Is it legal to ship alcohol in the mail?

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Or what are the guidelines/procedures for doing so?

Answer 1

The safety and security of the mail is our top priority. The Mail Security and Hazardous Materials Programs provide a safe environment for our customers, employees, and the traveling public. For more information, see frequently asked questions.

What is a Hazardous Material?
Hazardous materials come in a wide variety of forms and can be chemical, biological, radioactive, or a combination thereof. If a material or substance can cause harm to someone or something, it can be considered a hazardous material.

The Postal Service’s definition of a hazardous material includes many common household and consumer products. These items may not be hazardous during normal use or storage in your home but can present a significant hazard when placed in the mail due to vibration, temperature changes, and variations in atmospheric pressure.

Some examples of commonly-used items restricted or considered hazardous under USPS regulations include:

Perfumes
Nail polish
Flea collars or flea sprays
Aerosols
Bleach
Pool chemicals
Paints
Matches
Batteries
Fuels or gasoline
Airbags
Dry ice
Mercury thermometers
Cleaning supplies
Items previously containing fuel
Glues
Fireworks

Other items, such as alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, liquor), are not considered hazardous but are prohibited and boxes displaying such markings are also prohibited.

If you are unsure whether a material is considered hazardous or is prohibited, please contact 1-800-ASK-USPS or your local Business Mail Entry Unit.

According to the USPS, you cannot ship alcohol.

Answer 2

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Is it legal to ship alcohol in the mail?
Or what are the guidelines/procedures for doing so?

Answer 3

legal ship alcohol mail

Answer 4

Depends on what kind of alcohol you are planning to ship. You can ship perfume (which is highly alcoholic) but you can't ship scotch. Not even sure if you can ship booze by UPS or FedEx. Sorry, best advice is to call them and find out. There are some very sticky rules about shipping liquor and some of it has to do with taxes and crossing state lines and other bureaucratic nonsense of that sort.

Answer 5

No, you cannot ship alcohol via US mail.

"Intoxicating Liquor
A potable beverage is nonmailable if it is of 0.5% or more alcoholic content by weight, which is taxable under Chapter 51, Internal Revenue Service Code. The product may be mailed if it conforms to applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Service and Food and Drug Administration and is not an alcoholic beverage, poisonous, or flammable."

Answer 6

Number one shipping alcohol through the Mail is a Federal offense. Number two how would you know if you were shipping it to a minor or what. Last but not least why would you want to ship it, by the time it got where it was going there probably would be alot of happy "MICE" enjoying your broken bottles. You can take a joke right?

Answer 7

SO, is it REALLY legal to ship wine from one state to friends, family, customers or consumers in another state? The short federal answer: sending wine by U.S. mail is a crime. The not-so-short state law answer: well, that depends on where it's coming from and who it's going to. Whatever way you transport or send wine, whether by FedEx or rail or truck or in your personal luggage, chances are good that you might be violating the letter (and/or spirit) of state law (see "Who Ships Where").
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Answer 8

I think it depends on the state.
You CAn ship wine per mail, just not by air I think. It has to be by truck.

Go on Wine.com they give you a list of state they can ship wine to.

Answer 9

It is not legal. I believe you can import a bottle from Wine and Spirits and pick it up there.

Answer 10

I do not believe you could. Unless it is a business transaction (i.e. You own a Vineyard)