# Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-3-110: Sale of liquors to armed forces agencies > Tennessee · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C3_S57-3-110 ## Section - **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-3-110 - **Heading:** Sale of liquors to armed forces agencies - **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** TN Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Section 57-3-110 ## Text (a) Any wholesaler, manufacturer, or distiller may sell intoxicating liquors to any post exchange, ship's service store, mess, club, or commissary of any post, camp, station or reservation of the armed forces, or any other agency authorized by the department of defense to engage in the sale of intoxicating liquors. (b) Before any person shall transport (other than by common carrier) alcoholic beverages within, into, or through this state, for delivery to any such ship's service store, mess, club, commissary, or other agency under the jurisdiction of the department of defense, such person shall comply with § 57-3-403 , and any other law applicable to the transporting of alcoholic beverages, and shall, in addition thereto, procure from the alcoholic beverage commission a special permit in such form as may be prescribed by the commission, which application, among other things, shall state the name and location of the post exchange, ship's service store, mess, club, commissary, or other agency to which the delivery will be made, the route over which such shipment will be hauled, and the amount to be transported according to the separate containers making up such shipment. (c) Before any common carrier shall transport alcoholic beverages within, into or through this state for delivery to a post exchange, ship's service store, mess, commissary, club or other agency under the jurisdiction of the department of defense, notice of such shipment shall be given to the alcoholic beverage commission, which notice shall include, among other things, the name and location of the consignee, the route over which such shipment will be transported, and the amount to be transported according to the separate containers making up such shipment. (d) It is herein declared to be the legislative intent to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages to post exchanges and similar agencies under the jurisdiction of the department of defense on military or naval reservations and posts within the boundaries of this state by wholesalers, manufacturers, and distilleries only upon strict compliance with this section, § 57-3-403 and all other sections applicable to the transportation of alcoholic beverages within, into, or through this state. Acts 1955, ch. 347, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 14; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 257, § 49; T.C.A., § 57-151. (a) Any wholesaler, manufacturer, or distiller may sell intoxicating liquors to any post exchange, ship's service store, mess, club, or commissary of any post, camp, station or reservation of the armed forces, or any other agency authorized by the department of defense to engage in the sale of intoxicating liquors. (b) Before any person shall transport (other than by common carrier) alcoholic beverages within, into, or through this state, for delivery to any such ship's service store, mess, club, commissary, or other agency under the jurisdiction of the department of defense, such person shall comply with § 57-3-403 , and any other law applicable to the transporting of alcoholic beverages, and shall, in addition thereto, procure from the alcoholic beverage commission a special permit in such form as may be prescribed by the commission, which application, among other things, shall state the name and location of the post exchange, ship's service store, mess, club, commissary, or other agency to which the delivery will be made, the route over which such shipment will be hauled, and the amount to be transported according to the separate containers making up such shipment. l permit in such form as may be prescribed by the commission, which application, among other things, shall state the name and location of the post exchange, ship's service store, mess, club, commissary, or other agency to which the delivery will be made, the route over which such shipment will be hauled, and the amount to be transported according to the separate containers making up such shipment. (c) Before any common carrier shall transport alcoholic beverages within, into or through this state for delivery to a post exchange, ship's service store, mess, commissary, club or other agency under the jurisdiction of the department of defense, notice of such shipment shall be given to the alcoholic beverage commission, which notice shall include, among other things, the name and location of the consignee, the route over which such shipment will be transported, and the amount to be transported according to the separate containers making up such shipment. (d) It is herein declared to be the legislative intent to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages to post exchanges and similar agencies under the jurisdiction of the department of defense on military or naval reservations and posts within the boundaries of this state by wholesalers, manufacturers, and distilleries only upon strict compliance with this section, § 57-3-403 and all other sections applicable to the transportation of alcoholic beverages within, into, or through this state. Acts 1955, ch. 347, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 14; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 257, § 49; T.C.A., § 57-151. ## Nearby sections - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-3-101 Title definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C3_S57-3-101.md) - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-3-102 Traffic in intoxicating liquor permitted by local option](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T57_C3_S57-3-102.md) - [Tenn. 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