§ 7.1-5-5-10 — Acceptance of gifts by retailer or dealer

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and
(c), it is unlawful for a person who holds a retailer's or dealer's permit
of any type to receive or accept a gift from a manufacturer of alcoholic
beverages or from a permittee authorized to sell and deliver alcoholic
beverages.
(b) A person who holds a retailer's or dealer's permit may receive or
accept entertainment and professional and educational expenses from
a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages or from a permittee authorized
to sell and deliver alcoholic beverages, unless the entertainment or
professional and educational expenses are provided in exchange for an
agreement by the holder of the retailer's or dealer's permit to directly or
indirectly purchase alcoholic beverages from a:
(1) manufacturer; or
(2) permittee authorized to sell and deliver alcoholic beverages;
to the exclusion, in whole or in part, of alcoholic beverages sold or
delivered by another manufacturer or a permittee authorized to sell and
deliver alcoholic beverages.
(c) As used in this subsection, "permittee" means a person listed in
IC 7.1-3-6.1-5(1). A qualified organization that holds a retailer's or
dealer's permit may receive or accept donations of alcoholic beverages
from a permittee for any event conducted by the qualified organization
in compliance with:
(1) IC 7.1-3-6.1;
(2) IC 7.1-3-6.2; or
(3) IC 7.1-3-6.3.
(d) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this section
commits a Class A misdemeanor.
[Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-33(r).]
Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by
P.L.159-2014, SEC.39; P.L.64-2015, SEC.1; P.L.196-2015, SEC.17;
P.L.270-2017, SEC.17; P.L.86-2018, SEC.138; P.L.163-2025,
SEC.44.