Sec. 8. (a) It is unlawful for a person to present or tender for transportation to a carrier or a person acting or assuming to act for a carrier an alcoholic beverage:

(1) for delivery to a person other than the consignee designated by the person offering the alcoholic beverage for shipment; or

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) for the purpose of effecting a delivery of the alcoholic beverage to a person not permitted to receive it as consignee:

(A) under the provisions of this title;

(B) under the provisions of a rule of the commission; or

(C) because the person is not the bona fide consignee of the shipment.

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

[Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-33(k).]

Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.94.