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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 243.790 — Alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages to be shipped and consumed out of state not subject to tax -- Conditions of exemption

243.790. Alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages to be shipped and consumed out of state not subject to tax -- Conditions of exemption

The sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages manufactured in or imported into this state for shipment permanently out of the state to be sold without the state and consumed without the state shall not be subject to the tax imposed by KRS 243.720. Provided, however, the Department of Revenue may, when necessary for the purpose of control enforcement or protection of revenue, prescribe the conditions under which containers of the alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages for shipment permanently out of the state to be sold without the state and consumed without the state may be kept and trafficked in without payment of the tax.

Source notes

Effective: July 1, 2025

History and annotations

Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 22, effective July 1, 2025. -- Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 11, effective March 12, 2021. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 658, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 162, secs. 3 and 4. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4281c-14.

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