Wholesale-solicitors registration required
Anyone who has a license to sell alcohol in Missouri (but is not a wholesale-solicitor) has to register with the state as the 'primary American source of supply' for a brand before taking or filling orders for that brand from wholesalers. Wholesalers also cannot buy alcohol from a solicitor unless that solicitor is registered. The state has five working days to approve or deny the registration — if they don't decide in time, it is automatically considered approved.
311.275. s required — , defined — registration — approval of , when. — 1. For purposes of tax revenue control, beginning January 1, 1980, no of a to for the sale of , as defined in this chapter, within this state, other than a wholesale-solicitor, shall , accept, or fill any for any intoxicating liquor from a holder of a 's license issued under this chapter, unless the holder of such 's license has with the as the primary American source of supply for the brand of intoxicating liquor sold or sought to be sold. The shall provide forms for annual registration as the primary American source of supply, and shall the procedures for such registration.
2. Beginning January 1, 1980, no holder of a wholesaler's license issued under this chapter shall order, purchase or receive any intoxicating liquor from any solicitor, other than a wholesale-solicitor, unless the solicitor has registered with the division of alcohol and tobacco control as the primary American source of supply for the brand of intoxicating liquor ordered, purchased or received.
3. The term "primary American source of supply" as used herein shall mean the , producer, the owner of the at the time it became a marketable product, the bottler, or the of any such distiller, producer, bottler or owner, the basic requirement being that the be the first source closest to the in the channel of commerce from whom the product can be secured by American .
4. Any licensed under section 311.180 may as the primary American source of supply for vintage wine with the division of alcohol and tobacco control, provided that another solicitor is not registered as the primary American source of supply for the vintage wine and the vintage wine has been approved for sale by the federal .
5. The supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control shall approve or deny any application for primary American source of supply for any intoxicating liquor product within five working days following the receipt of a properly completed application. Any such application for an intoxicating liquor product received by the supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control that is not approved or denied within five working days shall be considered conditionally approved and such intoxicating liquor product may be , sold, shipped, ordered, purchased, and received in this state. All such applications submitted by applicants located in the state, and exclusively doing business in the state, shall be approved or denied before any such applications originating from other states are approved or denied.
Tap any gold-underlined word to see what it means.
Red section numbers link to that law.
Source & history notes
(L. 1979 H.B. 701, A.L. 2007 S.B. 299 & S.B. 616, A.L. 2017 H.B. 115)
Legal information, not legal advice. Always confirm with the official source at revisor.mo.gov.