(a) Any manufacturer, distillery, winery, importer or other person desiring to obtain a nonresident seller’s permit may make application for such to the commission on forms provided by the commission.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 57-3-605

  • beverage: means and includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, high alcohol content beer, and every liquid containing alcohol, spirits, wine, and high alcohol content beer and capable of being consumed by a human being, other than patent medicine or beer, as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Commission: means the alcoholic beverage commission, except as otherwise provided. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Distillery: means and includes any place or premises wherein any liquors are manufactured for sale. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Importer: means any person or entity holding a non-manufacturer non-resident seller's permit pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • License: means the license issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Manufacturer: means and includes a brewer of high alcohol content beer, distiller, vintner and rectifier. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Wholesaler: means any person who sells at wholesale any beverage for the sale of which a license is required under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Wine: means the product of the normal alcoholic fermentation of the juice of dried or fresh, sound, ripe grapes, fruit, or other agricultural products, with the usual cellar treatment and necessary additions to correct defects due to climatic, saccharine, and seasonal conditions, including champagne, sparkling, and fortified wine of an alcoholic content not to exceed twenty-one percent (21%) by volume. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Winery: means and includes any place or premises wherein wines are manufactured from any fruit or brandies distilled as the by-product of wine or other fruit or cordials compounded, and also includes a winery for the manufacture of wine. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) In addition, every applicant shall pay to the commission an annual permit fee which is established at one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) if such applicant shall have shipped, sold or otherwise distributed fewer than one hundred (100) cases of any alcoholic beverage in this state in the year immediately preceding application. If such applicant shall have shipped, sold or otherwise distributed one hundred (100) cases or more of any alcoholic beverage in this state in the year immediately preceding application, it shall pay an annual permit fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) to the commission.
(c) Each permit shall be valid for one (1) calendar year.
(d) Any wholesaler, holding a license issued pursuant to § 57-3-203, shall be authorized to act as an importer of alcoholic beverages and wine if such wholesaler holds a basic permit issued pursuant to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act ( 27 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.), as an importer, advises the commission of its intent to act as an importer, pays an additional annual fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) to the commission and otherwise complies with the obligations of an importer pursuant to § 57-3-301 and title 47, chapter 25, part 15.
(e) Every applicant which has registered to import wine into this state shall provide to the commission a verified statement that neither such applicant, nor any agent or affiliate of such applicant, has a policy which would permit the selling, shipment or distribution of alcoholic beverages to any person in this state not possessed of a license issued pursuant to § 57-3-203, and that, for the previous year, neither such applicant nor any agent or affiliate of such applicant has sold, solicited for sale or distributed any alcoholic beverages to any person or enterprise in this state not possessing a license issued pursuant to § 57-3-203.
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