Title 4 — Alcoholic Beverages
3 chapters · 85 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 4-242 Sale of liquor on credit prohibited; exceptions
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A. It is unlawful for a retail licensee, or an employee or agent of a licensee, to sell or offer to sell, directly or indirectly, or to sanction the sale on credit of spirituous liquor to a retailer's customer, or to give, lend or advance money or anything of value to a retail cu…
A.R.S. § 4-242.01 Prohibition of automatic teller machine or point-of-sale terminal that accepts electronic benefit transfer cards on premises
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A. It is unlawful for a liquor store as defined in section 46-297 to operate on the licensed premises an automatic teller machine or a point-of-sale terminal that accepts electronic benefit transfer cards issued pursuant to title 46, chapter 2, article 5 or that processes electro…
A.R.S. § 4-243 Commercial coercion or bribery unlawful; exceptions
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A. It is unlawful for a person engaged in the business of distiller, vintner, brewer, rectifier or blender or any other producer or wholesaler of any spirituous liquor, directly or indirectly, or through an affiliate: 1. To require that a retailer purchase spirituous liquor from …
A.R.S. § 4-243.01 Purchasing from other than primary source of supply unlawful; definitions
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A. It is unlawful: 1. For any supplier to solicit, accept or fill any order for any spirituous liquor from any wholesaler in this state unless the supplier is the primary source of supply for the brand of spirituous liquor sold or sought to be sold and is duly licensed by the boa…
A.R.S. § 4-243.02 Sale of beer, wine or distilled spirits by producer; limitations
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A. A person who holds a producer's license may sell beer produced by the producer through the producer's own on-sale retail premises if: 1. The producer also holds an on-sale retail license. 2. The retail sale of the beer is on or adjacent to the premises of the producer. B. A pe…
A.R.S. § 4-243.03 Alternating proprietorships
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[Repealed or reserved.]
A.R.S. § 4-243.04 On-sale retail licensees; ownership interests; conditions
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A. Notwithstanding section 4-243, a distiller, vintner, brewer, rectifier, blender or other producer of spirituous liquor may have a direct or indirect ownership interest or a financial interest in the license, premises or business on an on-sale retail licensee if each of the fol…
A.R.S. § 4-244 Unlawful acts; definition
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It is unlawful: 1. For a person to buy for resale, sell or deal in spirituous liquors in this state without first having procured a license duly issued by the board, except that the director may issue a temporary permit of any series pursuant to section 4-205.05 to a trustee in b…
A.R.S. § 4-244.02 Unlawful importation of spirituous liquor; exceptions
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A. It is unlawful for any person, not a qualified licensee under this title, to import spirituous liquors into this state from a foreign country unless: 1. Such person is the legal drinking age. 2. Such person has been physically within such foreign country immediately prior to s…
A.R.S. § 4-244.04 Craft producer sampling
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Notwithstanding section 4-244, paragraphs 13 and 19, a representative of a licensed craft producer may consume small amounts and may serve the products of the licensed craft producer on the premises of an off-sale retailer or a retailer with off-sale privileges for the purpose of…
A.R.S. § 4-244.05 Unlicensed business establishment or premises; unlawful consumption of spirituous liquor; civil penalty; seizure and forfeiture of property
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A. A person owning, operating, leasing, managing or controlling a business establishment or business premises which are not properly licensed pursuant to this title and in which any of the following occur shall not allow the consumption of spirituous liquor in the establishment o…
A.R.S. § 4-246 Violation; classification; fine; civil penalty
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A. A person violating any provision of this title is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor unless another classification is prescribed. B. A person violating section 4-242.01, subsection A or section 4-244, paragraph 9, 14, 34, 42 or 44 is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor. C. A person v…
A.R.S. § 4-247 Peace officers
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No provision in this title shall be construed as limiting the rights and duties of any peace officer to enforce any provision of this chapter.
A.R.S. § 4-248 Reporting by court of convictions; definition
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A. Every court having jurisdiction over violations of this title shall forward to the department a record of the conviction of a person in the court for a violation of any of the provisions of this title except section 4-241, subsection C, D, E or G, section 4-244, paragraph 9, i…
A.R.S. § 4-249 Consumption of liquor by underage person in religious service allowed
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The dispensing to or possession or consumption by a person under the legal drinking age of spirituous liquor in the performance of a religious service or ceremony is not prohibited by this title.
A.R.S. § 4-250 Distilled spirits pricing; prohibition
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A. Out-of-state producers or suppliers of distilled spirits products shall not sell the products to an Arizona wholesaler at a cost higher than the lowest price at which the item was sold by the producer or supplier, or any other person, to any wholesaler anywhere in any other st…
A.R.S. § 4-250.01 Out-of-state person engaged in business as producer, exporter, importer, rectifier, retailer or wholesaler; violation; cease and desist order; civil penalty
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A. An out-of-state person engaged in business in this state as a producer, exporter, importer, rectifier, retailer or wholesaler without a license issued under this title shall comply with this title as if licensed by this state. An out-of-state person engaged in business in this…
A.R.S. § 4-251 Spirituous liquor in motor vehicles; prohibitions; violation; classification; exceptions; definitions
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A. It is unlawful for any person to: 1. Consume spirituous liquor while operating or while within the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle that is located on any public highway or right-of-way of a public highway in this state. 2. Possess an open container of spirituous liquo…
A.R.S. § 4-261 Warning signs; consumption of spirituous liquor during pregnancy; composition of signs; rules; inspection of premises; penalty
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A. An off-sale retailer or an on-sale retailer shall post one or more signs on the premises where spirituous liquor is sold that clearly warn pregnant women of the dangers of consuming spirituous liquor during pregnancy. A sign shall be conspicuously placed in the retail establis…
A.R.S. § 4-262 Display of license
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All retail licensees shall display the liquor license in a conspicuous public area of the licensed premises that is readily accessible for inspection by any peace officer, distributor, wholesaler or member of the public.