Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 16. ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND MARIJUANA

CHAPTER 3. CONTROL OF LIQUOR, BEER, AND WINE

Part 3. Retail Sales Restrictions

Refilling Of Liquor Bottles Prohibited

16-3-308. Refilling of liquor bottles prohibited. (1) A person who sells or offers liquor for sale, or an agent or employee of the person, may not:

(a) place in any liquor bottle any liquor other than that contained in the bottle at the time of bottling by an alcoholic beverage manufacturer;

(b) possess any liquor bottle in which any liquor has been placed in violation of subsection (1)(a);

(c) by the addition of any substance to any liquor bottle, in any manner alter or increase any portion of the original contents contained in the bottle at the time of bottling by an alcoholic beverage manufacturer; or

(d) possess any liquor bottle of which any portion of its contents has been altered or increased in violation of subsection (1)(c).

(2) This section does not prohibit any reuse of liquor bottles that is permitted under laws or regulations of the federal government.

History: En. 4-3-308 by Sec. 117, Ch. 387, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 4-3-308; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 591, L. 2023.