Effective 28 Aug 2010

311.550. Additional revenue charges — fines and penalties. — 1. In addition to all other licenses and charges, there shall be paid to and collected by the director of revenue charges as follows:

(1) For the privilege of selling in the state of Missouri spirituous liquors, including brandy, rum, whiskey, and gin, and other spirituous liquors and alcohol for beverage purposes, there shall be paid, and the director of revenue shall be entitled to receive, the sum of two dollars per gallon or fraction thereof;

(2) For the privilege of selling wines, the sum of thirty cents per gallon to the credit of the agriculture protection fund created under section 261.200 to be used solely for agricultural business development and marketing-related functions of the department of agriculture.

2. The person who shall first sell such liquor to any person in this state shall be liable for the payment, except that no refund of any tax collected and remitted to the director of revenue by a retail seller upon gross receipts from a sale of beer, liquor or wine subject to the charges contained in sections 311.520, 311.550 and 311.554 shall be claimed for refund under chapter 144 for any amount illegally or erroneously overcharged or overcollected as a result of imposition of sales tax by the retail seller upon amounts representing the charges imposed under this chapter.

3. Any person who sells to any person within this state any intoxicating liquors mentioned in subdivision (1) of subsection 1, unless the charge hereby imposed is paid, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment by the state department of corrections for a term of not less than two years nor more than five years, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than one month nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

4. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove the contents of any container containing any of the intoxicating liquors mentioned in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 without destroying such container, or to refill any such container, in whole or in part, with any of the liquors mentioned in subdivision (1) of subsection 1. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

5. Every manufacturer, out-state solicitor and wholesale dealer licensed under this chapter shall make a true duplicate invoice of the same, showing the date, amount and value of each class of such liquors shipped or delivered, and retain a duplicate thereof, subject to the use and inspection of the supervisor of liquor control and his representatives for two years.

6. Any person who shall sell in this state any intoxicating liquor without first having procured a license from the supervisor of liquor control authorizing him to sell such intoxicating liquor is guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment by the state department of corrections for a term of not less than two years nor more than five years, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than three months nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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(RSMo 1939 § 4900, A.L. 1945 p. 1043, A.L. 1961 p. 43, A.L. 1969 4th Ex. Sess. S.B. 2, A.L. 1994 S.B. 477, et al., A.L. 2010 S.B. 795)