KRS § 243.200 — KY Code / Title XX / Chapter 243 / Section 243.200
243.200 Transporter's license, authority for issuance to certain motor carriers or to common carrier -- Holder's privileges, duties, and restrictions -- Delivery or shipment of alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages with adult-signature-only service -- Authority to examine vehicle and cargo -- When transporter's license not required -- Required maintenance of books and records
Status: in_force

243.200 Transporter's license, authority for issuance to certain motor carriers or to

common carrier -- Holder's privileges, duties, and restrictions -- Delivery or

shipment of alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages with adult-

signature-only service -- Authority to examine vehicle and cargo -- When

transporter's license not required -- Required maintenance of books and

records.

(1) A transporter's license may be issued as a primary license to a motor carrier

authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth by the Transportation Cabinet

or the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or to another person engaged in

business as a common carrier. A person holding a transporter's license may

transport alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages to or from the licensed

premises of any licensee under this chapter to an individual consumer if both the

consignor and consignee in each case are authorized by the law of the states of their

residence to sell, purchase, deliver, ship, or receive the alcoholic beverages or

cannabis-infused beverages.

(2) (a) A transporter may deliver or ship to consumers over twenty-one (21) years of

age in packages clearly marked either, as appropriate:

1. "Alcoholic Beverages, adult signature (21 years of age or over)

required"; or

2. "Cannabis-infused Beverages, adult signature (21 years of age or over)

required";

and shall request adult-signature-only service from the carrier.

(b) Deliveries or shipments of alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages

shall only be made into areas of the state in which alcoholic beverages or

cannabis-infused beverages may be lawfully sold. When the shipper requests

adult-signature-only service, it shall be a violation for a common carrier not to

inspect government-issued identification for proof of age. No properly

licensed common carrier or any of its employees acting on behalf of a

consignor in the course and scope of a delivery or shipment of alcoholic

beverages or cannabis-infused beverages to a consumer shall be liable for a

violation of this subsection or any provision of KRS 242.250, 242.260, or

242.270 prohibiting the delivery or shipment of alcoholic beverages or

cannabis-infused beverages into areas of the state in which alcoholic

beverages or cannabis-infused beverages are not lawfully sold.

(3) Except for a common carrier that has been assigned a USDOT number issued by the

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the holder of a transporter's license

shall cause each truck or vehicle to display the name of the licensee and the state

license numbers in a manner prescribed by an administrative regulation

promulgated by the board.

(4) Except for an application by a common carrier that has been assigned a USDOT

number issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, an application

for a transporter's license shall include a statement that the applicant, if issued a

license, shall allow any authorized investigators of the department to stop and

examine the cargo of any truck or vehicle in which alcoholic beverages or cannabis-

infused beverages are being transported within the boundaries of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky.

(5) A licensee may move, within the same county, alcoholic beverages or cannabis-

infused beverages from one (1) of the licensee's licensed premises to another

without a transporter's license. A licensee may move alcoholic beverages or

cannabis-infused beverages from one (1) of the licensee's licensed premises located

in one (1) county to a licensed premises located in another county, without a

transporter's license, with prior written approval of the administrator for good cause

shown. The licensee shall keep and maintain, in one (1) of its licensed premises,

adequate books and records of the transactions involved in transporting alcoholic

beverages or cannabis-infused beverages from one (1) licensed premises to another

in accordance with standards established in administrative regulations promulgated

by the board. The records shall be available to the department and the Department

of Revenue upon request.

(6) Distilled spirits and wine may be transported by any licensed retailer selling

distilled spirits or wine, by the package or by the drink, from the premises of a

licensed wholesaler to the licensed premises of the retail licensee. Both the

wholesaler and the retailer engaging in activity under this subsection shall be

responsible for maintaining records documenting the transactions.