg advises. Legally, distilled spirits can`t be shipped from a store to a Texas consumer who lives outside the city where the store is located — instead, they must be shipped from a parcel store in the same county as the consumer, said Dick Wills, CEO of the Gerald Franklin Agency. a liquor license store. On the surface, this seems to be the simplest shipping method. After all, without crossing state borders, you don`t have to worry about another state strangling your mood.
But there are still local laws to contend with, warns Seth Weinberg, professor of law and food policy at Columbia Law School. Type of alcohol and whether a license or permit is required: Hawaii Rev. §281-33.1 Alcohol; Requires an individual shipping permit Maximum shipping amount: Cannot exceed five gallons (19 liters) Unsolicited gifts limited to 3.2 gallons (12 liters) Total of all types of spirits Direct shipping license or authorization: Hawaii Rev. Stat. §281-33.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other legal provision, any adult without a permit may contact the Liquor Commission and be issued, for a small fee, except as otherwise provided below, authorization to receive a single shipment of spirits from out of state, which shall not exceed five gallons (19 liters), for use and consumption by the applicant and the applicant`s household, and not for Sale in any form. (b) In the case of a shipment that the applicant claims to be an unsolicited gift, the quantities permitted under paragraph (a) shall be limited to a total of 3.2 gallons (12 litres) of all types of spirits. (c) in the case of a shipment for which the applicant proves to the Liquor Board that the liquor was the applicant`s personal property before the date of the application, was part of the applicant`s personal effects, was used and stored out-of-state and was originally acquired (or produced by the applicant) outside the state; the quantity of maturable wine or other indirect spirit drinks obtained from grapes or other fruit; which may be accepted under paragraph (a), may exceed the limit specified therein if the Commission considers it reasonable, in accordance with the intent of this Act, to permit persons established in the State freely to move their household effects within that State. (d) In the case of a supply of wine or beer available elsewhere in the State, authorization may be granted only if the applicant pays a royalty equal to the tax that would be levied under section 244D-4 on the use of spirit drinks the wholesale price of which corresponds to the price corresponding to the price paid or payable by the applicant for the wine or beer to be shipped. and this fee replaces the levying of a tax on the use of wine or beer in accordance with § 244D-4.
(e) Except in the case of applications satisfying the requirements of subparagraphs (b), (c) or (d), authorization shall be granted only if the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Spirit Drinks Commission that each of the marks to be introduced under the authorization is not available in the State. (f) Not more than 1 permit shall be granted to a household in a calendar year in accordance with paragraph (a) and each applicant shall certify, under penalty of perjury, that no member of his household has already received such approval during that calendar year. (g) All such applications and dispatches must comply with the rules established by the Spirit Drinks Commission. (h) A regular carrier to whom the authorization is presented is authorized to deliver the described consignment to the person specified in the authorization. Delivery of such shipment in accordance with the authorization will not be considered a sale in that condition. (i) An adult without a permit is not required to obtain an authorization under this section to receive shipments of liquor in accordance with sections 281-33.6. Type of alcohol and if a license or permit is required: Hawaii Rev. §281-33.6 Wine; Requires a Direct Wine Vessel Permit Maximum quantity for shipping: Cannot exceed six 9-litre cases of wine per household per year. Direct Shipping License or Authorization: Hawaii Rev.
Stat. §281-33.6 (a) Any person who holds: (1) A general excise license issued by the Department of Taxation; and (2) either: (A) a Class 1 or Class 16 license to produce wine in accordance with section 281-31; or (B) A wine production license issued by another state may pay all applicable fees and obtain a direct shipment permit for wine from the liquor board of the county to which the wine is shipped, authorizing the holder to ship wine directly to the county persons in accordance with this section. (b) The holder of a direct permit for the shipper of wine shall not sell more than 6 cases of 9 litres of wine per household for personal use and not for resale and shall ship annually to any person 21 years of age or older in the county that issued the permit and shall: (1) send the wine directly to the person only in containers; that are prominently marked with the words: “CONTAINS ALCOHOL: SIGNATURE OF A PERSON 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER REQUIRED FOR DELIVERY.”; (2) require the carrier of the consignment to obtain the signature of a person 21 years of age or over before delivery of the consignment; (3) Report no later than 31. January of each year to the Liquor Commission of each county where a direct shipment of wine permit is obtained, the total quantity of wine shipped to persons in the county during the preceding calendar year; (4) Pay all applicable general excise and gallon taxes. For the purposes of the gallon tax, any wine sold under a direct wine shipper permit is considered wine sold in the state; and (5) are subject to review by the Liquor Commission of each district in which a licence is obtained. (c) The holder of a wine production licence issued by another State may annually renew a direct authorisation for the wine consignor by submitting a copy of the licence to the spirit liquor commission which granted the licence and paying all necessary fees. The holder of a Class 1 or Class 16 license for the production of wine pursuant to § 281-31 may renew a direct shipper of wine license at the same time as the Class 1 license in compliance with all applicable laws and paying all necessary fees. (d) The sale and shipment of wine directly to a person in that State by a person who does not hold a valid direct permit for the consignor of wine is prohibited. Knowingly violating this law is an administrative offence. (e) The Liquor Commission of each district may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the object of this section.
(f) A small agricultural winery that supplies wine or mead directly from a small agricultural winery or mead in accordance with this Division shall keep a record of each supply of wine or mead from a small agricultural winery containing: 1. Name and address of the person to whom the wine or mead of the small agricultural winery or mead relates: (a) sold; and (B) invoiced; and (2) the date of shipment. Type of alcohol and whether a licence or permit is required: Ark. Stat. Ann. §3-4-611 (m)(1) A producer of durum cider may deliver hard cider directly to the residence of a consumer 21 years of age or older in a wet county or territorial subdivision during legal business hours. (2) A producer of strong cider shall not deliver or cause to be delivered hard cider to any area outside the district in which the licensed plant is located. (3) Hard cider shall be supplied by an employee of the holder of a strong cider manufacturer`s licence and shall not be delivered by a third party. (e) (1) A small agricultural winery shall collect all sales taxes and excise duties due on a sale to an individual of that State, as if the sale had taken place on the premises of the small agricultural winery, including, but not limited to, the taxes referred to in Articles 3-5-1605, 3-7-104, 3-7-111 and 3-7-201. (2) The taxes collected by the small agricultural winery shall be paid to the Ministry of Finance and Administration in accordance with the In accordance with §§ 3-5-1605, 3-7-104, 3-7-111 and 3-7-201. (3) A small agricultural winery must obtain collection of sales and use taxes in accordance with § 26-52-521(b)(2) at the buyer`s delivery address.