Sec. 4. (a) It is unlawful for an officer, agent, or employee of a railroad company, express company, or other common carrier to recklessly deliver:

(1) an alcoholic beverage to a person other than the person to whom it is consigned;

Attorney's Note

Under the Indiana Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class B misdemeanorup to 180 daysup to $1,000
For details, see Ind. Code § 35-50-3-3

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(2) it without a written order by the consignee; or

(3) it to a person when the alcoholic beverage has been consigned to a fictitious person or a person under a fictitious name.

     (b) A person who violates this section commits a Class B misdemeanor.

[Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-32(9).]

Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.724; P.L.159-2014, SEC.90.