Delaware Administrative Code
Title 4 - Alcoholic Beverage Control
Department of Safety and Homeland Security
Office of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commissioner
900 - Trade Practices for Suppliers, Wholesales, and Retailers
903 - (Formerly Rule 8.1) A Governing the Shipment and Storage of Alcoholic Liquors by Suppliers and Wholesalers
Section 903-6.0 - The "At-Rest Requirement" [4 Del.C. Section 501(f)]

6.1 A licensed Delaware Importer shall not import alcoholic liquor into the State of Delaware unless said alcoholic liquor is delivered directly from a Delaware licensed supplier by either the supplier, the Importer, or common carrier to a licensed Delaware warehouse or warehouses.

6.2 Said licensed Delaware warehouse or warehouses must be owned, leased, or operated in accordance with subsection 4.3 of this rule.

6.3 All alcoholic liquor delivered to said warehouse or warehouses must be unloaded and physically stored for a period of at least eighteen (18) hours.

6.4 The minimum period of eighteen (18) hours "at rest" is required to enable the Commissioner, or DATE, to inspect and inventory wholesale warehouses for the purpose of verifying taxes that are required to be paid on alcoholic liquor purchased by Importers, pursuant to 4 Del.C. § 581(a) and Delaware Alcoholic Beverage Control Commissioner Rule 601.

6.5 Variances of the eighteen (18) hour storage requirement may be granted for good cause if formally made in writing and submitted to the Commissioner.