[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
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[CITE: 27CFR31]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 31_ALCOHOL BEVERAGE DEALERS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart Q_Reuse and Possession of Used Liquor Bottles
 
Sec.  31.263  Possession of used liquor bottles.

    The possession of used liquor bottles by any person other than the 
person who empties the contents thereof is prohibited except for the 
following:
    (a) The owner or occupant of any premises on which such bottles have 
been lawfully emptied may assemble the same on such premises--
    (1) For delivery to a bottler or importer on specific request of 
such bottler or importer;
    (2) For destruction, either on the premises on which the bottles are 
emptied or elsewhere, including disposition for purposes which will 
result in the bottles being rendered unusable as bottles; or
    (3) In the case of unusual or distinctive bottles, for disposition 
or sale as collectors' items or for other purposes not involving the 
packaging of any product for sale.
    (b) Any person may possess, offer for sale, or sell unusual or 
distinctive bottles for purposes not involving the packaging of any 
product for sale.
    (c) Any person may assemble used liquor bottles for the purpose of 
recycling or reclaiming the glass or other approved liquor bottle 
material.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1374, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5301))

[T.D. ATF-114, 47 FR 43950, Oct. 5, 1982. Redesignated by T.D. TTB-25, 
70 FR 19884, Apr. 15, 2005]