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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="2-151" title_number="2" title_name="State-Issued Permits and Licenses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Permits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a common carrier permit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A holder of a common carrier permit may deliver wine from a location inside or outside the State to a consumer in the State for the consumer’s personal use under this part.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person shall be issued a common carrier permit before the person may engage in transporting wine from a direct wine shipper to a consumer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The term of a common carrier permit is 1 year and begins on July 1.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>To complete delivery of a shipment, the common carrier shall require from a consumer at the address listed on the shipping label:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the signature of the consumer or another individual at the address who is at least 21 years old; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>government–issued photographic identification showing that the signing individual is at least 21 years old.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A common carrier shall refuse delivery when the intended receiving individual appears to be under the age of 21 years or refuses to present valid identification.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>At the time of initial application for a common carrier permit and on request of the Executive Director, a common carrier shall submit to the Executive Director information concerning the training of its drivers in verifying the age of recipients of direct wine shipments under this part.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>At least once each year, in a manner acceptable to the Executive Director, a holder of a common carrier permit shall verify that the shipper of wine into the State under this part holds a valid direct wine shipper’s permit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>A holder of a common carrier permit that delivers wine solely under this part may not be required to obtain a transportation permit issued under § 2–118 or § 2–119 of this subtitle in addition to the common carrier permit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>The permit fee is $100.</text>
  </level>
</section>
