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N.Y. ABC Law § 116

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Deliveries of alcoholic beverages

Official statutory text

§ 116. Deliveries of alcoholic beverages. No alcoholic beverage shall\nbe transported within this state by any vehicle unless such vehicle is\nowned and operated, or hired and operated by a licensee and unless there\nshall be attached to or inscribed upon both sides of such vehicle so as\nto be visible from a reasonable distance, a sign setting forth the name\nand address of such licensee in such form and with such additional\ninformation as the liquor authority may prescribe; provided, however,\n(a) that alcoholic beverages may be transported by a retail licensee to\nthe home of a purchaser not to be resold by the purchaser; (b) that\nalcoholic beverages owned by a person may be transported from place to\nplace not for purposes of sale; (c) that alcoholic beverages may be\ndelivered from a licensee to a steamship or railroad station or terminal\nfor purposes of transportation, and may be delivered from a steamship or\nrailroad station or terminal to a purchaser for purposes of consumption,\nor to a licensee by any bona fide trucking agency holding a permit under\nthis chapter. In lieu of such sign, a licensee may have in the cab of\nsuch vehicle a photostatic copy of its current license issued by the\nauthority, and such copy duly authenticated by the authority.\n

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