Maine § 28-A §714 Malt liquor sales in kegs

Maine Statutes

§ 28-A §714 — Malt liquor sales in kegs

Maine § 28-A §714

Title 28-ALIQUORS

Part 3LICENSES FOR SALE OF LIQUOR

Ch. 29LICENSE RESTRICTIONS

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 28-A, § 28-A §714 (2026).

Text

1.Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

2.Right of sale and purchase. The bureau may not deny the wholesale and retail sale of malt liquor in a keg or any fraction of a keg to a purchaser entitled to purchase malt liquor.

3.Tagging requirement. The sale of malt liquor in kegs is subject to the following.

4.Civil violation; possession of unlabeled keg. In addition to any other penalties imposed by law, a person possessing an unlabeled keg purchased in this State after the effective date of this section commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of $500 must be adjudged.

5.Criminal penalty; removal or defacing of tag. A person commits defacing or removal of a malt liquor keg tag if that person

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1.
Definitions.
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
2.
Right of sale and purchase.
The bureau may not deny the wholesale and retail sale of malt liquor in a keg or any fraction of a keg to a purchaser entitled to purchase malt liquor.
3.
Tagging requirement.
The sale of malt liquor in kegs is subject to the following.
4.
Civil violation; possession of unlabeled keg.
In addition to any other penalties imposed by law, a person possessing an unlabeled keg purchased in this State after the effective date of this section commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of $500 must be adjudged.
5.
Criminal penalty; removal or defacing of tag.
A person commits defacing or removal of a malt liquor keg tag if that person defaces or removes from a keg a tag required by this section. Defacing or removal of a malt liquor keg tag is a Class E crime. If a person who purchased a properly tagged keg returns the keg without a tag or with a defaced tag, that person is presumed to have removed or defaced the tag.

Legislative History

PL 1987, c. 45, §A4 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 543 (RPR). PL 1993, c. 266, §17 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 730, §§34,35 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 451, §T11 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 167, §14 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 46, §§3, 4 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 658, §110 (AMD).