26 U.S.C. § 5180
Section 5180 · Signs
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case Dupoint v. United States (1967)
Most recently applied in United States v. Mayfield (March 1971)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Every person engaged in distilled spirits operations shall place and keep conspicuously on the outside of his place of business a sign showing the name of such person and denoting the business, or businesses, in which engaged. The sign required by this subsection shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary shall by regulations prescribe.
For penalty and forfeiture relating to failure to post sign or improperly posting such sign, see section 5681.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Prior Provisions
A prior section 5180, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 632, consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.
Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in prior section 5274, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 651, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.
Amendments
1979—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–39 substituted “distilled spirits operation” for “distilling, bonded warehousing, rectifying, or bottling of distilled spirits”.
1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.
Effective Date of 1979 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–39 effective Jan. 1, 1980, see section 810 of Pub. L. 96–39, set out as a note under section 5001 of this title.