§ 7.5-110. Common carrier permits.

   (a) Required. -- A person shall be issued a common carrier permit before the person may engage in transporting wine from a direct wine shipper to a consumer.

(b) Term. -- The term of a common carrier permit is 1 year and begins on July 1.

(c) Delivery -- Requirements. -- To complete delivery of a shipment, the common carrier shall require from a consumer at the address listed on the shipping label:

   (1) The signature of the consumer or another individual at the address who is at least 21 years old; and

   (2) Government-issued photographic identification showing that the signing individual is at least 21 years old.

(d) Delivery -- Grounds for refusal by common carrier. -- A common carrier shall refuse delivery when the intended receiving individual appears to be under 21 years of age or refuses to present valid identification.

(e) Carrier's duty to train drivers to verify age of recipients. -- At the time of initial application for a common carrier permit and on request of the Comptroller, a common carrier shall submit to the Comptroller information concerning the training of its drivers in verifying the age of recipients of direct wine shipments under this title.

(f) Annual verification of permit. -- At least once each year, in a manner acceptable to the Comptroller, a holder of a common carrier permit shall verify that the shipper of wine into the State under this title holds a valid direct wine shipper's permit.

HISTORY: 2011, ch 204, § 2; ch. 205, § 2.