Sale of beer in kegs - Registration and marking required
N.D. Cent. Code § 5-02-07.2
in effect5-02-07.2. Sale of beer in kegs - Registration and marking required
1. Any retail alcoholic beverage licensee who sells beer in a container with a liquid
capacity greater than six gallons [22.71 liters] must place the licensee's state retail
alcoholic beverage license number on the container and also must mark the container
with a "registration" number or letters, or both, unique to that container. The paint or
ink used to mark the containers or other manner of marking the containers must be
approved by the attorney general.
2. Whenever a retail alcoholic beverage licensee sells beer in a container with a liquid
capacity greater than six gallons [22.71 liters], the licensee shall record the date of
sale and the name, address, and driver's license number or number of other official
state or military identification card of the person to whom the beer is sold, together with
the signature, and registration number, or letters of the container, or both. Such
records must be retained for a period of no less than six months and must be kept on
the licensed premises of the retail establishment where the sales are made.
3. Each retail alcoholic beverage licensee shall permit any law enforcement officer to
inspect the records required to be kept pursuant to this section during times the retail
establishment is normally open for business or at other reasonable times.
4. This section does not apply to the sale of beer in a container by a retail alcoholic
beverage licensee if the contents of the container are consumed on the licensed
premises where the sale occurred.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t05c02.pdf#nameddest=5-02-07p2Fetched: 10/16/2026