Iowa § 123.138 Records required — keg identification label

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§ 123.138 — Records required — keg identification label

Iowa § 123.138

Title IVPUBLIC HEALTH

Ch. 123ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL

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Iowa Code § 123.138 (2026).

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1.Each class “A” or special class “A” beer permittee shall keep proper records showing the amount of beer sold by the permittee, and these records shall be at all times open to inspectionbythedirectorandtootherpersonspursuanttosection123.30, subsection1. Each retail alcohol licensee as described in section 123.30 shall keep proper records showing each purchase of beer made by the licensee, and the date and the amount of each purchase and the name of the person from whom each purchase was made, which records shall be open to inspection pursuant to section 123.30, subsection 1, during normal business hours of the licensee.

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a.Each retail alcohol licensee who sells beer for off-premises consumption shall affix to each keg of beer an identification label provided by the director. The label

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1. Each class “A” or special class “A” beer permittee shall keep proper records showing
the amount of beer sold by the permittee, and these records shall be at all times open to
inspectionbythedirectorandtootherpersonspursuanttosection123.30, subsection1. Each
retail alcohol licensee as described in section 123.30 shall keep proper records showing each
purchase of beer made by the licensee, and the date and the amount of each purchase and
the name of the person from whom each purchase was made, which records shall be open
to inspection pursuant to section 123.30, subsection 1, during normal business hours of the
licensee.
2. a. Each retail alcohol licensee who sells beer for off-premises consumption shall affix
to each keg of beer an identification label provided by the director. The label provided shall
allow for its full removal when common external keg cleaning procedures are performed.
For the purposes of this subsection, “keg” means all durable and disposable containers with
a liquid capacity of five gallons or more. Each retail alcohol licensee shall also keep a record
of the identification label number of each keg of beer sold by the licensee with the name and
address of the purchaser and the number of the purchaser’s driver’s license, nonoperator’s
identification card, or military identification card, if the military identification card contains
a picture and signature. This information shall be retained by the licensee for a minimum of
ninety days. The records kept pursuant to this subsection shall be available for inspection by
any law enforcement officer during normal business hours.
b. (1) The department shall provide the keg identification labels described in paragraph

“a” and shall, prior to utilizing a label, notify licensed brewers and licensed beer importers of
thetypeoflabeltobeutilized. Eachlabelshallcontainanumberandthefollowingstatement:
It is unlawful to sell, give, or otherwise supply any alcoholic
beverage, wine, or beer to any person under legal age. Any
person who defaces this label shall be guilty of criminal mischief
punishable pursuant to section 716.6.
(2) Theidentificationlabelshallbeplacedonthekegatthetimeofretailsale. Thelicensee
shall obtain the labels referred to in this subsection from the department. The cost of the
labels to licensees shall not exceed the department’s cost of producing and distributing the
labels. The moneys collected by the department relating to the sale of labels shall be credited
to the beer and liquor control fund.
c. The provisions of this subsection shall be implemented uniformly throughout the state.
The provisions of this subsection shall preempt any local county or municipal ordinance
regarding keg registration or the sale of beer in kegs. In addition, a county or municipality
shall not adopt or continue in effect an ordinance regarding keg registration or the sale of
beer in kegs.