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Subject: Re: U.S. laws regarding marrying bottles....
From: Tobinn
Posted: Thu Aug 10. 2006, 17:23 UTC
Followup to: "U.S. laws regarding marrying bottles...."  by Dano_  (Sat Jul 22. 2006, 08:09 UTC)
> Hey guys,
> 
> Just reading Cheryl's thread about infusing spirits and was wondering 
> what the deal is with the U.S. laws prohibiting marrying bottles?  It 
> just seems so ridiculous... do places actually abide by these laws or 
> just marry bottles in back rooms instead?
> 
> I've never worked at a place that didn't marry bottles, and at my 
> current place we marry like crazy all night long as we go through 
> many bottles throughout the course of a shift with 8 wells running.
> 
>  

For anyone who cares, here's what I found in FLA State Statues:

Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO Chapter 565
LIQUOR View Entire Chapter 
 
565.11  Refilling liquor bottles; misrepresentation; penalty.--Any person who 
shall reuse or refill with distilled spirituous liquors for the purpose of 
sale a bottle or other container which has once been used to contain 
spirituous liquors, or any person who shall willfully misrepresent or permit 
to be misrepresented the brand of distilled spirits being sold or offered for 
sale in or from any bottles or containers, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of 
the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083 and, 
when such person is licensed under this law, be subject to have his or her 
license revoked by the division. The possession of such a refilled or a 
mislabeled bottle or other container of spirituous liquors shall be prima 
facie evidence of the violation of this section. 

History.--s. 5, ch. 72-230; s. 877, ch. 97-103. 
Note.--Former s. 561.09(2).

And in case you were wondering what a misdemeaner of the second degree can get 
you:
 s. 775.082
 b)  For a misdemeanor of the second degree, by a definite term of 
imprisonment not exceeding 60 days.

s. 775.083
(e)  $500, when the conviction is of a misdemeanor of the second degree or a 
noncriminal violation. 


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