[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR1.24]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
  PART 1--BASIC PERMIT REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION ACT, NONINDUSTRIAL USE OF DISTILLED SPIRITS AND WINE, BULK SALES AND BOTTLING OF 
DISTILLED SPIRITS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart C--Basic Permits
 
Sec. 1.24  Qualifications of applicants.

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

                        Applications for Permits