Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61A - Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco › Chapter 61A-4 - MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS › Section 61A-4.005 - Brand Registration

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Each brand
				or label of spirituous beverages sold or offered for sale within the State of
				Florida or transported within the State of Florida must be registered with the
				Division and must have a brand registration number assigned to it by the
				Division. Requests for registration of brands shall be submitted on forms
				prescribed by the department for that purpose and in the manner prescribed by
				the Division.
(2) The manufacturer,
				distiller, rectifier, processor, blender, bottler, importer and distributor of
				each brand or label that is to be registered with the Division is responsible
				for its registration and for the payment of fees in connection with such
				registration; provided, however, nothing herein shall prevent a distributor or
				vender from disposing of a brand in the normal course of business if the
				brand's registration has not been renewed subsequent to the purchase of the
				alcoholic beverage by the distributor or vendor.
(3) The registration of any brand or labels
				may be suspended or revoked in the same manner as a beverage license for any
				violation by the registrant or its agent of any of the beverage laws of the
				State of Florida or of any rules, regulations or administrative orders
				promulgated pursuant thereto. During the period of the suspension or revocation
				of the registration of any brand or brands or labels no distributor shall
				purchase, receive, bring into, or cause to be brought into the State of Florida
				any such brand or label. No brand under suspension or revocation may be
				re-registered by another registrant.
(4) The registration year for all brands or
				labels shall be from July 1 to June 30 inclusive of each year.
(5) Annual registration of brands shall be
				effected by additions to or deletions from the master list of the registrant
				for the previous year and by the payment of twenty ($20.00) dollars for each
				brand of label registered.
(6)
				Subsequent to the annual registration of brands or labels, any registrant
				desiring to register new brands or labels under which spirituous beverages are
				to be sold or offered for sale or transported within the State of Florida may
				register such brand or label on a registration form prescribed by the Division
				for that purpose and must make payment of twenty ($20.00) dollar registration
				fee for each such brand or label. The payment of the $20.00 registration fee
				shall be for the balance of the current registration year as set forth in
				subsection (4) above.
(7)
				Distributors or vendors are prohibited from possessing, dealing in, or
				exercising control over any spirituous beverages if the brand or label of such
				spirituous beverages has not been registered with the Division as provided by
				law. Any such spirituous beverages shall be seized by the Division and disposed
				of in a manner prescribed by law.
Rulemaking Authority
					 561.11,
					 563.04,
					 564.04,
					 565.08 FS. Law Implemented
					 563.04,
					 564.04,
					 565.08,
					 565.095
					 FS.
Repromulgated 12-19-74, Amended 3-1-76, Formerly 7A-4.05,
					 7A-4.005.