1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 16
  3. CHAPTER 3
  4. Part 1
  5. 16-3-106 Conveyance of alcoholic beverages -- opening alcoholic beverages during transit forbidden

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 16. ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND MARIJUANA

CHAPTER 3. CONTROL OF LIQUOR, BEER, AND WINE

Part 1. Official Controls

Conveyance Of Alcoholic Beverages -- Opening Alcoholic Beverages During Transit Forbidden

16-3-106. Conveyance of alcoholic beverages -- opening alcoholic beverages during transit forbidden. (1) It is lawful to carry or convey alcoholic beverages to any place to which the alcoholic beverages may be lawfully delivered under this code and the rules of the department.

(2) It is unlawful to:

(a) open, break, or allow to be opened or broken any package or vessel containing an alcoholic beverage; or

(b) drink or use or allow to be drunk or used any alcoholic beverage while it is being carried or conveyed.

History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 105, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 2815.76, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 4-122, R.C.M. 1947; amd. and redes. 4-2-103 by Sec. 12, Ch. 387, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 4-2-103; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 68, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 530, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 591, L. 2023.