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Miss. Code Ann. § 67-1-45 (2026)

Selling alcoholic beverages to source other than department; penalty

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No manufacturer, rectifier or distiller of alcoholic beverages shall sell or attempt to sell any such alcoholic beverages, except malt liquor, within the State of Mississippi, except to the department, or as provided in Section 67-1-41, or pursuant to Section 67-1-51. A producer of native wine or native spirit may sell native wines or native spirits, respectively, to the department or to consumers at the location of the native winery or native distillery or its immediate vicinity.

Any violation of this section by any manufacturer, rectifier or distiller shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six (6) months.

Codes, 1942, § 10265-18; Laws, 1966, ch. 540, § 18; Laws, 1976, ch. 467, § 17; Laws, 1994, ch. 538, § 3; Laws, 2006, ch. 352, § 5, eff. 7/1/2006.

Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 388, SB 2606,§ 12, eff. 7/1/2021.

Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 422, HB 1088,§ 3, eff. 1/1/2021.

Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 429, SB 2545,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2020.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1974–1974 · leading case: United States v. State Tax Com'n of State of Mississippi, 378 F. Supp. 558 (S.D. Miss. 1974).
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United States v. State Tax Com'n of State of Mississippi, 378 F. Supp. 558 (S.D. Miss. 1974). “Any supplier who fails to comply with the regulation is subject to delistment — withdrawal of the privilege of distributing alcoholic beverages to the Commission for resale in Mississippi — and to criminal prosecution.”
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