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import alcoholic beverages purchased by him within the territorial
limits of the United States in an amount not to exceed five
gallons in any sixty day period for his own consumption.
An individual who has resided
outside the United States for a period of six months or
more may, on one occasion and in conjunction with the return
of his personal and household goods and effects upon the
termination of such foreign residency, import wine in an
amount not to exceed one hundred gallons, of which not more
than twenty gallons shall be of the same brand and spirits
not to exceed ten gallons of which not more than two gallons
shall be of the same brand, after making application in
either case to the department of liquor control and presenting
with the application a certificate from the commissioner
of revenue services to the effect that the tax provided
for in section 12-435 has been paid.
A copy of the importation certificate issued by the department
of liquor control shall accompany each such shipment. (¶7024)(GSC§12-436).
An individual may carry up
to four gallons into the state.
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