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KRS 242.280

Receiving alcoholic beverages from carrier in dry territory prohibited -- Exception for receiving or accepting alcoholic beverages to be sold in lawful territory within or without state -- Same prohibition on receiving alcoholic beverages in any moist territory unless sale of alcoholic beverages specifically authorized under limited local option election

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case City of Ashland v. Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (1998)

Most recently applied in City of Ashland v. Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (May 1998)

Effective: June 25, 2013 History: Amended 2013 Ky

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person of dry territory to receive or accept any alcoholic beverage from a common carrier or from any person who has transported the beverage in or into such territory for compensation, hire, or profit of any kind whatsoever either directly or indirectly. Each and every package of said alcoholic beverage so received or accepted shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any distiller or manufacturer of alcoholic beverages or any authorized agent of a distiller or manufacturer or wholesale dealer from receiving or accepting any alcoholic beverages which are to be sold in a territory where the sale of such beverages may be lawful either in or out of the state.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply to any moist territory unless the sale of the alcoholic beverage in question has been specifically authorized in that moist territory under a limited local option election.

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