Ind. Code ch. 7.1-5-11

Ind. Code ch. 7.1-5-11
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Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-1 Importation limited

Sec. 1. A person who knowingly or intentionally imports liquor into this state without specific authorization under this title commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-18.] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.86.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-1.5 Shipments of alcoholic beverages to residents without valid wholesaler permits; violations

Sec. 1.5. (a) Except as provided in IC 7.1-3-26, it is unlawful for a person in the business of selling alcoholic beverages in Indiana or outside Indiana to ship or cause to be shipped an alcoholic beverage directly to a person in Indiana who does not hold a valid wholesaler permit under this title. This includes the ordering and selling of alcoholic beverages over a computer network (as defined by IC 35-43-2-3(a)). (b) An in-state or an out-of-state vintner, distiller, brewer, rectifier, or importer that: (1) holds a basic permit from the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or its successor agency; and (2) knowingly violates subsection (a); commits a Class A misdemeanor. (c) A person who is not an in-state or an out-of-state vintner, distiller, brewer, rectifier, or importer that holds a basic permit from the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or its successor agency, who knowingly violates subsection (a) commits a Level 6 felony. (d) Upon a determination by the commission that a person has violated subsection (a), a wholesaler may not accept a shipment of alcoholic beverages from the person for a period of up to one (1) year as determined by the commission. (e) If the chairman of the alcohol and tobacco commission or the attorney general determines that a vintner, distiller, brewer, rectifier, or importer that holds a basic permit from the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or its successor agency, has made an illegal shipment of an alcoholic beverage to consumers in Indiana, the chairman shall: (1) notify the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or its successor agency, of the official determination that state law has been violated; and (2) request the federal bureau to take appropriate action. (f) The commission shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this section. As added by P.L.121-1998, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.165-2006, SEC.38; P.L.159-2014, SEC.87; P.L.145-2024, SEC.20.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-2 Transportation limited

Sec. 2. (a) It is unlawful for a carrier who is required to obtain a carrier's alcoholic permit by IC 7.1-3-18 to transport alcoholic beverages over or along a public highway within this state unless the carrier has applied for a carrier's alcoholic permit and been issued: (1) a carrier's alcoholic permit; or (2) specific authorization from the commission to transport alcoholic beverages on a public highway under rules adopted by the commission. (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-30.] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.88.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-3 Transportation in non-registered vehicles prohibited

Sec. 3. (a) It is unlawful for the holder of a carrier's alcoholic permit to import or transport alcoholic beverages in a vehicle that has not been registered with the commission as required by this title. (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-30.] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.89.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-4 Deliveries limited

Sec. 4. (a) It is unlawful for an officer, agent, or employee of a railroad company, express company, or other common carrier to recklessly deliver: (1) an alcoholic beverage to a person other than the person to whom it is consigned; (2) it without a written order by the consignee; or (3) it to a person when the alcoholic beverage has been consigned to a fictitious person or a person under a fictitious name. (b) A person who violates this section commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-32(9).] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.724; P.L.159-2014, SEC.90.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-5 Transportation of untaxed beverage prohibited; exemptions

Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to a permittee, or a licensed carrier for a permittee, who is lawfully entitled to hold or possess an alcoholic beverage without the payment of the excise tax on the alcoholic beverage before the time the alcoholic beverage is withdrawn for sale. (b) A person who transports an alcoholic beverage on a public highway, knowing that any of the taxes due the state on it have not been paid, commits a Level 6 felony. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-32(18).] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.725; P.L.1-1999, SEC.20; P.L.158-2013, SEC.129; P.L.159-2014, SEC.91.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-6 Devious transportation prohibited

Sec. 6. (a) It is unlawful for a person to use or employ, or agree to use or employ, a method of transportation, or device, or fictitious name, or fictitious routing, or to enter into a scheme or method of transportation, or to resort to a trick or device, with the intent to evade, avoid, or defeat the collection of a tax imposed by this title, or to evade or prevent the enforcement of a provision of this title. (b) A person who violates this section commits a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Level 6 felony if the amount of tax is at least seven hundred fifty dollars ($750). [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-33(f).] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.92.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-7 False shipments prohibited

Sec. 7. (a) It is unlawful for a consignee to accept or receive a package that contains an alcoholic beverage upon which appears a statement, label, address, superscription, shipping direction, legend, or design which the person knows is false or misleading. (b) It is unlawful for a carrier, or other person, to consign, ship, transport, or deliver a package that contains an alcoholic beverage if the person knows that a statement, label, address, superscription, shipping direction, legend, or design on it is false or misleading. (c) A person who violates subsection (a) or (b) commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-33(j).] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.93.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-8 Delivery to non-consignee prohibited

Sec. 8. (a) It is unlawful for a person to present or tender for transportation to a carrier or a person acting or assuming to act for a carrier an alcoholic beverage: (1) for delivery to a person other than the consignee designated by the person offering the alcoholic beverage for shipment; or (2) for the purpose of effecting a delivery of the alcoholic beverage to a person not permitted to receive it as consignee: (A) under the provisions of this title; (B) under the provisions of a rule of the commission; or (C) because the person is not the bona fide consignee of the shipment. (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-33(k).] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.94.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-9 Violation of transportation contract prohibited

Sec. 9. (a) It is unlawful for a carrier or a person acting or assuming to act for a carrier, to deliver an alcoholic beverage in this state to a person, or at a place, other than the person, or place, or both, designated in the bill of lading or transportation contract. (b) It is unlawful for a person to accept for transportation a shipment containing an alcoholic beverage, knowing that the shipment is intended for a person not permitted to receive it under the provisions of this title, or under a rule of the commission. (c) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates subsection (a), or who violates subsection (b), commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-33(1).] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.95.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-10 Transportation of liquor limited

Sec. 10. (a) This section applies only if the commission has adopted a rule requiring a mark or label of identification to be displayed on the outside of a package containing liquor. (b) It is unlawful for a person to transport liquor or cause it to be transported upon a public highway into this state from another state, territory, or country, or to transport or cause it to be transported along or over a public highway in this state, unless there is displayed on the outside of the package, in plain view, a mark or label of identification required by a rule adopted by the commission. (c) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-33(o).] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.56, SEC.36. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.96.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-11 Bill of lading or other evidence of ownership required

Sec. 11. (a) It is unlawful for a person to transport into this state upon a public highway of this state, an alcoholic beverage from another state, territory, or country, unless the person accompanying, or in charge of the shipment, has present and available for exhibition: (1) a bill of lading; or (2) other evidence of ownership or shipment authorized by a rule adopted by the commission. (b) It is unlawful for a person to refuse to exhibit, or permit to be read or examined, the bill of lading or other evidence of ownership or shipment upon a lawful demand of the chairman, or of a police officer of the state, or of a governmental subdivision of it. (c) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates subsection (a) or (b) commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-33(p).] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.97.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-12 Use of highway for evasion prohibited

Sec. 12. (a) It is unlawful for a person to use or employ a public highway in this state with the intent of evading a provision of this title. (b) A person who violates this section commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-33(q).] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.98.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-13 Recordkeeping required

Sec. 13. (a) A railroad company, an express company, and a common carrier shall keep in the office at which delivery of an alcoholic beverage to a consignee is made, a separate record in which shall be entered the information required by this title for the shipment of an alcoholic beverage. (b) This record shall be open to the inspection of the chairman. (c) An agent, officer, or employee of a railroad company, express company, or common carrier who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-33(t).] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.99.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-14 False statement prohibited

Sec. 14. (a) It is unlawful for a person to make a false statement to a railroad, express, or transportation company for the purpose of obtaining an alcoholic beverage. (b) It is unlawful for a person to make a false statement to a person engaged in the business of transporting goods, wares, and merchandise for the purpose of obtaining the shipment, transportation, or delivery of an alcoholic beverage. (c) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates subsection (a) or (b) commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-33(u).] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.100.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-15 Transportation of unowned goods limited

Sec. 15. (a) This section does not apply to the shipment of an alcoholic beverage from another state in continuous transit through this state into another state unless the shipment is intended to evade a provision of this title. (b) This section does not prohibit a person, other than a permittee, from bringing into this state a quantity of: (1) wine not exceeding eighteen (18) liters; or (2) liquor not exceeding one (1) quart; if the person is a traveler in the ordinary course of travel and if it is not intended for sale to another person. (c) It is unlawful for a person to import or transport an alcoholic beverage that is not at that time the absolute property of an authorized permittee under this title. (d) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-42(a).] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.165-2006, SEC.39; P.L.159-2014, SEC.101.

Ind. Code § 7.1-5-11-16 Repealed

[Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-42(q), (t).] Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.59, SEC.9. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.726; P.L.159-2014, SEC.102. Repealed by P.L.163-2025, SEC.53.
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