# New Hampshire and State-Owned Liquor Stores

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hampshire-and-state-owned-liquor-stores/622031>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 15, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hampshire-and-state-owned-liquor-stores/622031 "2012-05-15T23:00:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hampshire-and-state-owned-liquor-stores/622031/21 "2012-05-17T01:05:19Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Why would they confiscate liquor that was legally purchased in New Hampshire? Yes, the Maine resident needs to pay tax to the state of Maine on the purchase, but he can claim that he intended to do so after he returned home. Is it illegal for a resident of Maine to buy liquor out of state?

It was then, not sure now. Lots of the old “blue laws” have been revised in the last 10 or 20 years.

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