Title 4 — Alcoholic Beverages
3 chapters · 85 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 4-221 Registration of stills; forfeiture; sale; proceeds
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A. Every person having in his possession or custody or under his control a still or distilling apparatus shall register it with the director under the rules the director may prescribe, and every still or distilling apparatus not so registered, together with all mash, wort or wash…
A.R.S. § 4-222 Registration of retail agents; fees
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A. Every person who holds a bar, beer and wine bar, liquor store, beer and wine store, club, hotel-motel or restaurant license and who is authorized by other similarly licensed retailers to act as their retail agent shall register with the director. Such registration shall be in …
A.R.S. § 4-223 Authority of cities and towns to tax transactions involving spirituous liquors; prohibitions
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A. In addition to the taxes provided for in this chapter, incorporated cities and towns shall have the power to levy a tax on the privilege of engaging or continuing in the business of selling spirituous liquor at retail within their corporate limits and to impose a permit tax or…
A.R.S. § 4-224 Local ordinances; prohibitions
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A city, town or county shall not adopt ordinances or regulations in conflict with the provisions of this title or any rules adopted pursuant to this title, including, but not limited to, ordinances or regulations pertaining to hours and days of liquor sales and ordinances or regu…
A.R.S. § 4-225 Food safety; federal law; preemption
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B. This section applies only to production and storage spaces as defined in section 4-205.10. Production and storage spaces are not subject to nonfederal food safety guidelines adopted by local governing boards.
A.R.S. § 4-226 Exemptions
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This title does not apply to the following: 1. Drugstores selling spirituous liquors only on prescription. 2. Any confectionery candy containing less than five percent by weight of alcohol. 3. Ethyl alcohol intended for use or used for the following purposes: (a) Scientific, chem…
A.R.S. § 4-227 Qualified retail cooperatives; pricing; definitions
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A. A wholesaler shall sell its product to a qualified retail cooperative at prices established by the quantity of spirituous liquor being purchased. B. As used in this section: 1. "Product" means a particular brand of spirituous liquor in a designated size container or a mix of b…
A.R.S. § 4-227.01 Channel pricing; definition
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A. The wholesaler may employ channel pricing to sell its product to on-sale licensees at a different price than the wholesaler sells its product to off-sale licensees. All channel pricing discounts must be: 1. Based on the volume of the product delivered within a twenty-four hour…
A.R.S. § 4-228 Front entrance lock prohibited; exception
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A. Except as provided in this section, an on-sale licensee shall not lock or permit to be locked the front entrance to a licensed establishment until all persons other than the licensee or the licensee's employees on duty have left the premises. This section does not prohibit loc…
A.R.S. § 4-229 Licenses; handguns; posting of notice
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A. A person may carry a concealed handgun on the premises of a licensee who is an on-sale retailer unless the licensee posts a sign that clearly prohibits the possession of weapons on the licensed premises. The sign shall conform to the following requirements: 1. Be posted in a c…
A.R.S. § 4-241 Selling or giving liquor to underage person; illegally obtaining liquor by underage person; violation; classification
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A. If a licensee, an employee of the licensee or any other person questions or has reason to question that the person ordering, purchasing, attempting to purchase or otherwise procuring or attempting to procure the serving or delivery of spirituous liquor or entering a portion of…
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.
A.R.S. § 4-301 Liability limitation; social host
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A person other than a licensee or an employee of a licensee acting during the employee's working hours or in connection with such employment is not liable in damages to any person who is injured, or to the survivors of any person killed, or for damage to property, which is allege…
A.R.S. § 4-302 Notice of litigation
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A. A person filing a claim for relief seeking damages from a licensee and alleging that a person was injured or damage occurred which was caused in whole or in part by reason of the furnishing or serving of spirituous liquor by the licensee or an employee of the licensee to any p…
A.R.S. § 4-311 Liability for serving intoxicated person or minor; definition
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A. A licensee is liable for property damage and personal injuries or is liable to a person who may bring an action for wrongful death pursuant to section 12-612, or both, if a court or jury finds all of the following: 1. The licensee sold spirituous liquor either to a purchaser w…
A.R.S. § 4-312 Liability limitation
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A. A licensee is not liable in damages to any consumer or purchaser of spirituous liquor over the legal drinking age who is injured or whose property is damaged, or to survivors of such a person, if the injury or damage is alleged to have been caused in whole or in part by reason…