Title 30 — Title 30: Intoxicating Liquors

Sec. 30-62a. Consumer bars and consumer service bars. (a) The Department of Consumer Protection, subject to such regulations as said department may adopt, may permit more than one consumer bar in any premises for which a permit has been issued under this part for the retail sale …

Sec. 30-62b. Home manufacture of wine. Any person, other than a minor, may, without payment of tax, produce wine for personal or family use only. Such wine may be transported in sealed containers for use at organized affairs, including exhibitions, tastings, contests or competiti…

Sec. 30-62c. Furnishing of water without charge. Offering of nonalcoholic beverages for sale. Exemptions. Requirements. Penalty. (a) The holder of an alcoholic liquor permit issued by the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of section …

Sec. 30-62d. Authorization for use of self-pour automated system for beer, cider and wine. (a) A permittee authorized pursuant to this title to sell alcoholic liquor for on-premises consumption may use a self-pour automated system that, upon activation of a payment card by the pe…

Sec. 30-62e. Franchisor or landlord receipt of profits from alcoholic liquor sales. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, a franchisor or landlord may, without obtaining approval as a backer, receive profits from the sale of alcoholic liquor from a fran…

Sec. 30-63. Registration of brands, fees. Posting and notice of prices. Brand registration of fortified wine. When departmental approval prohibited. Exception re infused beverages and legacy infused beverages. (a) No holder of any manufacturer, wholesaler or out-of-state shipper'…

Secs. 30-63a to 30-63d. Prices charged by manufacturers and out-of-state shippers to Connecticut wholesalers. Affirmation re price. Determination of price. Enforcement; regulations. Sections 30-63a to 30-63d, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 73-387, S. 1–5; P.A. 75-259, S. 5, 8; 75…

Sec. 30-63e. Conditions required for closeout sale. A brand to be closed out shall have been sold or offered for sale in the state for a period of at least one year before any application for a closeout sale is made to the department and it shall have first been offered to the pr…

Sec. 30-63f. Brand or size to be closed out. A brand or size to be closed out shall have been in a wholesaler's inventory for a period of at least one year before any application for a closeout sale is made to the department, and shall have first been offered at the closeout pric…

Sec. 30-64. Fair trade; schedule of suggested prices to be filed with Department of Consumer Protection. (a)(1) No out-of-state shipper, manufacturer or wholesaler permittee shall sell, offer for sale, solicit any order for or advertise any alcoholic liquor, the container of whic…

Sec. 30-64a. Sales within a wholesaler's geographic territory. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulations issued pursuant thereto to the contrary, a wholesaler, who sells any product or is authorized to sell any product by this chapter, shall sell su…

Sec. 30-64b. Unfair pricing practices. The sale of any alcoholic liquor by a wholesale or retail permittee for off-premises consumption at a price the intent of which is to destroy or prevent competition with any other permittee holding a like permit shall be deemed an unfair pri…

Sec. 30-65. Regulations. Section 30-65 is repealed. (1951, S. 2178d; P.A. 75-240, S. 1, 3; 75-641, S. 18; P.A. 77-438, S. 2; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 73.)

Sec. 30-66. Administration expenses. Section 30-66 is repealed, effective October 1, 2011. (1951, P.A. 2180d; 1959, P.A. 222, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 567, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 59; P.A. 95…

Sec. 30-67. Penalties. In addition to the penalties otherwise provided under this chapter, including those allowed pursuant to section 30-55, the Department of Consumer Protection may, for any violation of any provision of section 30-64 or of any regulation adopted under subdivis…

Sec. 30-68. Wholesale prices of wine. The provisions of this section shall apply to sales made on and after January 1, 1983. The wholesale prices of wine, bottled in this state, imported or domestic, whether sold under a brand name or private label, shall be filed with the Depart…

Secs. 30-68a to 30-68h. Minimum retail markups; definitions. Minimum selling price. Suggested consumer resale price. Enforcement; regulations. Minimum wholesale markups; definitions. Minimum selling price. Minimum wholesale price. Enforcement; regulations. Sections 30-68a to 30-6…

Sec. 30-68i. Minimum selling price of out-of-state shipper, wholesaler or manufacturer permittee. The minimum selling price of an out-of-state shipper, wholesaler or manufacturer permittee to a wholesaler, such wholesaler to be defined as any person engaged in the sale of alcohol…

Sec. 30-68j. Minimum markup in sale of beer. Section 30-68j is repealed. (P.A. 73-123, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-641, S. 22; P.A. 80-483, S. 90, 186; P.A. 81-294, S. 21, 22.)

Sec. 30-68k. Price discrimination prohibited. No holder of any wholesaler's permit shall ship, transport or deliver within this state or any territory therein or sell or offer for sale, to a purchaser holding a permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor for on or off premises consum…

Sec. 30-68l. Wholesale permittees. Sale below cost prohibited. Sale of family brand cases. (a) No wholesaler permittee shall sell to any purchaser holding a permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor for on or off premises consumption at a price which is below such wholesaler permit…

Sec. 30-68m. Retail permittees; sales below cost prohibited; exception. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Cost” for a retail permittee means (A) for alcoholic liquor other than beer, the posted bottle price from the wholesaler plus any charge for shipping or delivery to …

Sec. 30-68n. Advertisement of manufacturers' rebates. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Advertise” means the making of any statement or representation in connection with the solicitation of business in any manner by a retail permittee and includes, but is not limited to,…

Secs. 30-69 to 30-73. Seizures. Sections 30-69 to 30-73, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4281–4285; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 64, 65; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 33; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 33; 652, S. 10.) PART VII PROHIBITED ACTS, PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Sec. 30-6a. Adoption of regulations. (a) The Department of Consumer Protection may adopt in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 all necessary regulations, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) to (e), inclusive, of this section, to: (1) Carry out, enforce and prev…

Sec. 30-6b. Regulation requiring locking of certain beer coolers accessible to the public prohibited. No regulation adopted pursuant to the authority of this chapter shall require that beer coolers accessible to the public be locked during hours when the sale of alcoholic liquors…

Sec. 30-6c. Amendment of regulations concerning barroom partition requirements for restaurant and cafe permits. Section 30-6c is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 13-12, S. 1; P.A. 21-37, S. 110.)

Sec. 30-7. Regulations to be furnished upon request. Every regulation made by the Department of Consumer Protection under the authority of this chapter shall be furnished to each permittee upon request. The department shall biennially, on or before July first in the odd-numbered …

Sec. 30-74. Unauthorized sale prohibited. (a) The sale of alcoholic liquor, except as permitted by this chapter, is prohibited, and any person or permittee who keeps or operates any bar or establishment which is a place where alcoholic liquor is kept for sale or exchange contrary…

Sec. 30-75. Prima facie evidence of intent to sell. Whenever any alcoholic liquor is found in the possession or under the control of any person who has received from the United States a license for the manufacture or sale of such liquor, or has paid to the United States a tax for…

Sec. 30-76. Purchase for resale. No person holding a permit for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor shall purchase for resale alcoholic liquor except from a person holding a permit under the provisions of sections 30-16 and 30-17, provided any permittee going out of business may,…

Sec. 30-76a. Sale to person holding temporary liquor permit for a noncommercial entity. Prohibition. Exception. A wholesaler permittee shall not sell alcoholic liquor to any person holding a temporary liquor permit for a noncommercial entity issued under section 30-35. The holder…

Sec. 30-77. Disposing of liquor without permit. (a) Any person who, without a permit therefor, except as provided in section 30-37 or subsection (b) of section 12-436, the provisions of which shall not be construed as requiring an individual to be physically present at the point …

Sec. 30-78. Nuisance, embargo, confiscation and disposal. (a) All alcoholic liquor which is intended by the owner or keeper thereof to be manufactured or sold in violation of law shall, together with the vessels in which such liquor is contained, be a nuisance and subject to conf…

Sec. 30-79. Soliciting orders in no-permit towns. Section 30-79 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4287; February, 1965, P.A. 553, S. 11; P.A. 81-294, S. 21, 22.)

Sec. 30-8. Investigations, oaths and subpoenas. The Department of Consumer Protection and any agent thereof authorized to conduct any inquiry, investigation or hearing under the provisions of this chapter may administer oaths and take testimony under oath relative to the matter o…

Sec. 30-80. Delivery in town deemed sale. The delivery by the vendor or his agent, within the limits of any town, of any alcoholic liquor shall be deemed a sale of such liquor within such town, although the contract for the sale of such liquor is made outside the limits of such t…

Sec. 30-81. Unsuitable persons prohibited from having financial interest in permit businesses. Employment of minors restricted. No person who is declared, under any provision of the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, to be an unsuitable person to h…

Sec. 30-82. Sale pending renewal of permit. No criminal information or process shall be issued against an applicant for the renewal of a permit pending the decision of the Department of Consumer Protection upon such application, or pending determination of any appeal from any suc…

Secs. 30-83 to 30-85. Selectmen to give permittees lists of drinkers receiving town aid. Sales to relatives. Liquors not to be sent to certain persons or their abodes. Sections 30-83 to 30-85, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4290–4292; 1971, P.A. 343, S. 1.)

Sec. 30-86. Sale or delivery to minors, intoxicated persons and habitual drunkards prohibited. Exceptions. Use of transaction scan devices. Immunity and indemnification of certain minors. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Cardholder” means any person who presents a driver's licen…

Sec. 30-86a. Statement from purchaser as to age. (a) For the purposes of section 30-86, any permittee shall require any person whose age is in question to fill out and sign a statement in the following form on one occasion when each such person makes a purchase: ...., 20.. I, ...…

Sec. 30-86b. Photographing a person whose age is in doubt, or photocopying such person's driver's license or identity card. Use of photograph or photocopy. Regulations. Affirmative defense. (a) A permittee issued a permit pursuant to this chapter or an agent or employee of such p…

Sec. 30-87. Inducing minors to procure liquor. Exceptions. Official investigation or enforcement activity. Any person who induces any minor to procure alcoholic liquor from any person permitted to sell such alcoholic liquor shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in section …

Sec. 30-88. Identity card. Section 30-88 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 260, S. 1, 2, 3; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 59; P.A. 75-641, S. 23; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 81-308, S. 1, 2.)

Sec. 30-88a. Operator's license as proof of age. Misrepresentation of age to procure liquor. Each person who attains the age of twenty-one years and has a motor vehicle operator's license, containing a full-face photograph of such person, may use, and each permittee may accept, s…

Sec. 30-89. Purchasing liquor or making false statement to procure liquor by person forbidden to purchase prohibited. Possessing liquor by minor on public street or highway or other public or private location prohibited; exceptions; when immune from prosecution. (a) Any person to…

Sec. 30-89a. Permitting minor to illegally possess liquor in dwelling unit or on private property or failing to halt such illegal possession. Penalty. (a) No person having possession of, or exercising dominion and control over, any dwelling unit or private property shall (1) know…

Sec. 30-9. Status of towns as to sale of alcoholic liquor. (a) The sale of alcoholic liquor or the sale of alcoholic liquor in one or more classes of permits under the provisions of this chapter shall be permitted in any town in the state until by vote of the town, taken by vote …

Sec. 30-90. Loitering on permit premises. Unaccompanied minors and intoxicated persons prohibited. Exception. Any permittee who, either personally or through such permittee's servant or agent, allows any minor, intoxicated person or person to whom the sale or gift of alcoholic li…