(a) Any publication of general circulation, at least twenty percent (20%) of the published copies of which are sold or distributed in the state of Tennessee, which publishes any advertisement by or on behalf of any person, firm or corporation selling or distributing alcoholic beverages at retail in a state other than Tennessee, shall publish a notice to consumers as a part of, or immediately adjacent to, each such advertisement.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-18-117

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: means a natural person, individual, governmental agency, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, incorporated or unincorporated association, and any other legal or commercial entity however organized. See Tennessee Code 47-18-103
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The notice shall read as follows:

WARNING: The importation or transportation of alcoholic beverages into the State of Tennessee by any person not possessing a permit from the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission is a CRIMINAL OFFENSE which could be punished by FINE or IMPRISONMENT or BOTH.

(c) The notice shall be printed in a space equal to or greater than thirty percent (30%) of the total space devoted to each such advertisement in print no smaller than the largest print type employed in such advertisement.
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