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State Shipping Laws: Alaska

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Alaska does not limit or tax wine shipments into the state. It does, however, permit its communities to restrict sales/shipments of alcohol by way of local election. It is illegal to ship to those communities. Click the link under 'relevant documents' for a list of those communities which do not allow alcohol shipments (the list is maintained by Alaska's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board). Call the ABC at (907) 269-0350 if you have further questions. FedEx has approved shipments only to certain zip codes. Click the link under 'relevant documents' to see that list. Alaska’s FedEx list is not just “wet” – it is “serviced by” as well. The listing of zip codes are those that are approved for wine shipping under the FedEx program. Other zips (while they may be wet) go to regions where they use contractors rather than FedEx employees (and they don’t allow contractors to handle hazardous, highly insured, or “special handling” shipments), or where they felt that the product was likely to be held outside for extended periods of time in inclement weather, and therefore they won’t carry.