Amendments XI–XXVII
XXI
- Jurisdiction
- United States of America
- Provision
- XXI
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
More details
- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourceSection 1. The eighteenth article of amend-
ment to the Constitution of the United States is
hereby repealed.
Section 2. The transportation or importa-
tion into any State, Territory, or possession of the
United States for delivery or use therein of intox-
icating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is
hereby prohibited.
Section 3. This article shall be inoperative
unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment
to the Constitution by conventions in the several
States, as provided in the Constitution, within
seven years from the date of the submission hereof
to the States by the Congress.
*The Twenty-First Amendment was ratified Decem-
ber 5, 1933.
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Amendments XI–XXVII · govinfo.gov · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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