---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 27.61"
title: "27"
number: "27.61"
heading: "Containers of distilled spirits to bear closures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/27.61"
---

# §27.61. Containers of distilled spirits to bear closures.


No person shall transport, buy, possess, or sell, or transfer any imported distilled spirits in containers of 1 gallon (3.785 liters) or less, unless the immediate container thereof has a closure or other device affixed in accordance with the provisions of this part.


## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-206, 50 FR 23955, June 7, 1985]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 19 U.S.C. 81c, 1202; 26 U.S.C. 5001, 5007, 5008, 5010, 5041, 5051, 5054, 5061, 5121, 5122-5124, 5201, 5205, 5207, 5232, 5273, 5301, 5313, 5382, 5555, 6038E, 6065, 6109, 6302, 7805.

### Source

Source: 20 FR 3561, May 21, 1955, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and further redesignated by T.D. ATF-479, 67 FR 30799, May 8, 2002.

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-206, 50 FR 23955, June 7, 1985]