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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 243.170: Transactions permitted to wholesalers.

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  1. KRS Chapter 243

(1) A wholesaler may sell, deliver, and transport distilled spirits and wine at

wholesale, and from the licensed premises only, to:

(a) Other wholesalers;

(b) Retailers; or

(c) A point out of the state to persons authorized by the law of the state of

their residence, and by the United States government if located in the

United States, to receive the distilled spirits and wine.

(2) A wholesaler may purchase distilled spirits and wine at wholesale from

licensed distillers, rectifiers, wineries, or other wholesalers and from

nonresidents authorized by the law of the states of their residence, and by the

United States government if located in the United States, to make the sales. A

wholesaler may not transport distilled spirits and wine from any point to its own

licensed premises, except as provided in KRS 243.200.

(3) No wholesaler shall sell or contract to sell, give away, or deliver any distilled

spirits or wine to any person in Kentucky who is not licensed to receive,

possess, distribute, or sell distilled spirits and wine, and no wholesaler shall sell

or contract to sell, give away, or deliver any distilled spirits or wine to any

consumer. This section does not permit sales or deliveries of distilled spirits in

Kentucky by licensed wholesalers to nonresidents who are not licensed by their

own states.

(4) A wholesaler may extend credit on distilled spirits and wine sold to retail

licensees for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date of invoice,

with the date of invoice included in the total number of days. When the thirty

(30) day period has passed without payment in full, no wholesaler shall sell to

the licensee except for cash on delivery.

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