Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 560-2-3-.11 - Keg Registration and Identification

(1) Each retail Licensee selling kegs containing Malt Beverages for consumption off licensed Premises shall require each purchaser to present a Georgia driver's license or other proper identification at the time of purchase.

(2) Upon the sale of a keg of Malt Beverage, Licensees shall record the following information on the keg registration label or tag provided by the Department and shall affix the completed label or tag to the keg:

(a) Name and address of the retail Licensee;

(b) Keg identification number; and

(c) State alcohol license number of the business.

(3) The Licensee shall record for each keg sale the following information on an identification form:

(a) Date of sale;

(b) Size of the keg;

(c) Keg identification number;

(d) Amount of container deposit;

(e) Amount of keg registration fee;

(f) Name, address, and date of birth of the purchaser; and

(g) Form of identification presented by the purchaser.

(4) Prior to the culmination of the sale, the purchaser shall read and sign a statement acknowledging and attesting to the following:

(a) Accuracy of the purchaser's name and address;

(b) Location where the keg contents will be consumed;

(c) Knowledge that a violation of O.C.G.A. § 3-3-23, as it relates to furnishing Alcoholic Beverages to Persons under the age of twenty-one (21) years, may result in civil liability, criminal prosecution, or both; and

(d) Removal or obliteration of the keg registration label or tag is a violation of O.C.G.A. § 3-5-5 and that this violation may result in criminal prosecution as set forth in O.C.G.A. § 3-3-9.

(5) Licensees are authorized to charge a keg registration fee due at the time of sale of the keg.

(6) Licensees are authorized to charge a container deposit due at the time of sale of the keg.

(a) When the keg is returned and satisfies the conditions outlined in paragraph (7), the container deposit shall be refunded to the purchaser.

(b) The Licensee is authorized to retain any container deposit if the keg is returned without the label or the keg identification number, or if the information is illegible.

(7) Upon return of the keg, the Licensee shall record the condition of the label and keg identification number on the identification form.

(8) The Licensee shall retain all keg registration information at the Licensee's licensed Premises for a period of six months from the date of sale.

(a) Keg registration tags and labels issued by the Commissioner are for the use of the Licensee of the licensed Premises at the address as shown on the state license.

(b) Keg registration tags and labels are not transferable from one Licensee to another Licensee, or from one licensed Premises to another licensed Premises.

Notes

Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 560-2-3-.11

O.C.G.A. §§ 3-2-2, 3-5-5, 48-2-12.

Original Rule entitled "Shipment by Licensed Common Carriers; Application for Permit to Ship" adopted. F. and eff. June 30, 1965. Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Oct. 23, 1969; eff. Nov. 1, 1969, as specified by the Agency. Repealed: New Rule entitled "Shipment by Licensed Common Carriers; Shipments Consigned to Producer" adopted. F. May 13, 1975; eff. June 2, 1975. Repealed: New Rule entitled "Restriction Against Law Enforcement Agents" adopted. F. May 5, 1982; eff. May 25, 1982. Repealed: New Rule entitled "Keg Registration and Identification" adopted. F. Oct. 1, 2010; eff. Oct. 21, 2010. Amended: F. May 31, 2023; eff. June 20, 2023.