{"data":{"id":"us-me/28-a-m.r.s.-1504","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"28-A M.R.S. §1504","heading":"Samples of spirits products","body":"A person licensed under section 1502 as a sales representative for a spirits supplier may give a retail licensee samples of spirits under the following conditions:\n1.  Invoice required.  The spirits must be accompanied by an invoice;\n2.  Product registered.  The spirits must be listed by the commission for sale in this State and clearly labeled as a sample;\n3.  Taxes paid.\n3-A.  Partial-bottle spirits samples.\n4.  Sampling record; prohibited recipients.  The sales representative who provides the sample shall maintain a log stating the names of the agency liquor store or on-premises retail licensee to whom a full-bottle sample is given under subsection 5 or the person to whom a partial-bottle sample of spirits is given under subsection 6 and the amount of that partial-bottle sample.  The person to whom the sales representative gives spirits samples under this section may not be a minor or a visibly intoxicated person;\n5.  Full-bottle samples.  The maximum amount of unopened full-bottle samples of spirits given to a retail licensee by a sales representative may not exceed 6 liters per year per distillery represented by that sales representative.  Individual samples may not exceed one liter.  A full-bottle sample is an unopened bottle of spirits provided to an agency liquor store or an on-premises retail licensee licensed to sell spirits;\n6.   Partial-bottle samples.  Bottles of spirits designated for partial-bottle sampling must be properly sealed between samplings.  Samples poured from a bottle of spirits designated for partial-bottle sampling may be provided only:\nA.  On the premises of a retailer licensed to sell spirits for on-premises consumption to the owner of or a supervisory or managerial employee of the retailer; or\nB.  On the premises of an agency liquor store to the owner of or a supervisory or managerial employee of the agency liquor store;\n7.  Records maintained.  Records of samples given or received under this section must be maintained for a 2-year period by the sales representative and the retail licensee that gave or received the samples; and\n8.  Access to samples.  A sales representative shall request samples from bailment inventory of a spirits supplier housed at the wholesale spirits provider's warehouse for the purposes described under this section.","path":["TITLE 28-A: LIQUORS","PART 3: LICENSES FOR SALE OF LIQUOR","CHAPTER 59: SALES REPRESENTATIVES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-A/title28-Asec1504.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:35Z","sha256":"e9ca2a3000894caaa0f1e2d1bf3353c33217325f172492ddd5cb825d89b5726c","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/28-a-m.r.s.-1503","next":"us-me/28-a-m.r.s.-1505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}