Title 7.1, ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO

Sec. 2. The commission may issue a liquor dealer's permit to the proprietor of a drug store who holds a license issued by the state board of pharmacy. An applicant for a liquor dealer's permit for a drug store shall not be disqualified under IC 7.1-3-4-2(a)(14). [Pre-1973 Recodif…

Sec. 3. The commission may issue a liquor dealer's permit to a drugstore situated outside the corporate limits of a city or town if the proprietor of the drugstore holds a license issued by the state board of pharmacy. The permit authorized by this section shall be issued in the …

Sec. 4. The commission may issue a liquor dealer's permit to the proprietor of a package liquor store. An applicant for a liquor dealer's permit for a package liquor store shall not be disqualified under IC 7.1-3-4-2(a)(14). [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-20.] Formerly:…

Sec. 5. A package liquor store's exclusive business shall be the selling of the following commodities only: (1) Liquor in its original package. (2) Beer in permissible containers, if the permittee has the proper permit. (3) Wine in its original package. (4) Bar supplies used in t…

Sec. 6. The commission may, upon proper application and the payment of the required license fee, issue a beer dealer's permit to the holder of a liquor dealer's permit. However, applications for both of the permits may be made at the same time. The provisions of IC 7.1-3-5 shall …

Sec. 7. (a) The holder of a liquor dealer's permit shall be entitled to purchase liquor only from a permittee entitled to sell to a liquor dealer under this title. (b) A liquor dealer shall be entitled to possess liquor and sell it at retail in its original package to a customer …

Sec. 7.5. A liquor dealer may sell, donate, transport, and deliver liquor to a qualified organization for: (1) an allowable event under IC 7.1-3-6.1; (2) a charity auction under IC 7.1-3-6.2; or (3) an event under IC 7.1-3-6.3. As added by P.L.163-2025, SEC.32.

Sec. 8. Package Liquor Store: Premises. A package liquor store shall be conducted wholly apart from another business upon premises wholly separated from another room or store in which another business is conducted. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-20.] Formerly: Acts 1973…

Sec. 9. Cease and Desist Order. The commission shall request the holder of a liquor dealer's permit for a package liquor store to cease and desist the sale of a commodity which, in the judgment of the commission, is not a commodity which may be sold by him under the provisions of…

Sec. 1. The department shall deposit one and three-fourths cents (1 3/4¢) of the beer excise tax rate collected on each gallon of beer or flavored malt beverage, eleven cents (11¢) of the liquor excise tax rate collected on each gallon of liquor, and four cents (4¢) of the wine e…

Sec. 2. The monies in the enforcement and administration fund shall be used and disbursed solely for the enforcement and administration of this title, and for no other purpose. Any unexpended balance remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse but shall rema…

Sec. 3. The chairman shall deposit the monies realized from fines imposed pursuant to the provisions of IC 7.1-3-23-2 in its enforcement and administration fund to be used for the purposes provided in this chapter. [Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-7-5.] Formerly: Acts 1973,…

Sec. 0.1. The addition of section 15.5 of this chapter by P.L.80-1986 does not apply to actions accruing before April 1, 1986. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.180.

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), it is unlawful to sell alcoholic beverages at a time other than that made lawful by the provisions of IC 7.1-3-1-14. (b) During the time when the sale of alcoholic beverages is unlawful, no alcoholic beverages shall be sold, dispe…

Sec. 10. Huckstering Prohibited. It is a Class C misdemeanor for a permittee to recklessly deliver an alcoholic beverage to a consumer without an order for it, or to recklessly huckster or peddle an alcoholic beverage to a person who is not a permittee. [Pre-1973 Recodification C…

Sec. 11. (a) It is unlawful for the holder of a beer dealer's permit to offer or display for sale, or sell, barter, exchange or give away a bottle, can, container, or package of beer that was iced or cooled by the permittee before or at the time of the sale, exchange, or gift. (b…

Sec. 12. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) through (d) and subsection (g), it is unlawful for a permittee to sell, offer to sell, purchase or receive, an alcoholic beverage for anything other than cash. A permittee who extends credit in violation of this section shall hav…

Sec. 13. (a) A permittee who holds a permit to sell at retail shall not cash a check issued by the division of family and children or by a charitable organization if any part of the proceeds of the check are to be used to purchase an alcoholic beverage. (b) A permittee who knowin…

Sec. 15. (a) A person who, knowing that another person is intoxicated, sells, barters, delivers, or gives away an alcoholic beverage to the intoxicated person commits a Class B misdemeanor. (b) In any civil proceeding in which damages are sought from a permittee or a permittee's …

Sec. 15.5. (a) As used in this section, "furnish" includes barter, deliver, sell, exchange, provide, or give away. (b) A person who furnishes an alcoholic beverage to a person is not liable in a civil action for damages caused by the impairment or intoxication of the person who w…

Sec. 2. (a) It is unlawful for a permittee to recklessly sell, keep for sale, barter, furnish, or give away an alcoholic beverage which the permittee is not entitled to sell, keep for sale, barter, furnish, or give away under the permit. (b) A person who violates this section com…

Sec. 20. (a) It is unlawful for a holder of a retailer's permit to do any of the following: (1) Furnish two (2) or more servings of an alcoholic beverage upon the placing of an order for one (1) serving to one (1) person for that person's personal consumption. (2) Charge a single…

Sec. 20.5. (a) As used in this section, "permit holder" means the holder of one (1) or more of the following: (1) A retailer's permit. (2) A craft manufacturer's permit. (b) It is lawful for a permit holder to sell alcoholic beverages during a portion of the day at a price that i…

Sec. 22. (a) It is unlawful for a retailer or dealer to sell a flavored malt beverage except under the same conditions that a retailer or dealer is permitted to sell beer or other alcoholic beverages obtained by the fermentation of an infusion or decoction of barley malt or other…

Sec. 23. It is a Class C infraction for a permittee, certificate holder, or an employee or agent of a permittee or certificate holder to recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally sell, barter, exchange, provide, or furnish another person who is or reasonably appears to be less than…

Sec. 24. (a) This section does not apply to the licensed premises of a drug store, grocery store, or restaurant to which the following apply: (1) A person has, as of July 1, 2015, an application on file with the commission for a: (A) dealer's permit for the drug store or grocery …

Sec. 25. If: (1) a person has an interest in: (A) a dealer's permit for a drug store or grocery store; and (B) a retailer's permit for a restaurant; and (2) the licensed premises of the drug store or grocery store and the restaurant are located in the same building; beer, wine, a…

Sec. 26. A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally sells a tobacco product without a valid tobacco sales certificate commits a Class C infraction. As added by P.L.107-2024, SEC.5.

Sec. 3. (a) It is unlawful for a person who is not a permittee to recklessly give away or furnish, to a person other than a guest or a member of the permittee's family, or to recklessly sell, barter, or exchange, an alcoholic beverage unless the permittee is expressly authorized …

Sec. 4. (a) It is unlawful for a person to recklessly sell, give, withdraw for sale or gift, offer for sale, display, barter, exchange, purchase, receive, possess, transport, or store an alcoholic beverage upon which the appropriate excise tax and applicable license fee have not …

Sec. 5. (a) It is unlawful for a person, except as otherwise permitted by this title, to knowingly or intentionally purchase, receive, manufacture, import, or transport, or cause to be imported or transported from another state, territory, or country, into this state, or transpor…

Sec. 6. (a) It is unlawful for a person to sell, offer or expose for sale, or have in the person's possession with intent to sell, an alcoholic beverage that is adulterated or misbranded. (b) It is unlawful for a person to alter or change a brand, label, mark, design, device, or …

Sec. 7. Purchase from Non-Permittee Prohibited. It is a Class C infraction for a person knowingly to purchase, or to agree to purchase, an alcoholic beverage from a person who does not at the time of the purchase hold a permit authorizing the seller to sell, or agree to sell, the…

Sec. 8. (a) It is unlawful for a person to solicit or receive, or to allow the person's employee to solicit or receive, an order for an alcoholic beverage from another person in violation of a provision of this title. (b) It is unlawful for a person to give information of how an …

Sec. 9. (a) It is unlawful, except as otherwise authorized in this title, for a person to sell, give away, barter, furnish, or exchange, or to possess or keep for a prohibited purpose, alcohol as a beverage, or a beverage or liquid likely to be used or intended to be used as a be…