1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 369.176, a wholesaler who is not the importer designated by the supplier pursuant to NRS 369.386 may purchase liquor only from:
(a) The importer designated by the supplier pursuant to NRS 369.386 to import that liquor; or
(b) A wholesaler who purchased the liquor from the importer designated by the supplier pursuant to NRS 369.386 to import that liquor.
2. As used in this section, "supplier" means the brewer, distiller, manufacturer, producer, vintner or bottler of liquor, any subsidiary or affiliate of the supplier, or his or her designated agent.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2104: A 2003, 971; 2013, 813; 2015, 2523)