Title 30 — Title 30: Intoxicating Liquors

Sec. 30-1. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context indicates a different meaning: (1) “Airline” means any (A) United States airline carrier holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Civil Aeronautics Board under Section 401 of th…

Sec. 30-10. Vote on liquor permit question. Upon the petition of not less than ten per cent of the electors of any town, lodged with the town clerk at least sixty days before the date of any regular election, as defined in section 9-1, the selectmen of the town shall warn the ele…

Sec. 30-100. Bottle clubs. (a) A person, partnership, organization, association, society or corporation, not licensed under the provisions of this chapter, shall not, except during the hours when the sale of alcoholic liquor is lawful under the provisions of subsection (a) of sec…

Sec. 30-101. Pharmacist, breaking law, forfeits permit and license. Every pharmacist who, by himself, his agent or employee, sells alcoholic liquor to be drunk on the premises shall, upon conviction, forfeit both his druggist's permit for the sale of such liquor and his pharmacis…

Sec. 30-102. Dram Shop Act; liquor seller liable for damage by intoxicated person. No negligence cause of action for sale to person twenty-one years of age or older. If any person, by such person or such person's agent, sells any alcoholic liquor to an intoxicated person, and suc…

Sec. 30-103. Contracts and actions based on illegal sales. All contracts, conveyances, liens, attachments and securities, any part of the consideration of which has been the illegal sale of alcoholic liquor, shall be void; and no action of any kind shall be maintained for the pri…

Sec. 30-104. Jurisdiction. Section 30-104 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4308; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204.)

Sec. 30-105. Prosecutions. The state's attorneys and the assistant or deputy assistant state's attorneys shall have the right to bring and prosecute all violations of the laws relating to the sale of alcoholic liquor. (1949 Rev., S. 4309; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 66; 1963, P.A. 642, S. …

Sec. 30-106. Entry into disorderly house by officer. Every officer who has a warrant for the arrest of any person charged with keeping a house of ill-fame, or a house reputed to be a house of ill-fame, or a house of assignation or a house where lewd, dissolute or drunken persons …

Sec. 30-107. Arrest and seizure without warrant. Disposition of illegal liquor. Any official so authorized in section 54-1f may, without a warrant, arrest any person whom he finds in the act of illegally manufacturing or selling alcoholic liquor, and seize the liquor, vessels and…

Sec. 30-108. Court may order analysis of liquor. When any prosecution is pending for manufacturing, selling or keeping with intent to sell any alcoholic liquor, and a sample of such liquor is presented in court, the court may order such sample to be conveyed to a state chemist fo…

Sec. 30-109. State chemist to analyze samples. Copies of analysis to be evidence. Each state chemist shall analyze all samples of alcoholic liquor presented to him for that purpose by any legal officer and keep a record of all such samples, stating the kind of liquor, the name an…

Sec. 30-11. Form of ballot label. The ballot label designations in a vote upon the question of liquor permits shall be “Shall the sale of alcoholic liquor (Permit for All Alcoholic Liquor) be allowed in .... (Name of town)?” or “Shall the sale of alcoholic liquor under (Specified…

Sec. 30-110. Tampering with analysis. No person shall tamper with samples of alcoholic liquor mentioned in sections 30-108 and 30-109 or alter the statements made upon the forms or certificates of the state chemist. (1949 Rev., S. 4317.)

Sec. 30-111. Reports of convictions, fines and forfeited bonds. The clerks of the Superior Court shall report in writing the first Monday of every month to the Department of Consumer Protection the names and residences of all persons who have been convicted, paid a fine or penalt…

Sec. 30-112. Civil action barred on certain debts. No civil action shall be maintained upon any debt incurred for the sale of alcoholic liquor, except upon any debt incurred in the purchase of alcoholic liquor for off-premise consumption or for on-premise consumption together wit…

Sec. 30-113. Penalties. Any person convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter for which a specified penalty is not imposed, shall, for each offense, be subject to any penalty set forth in section 30-55. (1949 Rev., S. 4305; P.A. 81-294, S. 18, 22; P.A. 21-37, S. 96…

Sec. 30-114. Beer keg identification and receipt requirements. Restrictions on keg deposit refunds. Grounds for permit revocation or suspension. (a) As used in this section, “keg” means any brewery-sealed individual container of beer having a liquid capacity of at least four gall…

Sec. 30-115. Possession of beer keg lacking required identification. False information on beer keg receipt. Penalties. (a) For the purposes of this section, “keg” has the same meaning as provided in section 30-114. (b) Any person who possesses any keg containing beer that is requ…

Sec. 30-116. Sale, purchase or possession of alcohol vaporization device prohibited. Penalty. (a) For purposes of this section, “alcohol vaporization device” means a device, machine or process which mixes spirits, alcoholic liquors or any product containing alcoholic liquor with …

Sec. 30-117. Purchase, possession or sale of powdered alcohol prohibited. Penalty. (a) As used in this section, “powdered alcohol” means molecularly encapsulated alcohol in powdered form that may be used in such form or reconstituted as an alcoholic beverage when mixed with water…

Sec. 30-118. Sale or transfer of ownership of alcoholic liquor by fiduciary of decedent's estate. Notwithstanding any provision of this title, a fiduciary of a decedent's estate may sell or transfer ownership of alcoholic liquor listed in an inventory filed for such estate pursua…

Sec. 30-12. Liquor permit contrary to vote void. Exception. When any town has so voted upon the question of liquor permits, any liquor permit granted in such town which is not in accordance with such vote shall be void except manufacturer permits and cafe permits issued under sub…

Sec. 30-13. Previous town action to remain in effect. In all cases in which a town, either by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, previous to May 18, 1950, acted on the sale of alcoholic liquors or the reduction of the number of hours when such sale is permissible, such actio…

Sec. 30-13a. Prior vote not to apply to sale under cafe permit. Referendum requirement. In any case in which a town has, under the provisions of this part, acted, prior to October 1, 1965, to prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquor or restrict such sale to beer only, such action sh…

Sec. 30-13b. Local option re nonprofit theater permits. Section 30-13b is repealed. (1967, P.A. 725, S. 5; P.A. 74-20, S. 1, 2.) PART IV PERMITS

Sec. 30-14. Nature and duration of permit. Renewal by transferee or purchaser of permit premises. (a) Each permit shall be a purely personal privilege that is revocable in the discretion of the Department of Consumer Protection, and subject to appeal, as provided in section 30-55…

Sec. 30-14a. Renewal and issuance of package store permits. Removal of premises. Prohibition re placeholding. (a) A package store permit issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20 may be renewed by the person to whom such permit was issued or by any person who (1) is a transfer…

Sec. 30-15. Issuance of permits. The Department of Consumer Protection may issue permits in the classes described in this chapter. Permits shall be subject to the regulations of the Department of Consumer Protection and the provisions of this chapter. (1949 Rev., S. 4237; 1953, S…

Sec. 30-16. Manufacturer permit for spirits. Manufacturer permit for beer. Manufacturer permit for a farm winery. Manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead. (a)(1) As used in this subdivision, “proof gallon” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-433. A manufacturer pe…

Sec. 30-16a. Off-site farm winery sales and wine, cider and mead tasting permit. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall issue an off-site farm winery sales and wine, cider and mead tasting permit to a holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery or to a holder of …

Sec. 30-16b. Authorization to sell alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption. Sale with food. Delivery. Hours. Limits for order. (a) The holder of a permit issued under section 30-16, 30-21 or 30-22, subsection (c) or (g) of section 30-22a, section 30-22g or 30-22aa may sell …

Sec. 30-16c. Delivery of alcoholic liquor manufactured by holder of manufacturer permit. (a) From June 4, 2021 until three years after June 4, 2021, the holder of any manufacturer permit issued pursuant to section 30-16 may deliver alcoholic liquor manufactured by such permittee,…

Sec. 30-16d. Alternating proprietorship agreements. Requirements. Regulations. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Alternating proprietorship agreement” or “agreement” means a written agreement between a host manufacturer and at least one tenant manufacturer under which th…

Sec. 30-16e. Contract manufacturing agreements. Requirements. Regulations. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Certificate of label approval” has the same meaning as provided in 27 CFR 4.10, as amended from time to time; (2) “Contract manufacturing agreement” or “agreement…

Sec. 30-17. Wholesaler permit. Termination or diminishment of distributorship. Wholesaler beer permit. Tastings. (a)(1) A wholesaler permit shall allow the bottling of alcoholic liquor and the wholesale sale of alcoholic liquor to permittees in this state and without the state, a…

Sec. 30-17a. Sales by wholesaler permittees to retail permittees outside territory. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, no wholesaler permittee shall refuse to sell alcohol, spirits or wine to any retail permittee, without regard to the location…

Sec. 30-17b. Wholesaler's salesman certificates. Section 30-17b is repealed, effective January 1, 2018. (P.A. 86-191; P.A. 95-195, S. 22, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 329; P.A. 12-17, S. 4; P.A. 17-75, …

Sec. 30-17c. Wholesaler and manufacturer permittees to inventory and unload alcoholic liquor prior to sale and delivery. Penalty. (a) No alcoholic liquor shall be sold or delivered by any wholesaler or manufacturer permittee except from such wholesaler's or manufacturer's permit …

Sec. 30-17d. Assessment and remittance of infused beverage fee by wholesaler permittees. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Container” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-425; and (2) “Infused beverage” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-425. (b) …

Sec. 30-18. Out-of-state shipper's permit for alcoholic liquors. (a) An out-of-state shipper's permit for alcoholic liquor other than beer shall allow the sale of such alcoholic liquor to manufacturer and wholesaler permittees in this state and outside of this state as permitted …

Sec. 30-18a. Out-of-state winery shipper's permit for wine. Out-of-state retailer shipper's permit for wine. (a)(1) An out-of-state winery shipper's permit for wine shall allow the sale of wine to manufacturer and wholesaler permittees in this state as permitted by law and for th…

Sec. 30-18b. Prohibition against selling wine manufactured out of this state as Connecticut made wine. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 30-16, 30-18 and 30-18a, no person shall repackage, relabel or sell wine manufactured outside of this state for the purpose of selling…

Sec. 30-19. Out-of-state shipper's permit for beer. An out-of-state shipper's permit for beer shall allow the sale of beer to manufacturer and wholesaler permittees in this state as permitted by law. The permit premises of an out-of-state shipper's permit for beer may be located …

Secs. 30-19a to 30-19e. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 30-19f. In-state transporter's permit. (a) An in-state transporter's permit for alcoholic liquor shall allow the commercial transportation of any alcoholic liquor and, with the approval of the Department of Consumer Protection, the provision or sale of alcoholic liquor for c…

Secs. 30-1a and 30-1b. Term “Liquor Control Commission” deemed to mean Division of Liquor Control within the Department of Business Regulation, exception. Term “Division of Liquor Control” or “Division of Liquor Control within the Department of Public Safety” deemed to mean “Depa…

Sec. 30-2. Liquor Control Commission: Appointment, term, vacancies, oath, removal. There shall be a Liquor Control Commission composed of three commissioners, one of whom shall be the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, appointed by the Governor in accordance with section 4-9a. …

Sec. 30-20. Package store permit. Grocery store beer permit. (a) For the purposes of this section, “grocery store” (1) means any store that (A) is commonly known as a delicatessen, food store, grocery store or supermarket, and (B) is primarily engaged in the retail sale of variou…

Sec. 30-20a. University permit. Section 30-20a is repealed, effective July 1, 2020. (1972, P.A. 68, S. 1; P.A. 73-19, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-279, S. 3, 4, 6; 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 193, 345, 348; P.A. 81-11…