16-3-219. Dock sales restricted -- exceptions. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) through (4), beer may not be delivered to a licensed retailer at any location other than the retailer's licensed premises.
(2) An all-beverages licensee may personally or through an employee obtain from any wholesaler's warehouse any quantity of beer as the all-beverages licensee and wholesaler may agree to buy and sell.
(3) Retailers other than an all-beverages licensee may personally or through an employee obtain from the wholesaler's warehouse any quantity of beer that the retailer and wholesaler may agree to buy and sell only within the territory of the wholesaler in which the retailer is located.
(4) When a beer wholesaler's trucks and equipment are incapable of delivering beer to a retail licensee's premises due to the unique physical location of the retail licensee's premises, examples of which are premises located on an island or atop a mountain, the beer wholesaler and retail licensee may seek prior department approval for an alternative delivery arrangement on a form provided by the department. If the department approves the alternative delivery arrangement request, the department shall provide the beer wholesaler and the retail licensee a written summary of the conditions of the approved delivery arrangement. Failure to comply with the approved alternative delivery arrangement may subject the beer wholesaler or retail licensee to administrative action.
History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 61, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 501, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 194, L. 2021.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 16. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Marijuana
Chapter 3. Control of Liquor, Beer, and Wine
Part 2. Regulation of Brewers, Beer Importers, and Beer Wholesalers
16-3-202. Beer sale by department prohibited
16-3-203. through 16-3-210 reserved
16-3-211. Monthly report of brewer, beer importer, or retailer -- inspection of books and premises
16-3-212. Brewers' or beer importers' sales to wholesalers lawful
16-3-213. Brewers or beer importers not to retail beer -- small brewery exceptions
16-3-214. Beer sales by brewers -- sample room exception
16-3-215. and 16-3-216 reserved
16-3-218. "Distribute" defined
16-3-219. Dock sales restricted -- exceptions
16-3-220. Wholesalers' service obligations -- applicability
16-3-221. Illegal acts by brewers or beer importers
16-3-223. Transfer of wholesaler's interest in business
16-3-224. Contractual or franchise relationship -- existence by actions
16-3-225. Injunction to prevent franchise cancellation
16-3-226. Brewer-wholesaler or beer importer-wholesaler agreements filed with department
16-3-227. through 16-3-229 reserved
16-3-230. Beer required to be shipped to wholesaler
16-3-231. Monthly report of wholesaler
16-3-232. Beer sales by wholesaler
16-3-233. Sales to public by wholesaler unlawful
16-3-234. Consumption of beer on wholesalers' premises unlawful
16-3-235. Carriers' reports of beer transported
16-3-236. through 16-3-240 reserved
16-3-242. Financial interest in retailers prohibited