Unclaimed shipments of liquor may be sold
If a railroad or express company has a shipment of alcohol that nobody claimed or someone refused, the company can sell that alcohol the same way it sells other unclaimed items. The company does not need a special license or permit to sell that unclaimed alcohol.
311.400. Unclaimed shipments of liquor may be sold. — Any railroad or doing business in this state shall have the right to sell unclaimed or refused shipments of in the same manner that such railroad or express company is or may be hereafter to sell other unclaimed or refused property under the laws of this state, and no or shall be required of such railroad or express company for such sale of such unclaimed or refused intoxicating liquor.
(RSMo 1939 § 4919)
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