311.280. Unlawful for licensed retailer to purchase from other than licensed wholesaler--prohibited acts. - Missouri Statutes

Unlawful for licensed retailer to purchase from other than licensedwholesaler--prohibited acts.

311.280. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person in this stateholding a retail liquor license to purchase any intoxicating liquor exceptfrom, by or through a duly licensed wholesale liquor dealer in this state.It shall be unlawful for such retail liquor dealer to sell or offer forsale any intoxicating liquor purchased in violation of the provisions ofthis section. Any person violating any provision of this section shall bedeemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. Any retailer licensed pursuant to this chapter shall not:

(1) Sell intoxicating liquor with an alcohol content of less thanfive percent by weight to the consumer in an original carton received fromthe wholesaler that has been mutilated, torn apart, or cut apart; or

(2) Repackage intoxicating liquor with an alcohol content of lessthan five percent by weight in a manner misleading to the consumer or thatresults in required labeling being omitted or obscured.

(RSMo 1939 § 4913, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132)