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Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-117

Out-of-state liquor advertisers — Warning

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Memphis Publishing Co. v. Leech (1982)

Most recently applied in Memphis Publishing Co. v. Leech (May 1982)

Acts 1981, ch. 339, § 1.

(1) Any publication of general circulation, at least twenty percent (20%) of the published copies of which are sold or distributed in the state of Tennessee, which publishes any advertisement by or on behalf of any person, firm or corporation selling or distributing alcoholic beverages at retail in a state other than Tennessee, shall publish a notice to consumers as a part of, or immediately adjacent to, each such advertisement.

(2) The notice shall read as follows: WARNING: The importation or transportation of alcoholic beverages into the State of Tennessee by any person not possessing a permit from the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission is a CRIMINAL OFFENSE which could be punished by FINE or IMPRISONMENT or BOTH.

(3) The notice shall be printed in a space equal to or greater than thirty percent (30%) of the total space devoted to each such advertisement in print no smaller than the largest print type employed in such advertisement.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.