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D.C. Code § 25-736

Gifts and loans from wholesaler prohibited

Jan. 24, 1934, 48 Stat. 331, ch. 4, § 19; Aug. 27, 1935, 49 Stat. 903, ch. 756, § 16; Sept. 29, 1982, D.C

(a) A licensed wholesaler of alcoholic beverages, whether or not licensed under this title, shall not engage in the following transactions with a retail licensee:

(1) Lend or give any money;

(2) Sell equipment, furniture, fixtures, or property, except merchandise sold at the fair market value for resale by the licensee;

(3) Rent, loan, or give any equipment, furniture, fixtures, or property; or

(4) Give or sell any service.

(b) A retail licensee shall not engage in the following transactions with a wholesaler:

(1) Receive or accept any loan or gift of money;

(2) Purchase equipment, furniture, fixtures, or property, except merchandise purchased at the fair market value for resale;

(3) Rent from, borrow, or receive by gift equipment, furniture, fixtures, or property; or

(4) Receive any service.

(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, with the prior approval of the Board, a wholesaler may sell, give, rent, or loan to a retail licensee any service or article of property costing the wholesaler not more than $500 and a retail licensee may purchase from, rent from, borrow, or receive by gift from a wholesaler any service or article of property costing the wholesaler not more than $500.

(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, with the prior approval of the Board, a wholesaler may sell, rent, give, loan to a retail licensee computer equipment for the purpose of tracking the sale or delivery of alcoholic beverages.

(e) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, employees or agents of a wholesaler, whether licensed by this title or not, may work or serve alcoholic beverages at a licensed establishment during an event promoting alcoholic beverages sold by the wholesaler without Board approval.

(f) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, a wholesaler, whether licensed by this title or not, may donate alcoholic beverages to the holder of a temporary license or a festival license or a nonprofit organization that does not hold a retailers license without Board approval.

Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.