{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-244.260","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 244.260","heading":"Containers that wholesaler may purchase, keep, or sell in -- Distilled","body":"spirits or wine to be kept by licensees in approved containers.\n(1) No wholesaler shall purchase, import, keep upon the licensed premises, or sell\nany  distilled spirits or wine in any container except in the original sealed\npackage  containing quantities of not less than fifty (50) milliliters each of\ndistilled spirits or one hundred (100) milliliters of wine, and not exceeding the\nlargest applicable federal standard of fill size for distilled spirits or two hundred\ntwenty (220) liters of wine, as received from the distiller, rectifier, winery, or\nwholesaler. The containers shall be in sizes authorized by federal law and at all\ntimes shall have affixed to them all labels required by federal law or the\nadministrative regulations of the board.\n(2) Except for purposes of preparing barrel-aged and batched cocktails as defined\nin KRS  241.010 and as permitted by KRS  243.055 and 243.082(4) and\nsubsection (3) of this section, licensees holding retail distilled spirits and wine\ndrink licenses shall not keep upon their licensed premises any distilled spirits or\nwine in any container except in the original package as received from the\nwholesaler and authorized by federal law. Containers of distilled spirits shall not\nexceed the largest applicable federal standard of fill size for distilled spirits or\nbe less than fifty (50) milliliters of distilled spirits. Containers of wine shall not\nexceed  two hundred twenty (220) liters or be less than one hundred (100)\nmilliliters. All containers shall at all times have affixed to them any labels\nrequired by federal law or administrative regulations of the board.\n(3) Licensees holding retail distilled spirits and wine package licenses shall not\nkeep upon their licensed premises any distilled spirits or wine in any container\nexcept in the original package as received from the wholesaler and authorized\nby  federal law. Containers of distilled spirits shall not exceed the largest\napplicable federal standard of fill size for distilled spirits or be less than fifty (50)\nmilliliters of distilled spirits. Containers of wine shall not exceed two hundred\ntwenty (220) liters or be less than one hundred (100) milliliters. Except as\npermitted by subsection (2) of this section, all containers shall at all times\nremain sealed and shall have affixed to them any labels required by federal law\nor administrative regulations of the board.","path":["KRS Chapter 244"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52072","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:55Z","sha256":"8a75bf1718365a1221403e7edda1ac892dbce6331d81c453de64885dd42fb60b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-244.250","next":"us-ky/krs-244.270"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}