{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-244.040","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 244.040","heading":"Sales for cash only.","body":"(1) A brewer or distributor shall not sell alcoholic beverages to any person in this state\nfor any consideration except for cash paid at or before the time of delivery.\nFor purposes of this section, \"cash\" includes the sale of malt beverages by electronic\ntransfers if the following conditions are met:\n(a) The use of electronic transfers shall be voluntary and shall be agreed to by the\naffected brewer, distributor, and retailer;\n(b) The brewer shall not pay or credit back in any way to the distributor any share\nof the cost that is attributable to the electronic transfer;\n(c) The distributor shall not pay or credit back in any way to the retailer any share\nof the cost that is attributable to the electronic fund transfer;\n(d) The transfer of funds shall be initiated by the brewer or the distributor;\n(e) The distributor may debit the retailer's bank account for the exact amount due\nbased on the amount of alcoholic beverages delivered;\n(f) Electronic fund transfers that are rejected or denied at the time of sale for any\nreason shall be treated in the same manner as checks drawn on insufficient\nfunds; and\n(g) Each participating retail licensee and each distributor maintain accurate\nrecords of all electronic fund transfers in accordance with department statutes\nand administrative regulations.\n(2) A brewer or distributor shall not furnish or deliver any returnable bottled malt\nbeverage without collecting a minimum container charge or deposit of sixty cents\n($0.60) per case of twenty -four (24) twelve -ounce bottles or its e quivalent in the\nsame manner that the price of the malt beverage is collected.\n(3) This section shall not prohibit a licensee from crediting to a purchaser the actual\nprices charged for packages or containers returned by the original purchaser as a\ncredit on any sale, or from refunding to any purchaser the amount paid by the\npurchaser for containers or as a deposit on containers when the title is retained by\nthe vendor, if the containers or packages have been returned to the brewer or\ndistributor.\n(4) No right of action shall exist to collect any claim for credit extended contrary to this\nsection.\n(5) This section shall not apply to sales by wholesalers or distributors to licensees that\nare private clubs or voluntary associations.","path":["KRS Chapter 244"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=11432","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:54Z","sha256":"297264ff7a22a99956c0907a94ed26affcb74899be8ed77257bece646db12a51","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-244.030","next":"us-ky/krs-244.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}