No licensed wholesaler may purchase or accept delivery of any brand of alcoholic beverages, unless those alcoholic beverages are purchased from the brand owner or the brand owner’s authorized agent, or from another licensed wholesaler operating solely within this state. Alcoholic beverages imported into this state shall come to rest at the warehouse of the licensed wholesaler before sale and delivery to a retail licensee. Alcoholic beverages obtained from any licensed manufacturer located in this state do not need to come to rest at the warehouse of the licensed wholesaler before sale and delivery to a retail licensee if the wholesaler takes physical possession of the alcoholic beverages.

Source: SL 1982, ch 270; SL 1994, ch 286, § 1; SL 2018, ch 224, § 15.