IC 7.1-3-13-3.5: Requirements to sell wine purchased from estate sale; immunity from product liability

Sec. 3.5. (a) A wine wholesaler may sell wine purchased from an estate sale only if the following requirements are met:

(1) The primary source of the wine sold at auction:

(A) is authorized to sell wine in Indiana on the date the wine is resold by the wholesaler;

(B) is given notice of the purchase by the wine wholesaler; and

(C) authorizes the wine wholesaler to resell the wine purchased.

(2) The seller of wine at auction is a bona fide estate of an Indiana decedent.

(3) Each wine bottle is affixed with a sticker indicating that the wine was purchased from an estate.

(b) The notice given to the primary source under subsection (a)(1) must include the following information:

(1) The name of the seller.

(2) The amount of the product purchased and the sale price at auction.

(3) The vintage of the wine purchased.

(c) A wholesaler is not liable for product liability for wine that the wholesaler sells from an estate auction purchase.