Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 243.240 (2026)

Business authorized by quota retail package license -- Delivery of

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alcoholic beverages purchased on premises by consumers. (1) A quota retail package license shall authorize the licensee to: (a) Purchase, receive, possess, and sell distilled spirits and wine at retail in unbroken packages only, and only for consumption off the licensed premises; (b) Deliver to the consumer, at the consumer's request, alcoholic beverages that are purchased from the licensed premises, in quantities not to exceed four and one-half (4 1/2) liters of distilled spirits and four (4) cases of wine per consumer per day for sales prior to January 1, 2021, and in quantities not to exceed an aggregate of nine (9) liters of distilled spirits and four (4) cases of wine per consumer per day on and after January 1, 2021; and (c) 1. Sell distilled spirits and wine in unbroken packages only at fairs and festivals held in wet territory if the fair or festival is located in the same county as the quota retail package license holder's licensed premises; and 2. Notwithstanding KRS 243.0307, sell and provide samples of distilled spirits and wine at fairs and festivals held in wet territory if the fair or festival is located in the same county as the quota retail package license holder's licensed premises. (2) The licensee shall purchase distilled spirits and wine in retail packages only and only from: (a) Licensed wholesalers; (b) Those licensees authorized to sell distilled spirits and wine by the package at retail, but only if the distilled spirits and wine have first gone through the three (3) tier system; or (c) From a distillery souvenir gift shop. (3) The restrictions and permissions for sales to quota retail package licensees and to consumers that are authorized under KRS 243.0305(4) shall supersede any conflicting provisions of this section. Effective:March 29, 2022 History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 39, sec. 9, effective March 29, 2022. -- Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 20, effective March 12, 2021. -- Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 11, effective July 15, 2020. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 6, effective April 13, 2018. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 63, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 68, effective June 25, 2013. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2554b-122.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1942–2021 · leading case: Howard v. Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Bd., 172 S.W.2d 46 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943).

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Howard v. Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Bd., 172 S.W.2d 46 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). · cites it 2× “On November 20 and 21, 1942, you violated section 243.240 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes by permitting packages of distilled spirits and wine to be opened and their contents consumed on your licensed premises.”

Pearl v. Marshall, 491 S.W.2d 837 (Ky. Ct. App. 1973). “2d 105 (1970), that the determination under KRS 243.240 of whether substantial aggregations of population would be deprived of reasonable access to a licensed vendor is purely a question of fact.”

Tannins of Indianapolis, LLC v. Beshear (W.D. Ky. 2021). · cites it 2× “§ 243.240(1)(b) (authorizing the holder of a “quota retail package license” to “[d]eliver to the consumer .”

City of Ashland v. Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Bd., 982 S.W.2d 210 (Ky. Ct. App. 1998). “230; KRS 243.240; and KRS 243.250. In sum, not only is there no such creature as a malt beverage “package license,” statutory, administrative and common usage of the term “package license” is limited to distilled spirits and wine.”

Commonwealth v. Kiddy, 165 S.W.2d 969 (Ky. Ct. App. 1942). “Sections 2554b-122 (KRS 243.240), 2554b-186, Ky. Stats. (KRS 244.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 243.240(1)(b) — 1 case

Tannins of Indianapolis, LLC v. Beshear (W.D. Ky. 2021). “§ 243.240(1)(b) (authorizing the holder of a “quota retail package license” to “[d]eliver to the consumer .”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 243.240(2) — 1 case

Tannins of Indianapolis, LLC v. Beshear (W.D. Ky. 2021). “§ 243.240(1)(b) (authorizing the holder of a “quota retail package license” to “[d]eliver to the consumer .”

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