{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-25-753","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 25-753","heading":"Keg registration required; procedures specified.","body":"(a)\nA licensee under an off-premises retailer’s or wholesaler’s license shall not sell any alcoholic beverage in a keg to a consumer without having affixed a registration seal on the keg at the time of sale.\n\n(b)\nA keg registration seal is a seal, decal, sticker, or other device approved by the Board which is designed to be affixed to kegs and which displays a registration number, name of the licensee offering the keg for sale to the consumer, and any other information required by the Board.\n\n(c)\nAt the point of sale of an alcoholic beverage in a keg, the licensee shall complete a keg declaration of receipt on a form provided by the Board receipt, which receipt shall contain the following information:\n(1)\nKeg registration seal number;\n(2)\nThe name and address of the purchaser verified by a valid identification  document;\n(3)\nThe type and registration number of the identification presented by the  purchaser;\n(4)\nA statement signed by the purchaser stating that:\n(A)\nThe purchaser is 21 years of age or older;\n(B)\nThe purchaser does not intend to allow persons under 21 years of age to consume any of the alcoholic beverage purchased; and\n(C)\nThe purchaser will not remove or obliterate the keg registration seal affixed to the keg or allow its removal or obliteration; and\n(5)\nThe specific address or location where the alcoholic beverage in the keg  will be consumed and the date or dates on which it will be consumed.\n\n(d)\nUpon return of a registered keg from a consumer, the licensee shall remove or obliterate the keg registration seal and note the removal or obliteration on the keg declaration of receipt form to be retained by the licensee at the licensed establishment. If a keg is made of disposable packaging that does not have to be returned by the consumer to the licensee, the licensee shall indicate on the keg declaration of receipt form that the keg is disposable.\n\n(e)\nA licensee shall maintain the keg declaration of receipt form on the licensed establishment for 2 years following the date of purchase. These records shall be open at all reasonable times for inspection by the Board, or its authorized representatives, and other law enforcement officers.\n\n(f)\nThis section shall not apply to the wholesale sale of any keg between a wholesaler and a retailer or to the import of any keg by a retailer under this title or regulations promulgated hereunder.","path":["Title 25. Alcoholic Beverages. [Enacted title]","Chapter 7. Standards of Operation.","Subchapter VI. Limitations on Container Number, Size, Labeling, and Storage."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/25-753","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"9e5e7fb1fc7239b3a38348a3843843a0d67dffbd03cc355201b6e474c12af125","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-25-752","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-25-754"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}