27 CFR § 1.24 - Qualifications of applicants.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s1.24"
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title: "27 CFR § 1.24 - Qualifications of applicants."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "1.24"
section_name: "Qualifications of applicants."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ALCOHOL"
part_number: "1"
part_name: "BASIC PERMIT REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION ACT, NONINDUSTRIAL USE OF DISTILLED SPIRITS AND WINE, BULK SALES AND BOTTLING OF DISTILLED SPIRITS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "27 U.S.C. 203, 204, 206, 211 unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "T.D. ATF-373, 61 FR 26098, May 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1.24 Qualifications of applicants.

The application of any person shall be granted and the permit issued by the appropriate TTB officer if the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the appropriate TTB officer that:

(a) Such person (or in case of a corporation, any of its officers, directors, or principal stockholders) has not, within 5 years prior to the date of application, been convicted of a felony under Federal or State law, and has not, within 3 years prior to date of application, been convicted of a misdemeanor under any Federal law relating to liquor, including the taxation thereof; and

(b) Such person, by reason of the person's business experience, financial standing or trade connections, is likely to commence operations as a distiller, warehouseman and bottler, rectifier, wine producer, wine blender, importer, or wholesaler, as the case may be, within a reasonable period and to maintain such operations in conformity with Federal law; and

(c) The operations proposed to be conducted by such person are not in violation of the law of the State in which they are to be conducted.