27 CFR § 5.231 - Application.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s5.231"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 5.231 - Application."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "5.231"
section_name: "Application."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ALCOHOL"
part_number: "5"
part_name: "LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF DISTILLED SPIRITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "26 U.S.C. 5301, 7805, 27 U.S.C. 205 and 207."
regulatory_source: "T.D. TTB-176, 87 7579, Feb. 9, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "5"
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# 5.231 Application.

No person engaged in business as a distiller, rectifier (processor), importer, wholesaler, bottler, or warehouseman and bottler of distilled spirits, directly or indirectly or through an affiliate, shall publish or disseminate or cause to be published or disseminated by radio or television broadcast, or in any newspaper, periodical, or any publication, by any sign or outdoor advertisement, or by electronic or internet media, or any other printed or graphic matter, any advertisement of distilled spirits, if such advertising is in, or is calculated to induce sales in, interstate or foreign commerce, or is disseminated by mail, unless such advertisement is in conformity with this subpart: *Provided,* That such sections shall not apply to outdoor advertising in place on September 7, 1984, but shall apply upon replacement, restoration, or renovation of any such advertising; *and provided further,* that such sections shall not apply to a retailer or the publisher of any newspaper, periodical, or other publication, or radio or television or internet broadcast, unless such retailer or publisher or broadcaster is engaged in business as a distiller, rectifier (processor), importer, wholesaler, or warehouseman and bottler of distilled spirits, directly or indirectly, or through an affiliate.