---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 31.203"
title: "27"
number: "31.203"
heading: "Possession of used liquor bottles."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/31.203"
---

# §31.203. Possession of used liquor bottles.


The possession of used liquor bottles by any person other than the person who empties the contents thereof is prohibited except in the following circumstances:

- (a) The owner or occupant of any premises on which the used bottles have been lawfully emptied may assemble the bottles on such premises—
  - (1) For delivery to a bottler or importer on specific request of that bottler or importer;
  - (2) For destruction, either on the premises on which the bottles are emptied or elsewhere, including disposition for purposes that will result in the bottles being rendered unusable as bottles; or
  - (3) In the case of unusual or distinctive bottles, for disposition or sale as collectors' items or for other purposes not involving the packaging of any product for sale;
- (b) Any person may possess, offer for sale, or sell unusual or distinctive bottles for purposes not involving the packaging of any product for sale; and
- (c) Any person may assemble used liquor bottles for the purpose of recycling or reclaiming the glass or other approved liquor bottle material.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 5001, 5002, 5121, 5122-5124, 5131, 5132, 5206, 5207, 5273, 5301, 5352, 5555, 5603, 5613, 5681, 5687, 6061, 6065, 6071, 6091, 6103, 6109, 6723, 6724, 7805.

### Source

Source: T.D. TTB-79, 74 FR 37407, July 28, 2009, unless otherwise noted.