Title 33, Title 33: INTOXICATING LIQUORS

33:1-29. Regulation of use of alcoholic beverages by druggists and hospitals; sales to Druggists and pharmacists duly registered under the laws of this state as such may, upon their respective registered premises as aforesaid, without license hereunder, purchase and use alcoholic…

33:1-3. Alcoholic beverage control It shall be the duty of the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control in the Department of Law and Public Safety to supervise the manufacture, distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages in such a manner as to fulfill the public po…

33:1-3.1. Short title; findings, declarations a. Title 33 of the Revised Statutes (R.S. 33:1-1 et seq.) shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Control Act." b. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as the public policy of this State and the legi…

33:1-30. Sale of alcohols unfit for use as beverages; preparations and products excepted; violations; misdemeanor This chapter is not designed to prohibit sales of denatured alcohol and alcoholic mixtures or composition or articles of commerce containing alcohol which are unfit f…

33:1-31. Suspension, revocation of license 33:1-31. Any license, whether issued by the director or any other issuing authority, may be suspended or revoked by the director, or the other issuing authority may suspend or revoke any license issued by it, for any of the following cau…

33:1-31.1. Automatic suspension of license upon conviction of violation; effect of appeal Upon conviction of violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, any license held at the time of said conviction pursuant to this chapter by the person convicted or by any partnership …

33:1-31.2 Application for removal of statutory disqualification; fee. 33:1-31.2. Any person convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude may, after the lapse of five years from the date of conviction, apply to the commissioner for an order removing the resulting statutory disqu…

33:1-32. Conditions to issuance of license Subject to rules and regulations, each issuing authority by resolution, first approved by the commissioner, may impose any condition or conditions to the issuance of any license deemed necessary and proper to accomplish the objects of th…

33:1-33. Refusal of license to persons failing to pay tax or license fee; bond or cash deposit No license shall be issued to any person to whom a license shall have been issued under an act entitled "An act concerning the manufacture, distribution and sale of certain beverages ha…

33:1-34. Notice of change in facts set forth in application; corporations Whenever any change shall occur in the facts as set forth in any application for license, the licensee shall file with the director and the other issuing authority, where applicable, a notice in writing of …

33:1-35. Investigations, inspections, searches and examinations; examination of witnesses; subpoenas; procedure on failure to obey; powers of deputy directors The Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control and each other issuing authority may make, or cause to be made…

33:1-36. Service of subpoenas Each chief of police, or other official who for the time being shall exercise the functions of the office of chief of police, of each municipality, shall, upon request of the commissioner, cause to be served any subpoena which may be directed to any …

33:1-37. Seal; authentication; fee; inspection of records; certification of facts and findings The commissioner shall adopt an official seal. Copies of any act, rule, regulation, order or decision made by him and of any paper or papers filed in any office maintained by him, may b…

33:1-38. Commissioner to hear appeals; powers on appeal; execution of orders The commissioner is hereby empowered and it is his duty to hear and conduct all appeals provided for by this chapter and thereupon to render written decisions stating conclusions and reason therefor upon…

33:1-39. Rules and regulations by commissioner; subjects covered The commissioner may make such general rules and regulations and such special rulings and findings as may be necessary for the proper regulation and control of the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcoholic bev…

33:1-39.1. Reciprocal rules and regulations with other states The commissioner may make such reciprocal rules and regulations and special rulings pertaining to any one or more states designated therein as may be necessary for the proper regulation and control of the manufacture, …

33:1-39.2. Regulation of sales to consumers The Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall, in accordance with R.S. 33:1-39, make and promulgate such rules and regulations with respect to sales by licensees selling to consumers relative to the following subjects…

33:1-39.3 Malt alcoholic beverages, marked for deposit. 1. a. A manufacturer, supplier, importer, brand registrant, wholesale or retail licensee or permittee shall be permitted to sell, distribute, or market for resale to a consumer in this State or purchase for resale to a consu…

33:1-4. Appointment power of director The director is hereby empowered: a. To maintain suitable headquarters for said division and such other offices and establishments within the State as he may determine necessary; to organize said division, creating such bureaus and altering t…

33:1-4.1. Use of funds collected as fees, penalties 14. All fees and penalties collected by the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control pursuant to the provisions of Title 33 of the Revised Statutes shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer for deposit in a special…

33:1-40. Municipal regulation of number of retail licenses, hours of sale, etc. The governing board or body of each municipality may, as regards said municipality, by ordinance, limit the number of licenses to sell alcoholic beverages at retail, but any such limitation adopted by…

33:1-40.3 Sale of certain alcoholic beverages. 1. a. Whenever the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises and off the premises or either thereof is authorized in any municipality by ordinance or rule or regulation of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control,…

33:1-41. Appeal from limitation of number of retail licenses or hours of sale If any person affected or who might be affected by any limitation of the number of licenses or of the hours between which sales of alcoholic beverages at retail may be made shall consider himself aggrie…

33:1-42. Sales in public buildings of state or political subdivisions prohibited; exceptions No sales of alcoholic beverages shall be made in any public buildings belonging to or under the control of the state or any political subdivision thereof except as to the national guard a…

33:1-43. Alcoholic beverage retailing restrictions 33:1-43. a. It shall be unlawful for any owner, part owner, stockholder or officer or director of any corporation, or any other person whatsoever interested in any way whatsoever in any brewery, winery, distillery or rectifying a…

33:1-43.1. Loans or furnishing of fixtures to retail licensee by brewer prohibited; exceptions No owner, part owner, stockholder, officer or director of any corporation or any other person whatsoever interested in any way whatsoever in any brewery shall make any loan, directly or…

33:1-43.2 Services, items, equipment, availability to retailers, conditions. 10. a. Manufacturers, importing entities or wholesalers, as these terms are defined in R.S.33:1-1, or third parties at the direction of manufacturers, importing entities or wholesalers, may sell, lease o…

33:1-43a. Limited right of wholesaler to acquire interest in corporation Nothing in this act shall affect the right of any person having any interest whatsoever in the wholesaling in this State of alcoholic beverages, other than malt alcoholic beverages, to hold or acquire an int…

33:1-44. Municipal referendum on retail sales of alcoholic beverages except brewed malt and fermented wine Whenever a petition, signed by at least fifteen per centum (15%) of the qualified electors of any municipality as evidenced by the total number of votes cast for members of …

33:1-45. Municipal referendum on retail sales of all kinds of alcoholic beverages Whenever a petition signed by at least fifteen per centum (15%) of the qualified electors of any municipality as evidenced by the total number of votes cast for members of the General Assembly, at t…

33:1-45.1. Club license where vote was "No" in referendum; duration of act It shall be lawful for the municipal issuing authority of any municipality in which a referendum has been held pursuant to the provisions of Revised Statutes, section 33:1-45, wherein a majority of the leg…

33:1-46. Municipal referendum on retail sales of alcoholic beverages, except for consumption on trains, airplanes and boats Whenever a petition, signed by at least fifteen per centum (15%) of the qualified electors of any municipality as evidenced by the total number of votes cas…

33:1-46.1. Club license; authority to issue after municipal referendum It shall be lawful for the governing board or body of any municipality in which a referendum has been held pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 33:1-45 or R.S. 33:1-46, wherein a majority of the legal voters of …

33:1-46.2. Special permits to golf and country clubs; license fee The director may, subject to rules and regulations, issue special permits to a constituent unit, chartered or otherwise duly enfranchised chapter or member club of a national or state order, organization or associa…

33:1-46.3. Powers granted director cumulative Nothing in this act shall be deemed to limit or modify any powers otherwise granted by law to the director. L.1945, c. 55, p. 321, s. 3. Amended by L.1983, c. 365, s. 3, eff. Oct. 13, 1983.

33:1-47. Municipal referendum on Sunday sales Whenever a petition, signed by at least fifteen per centum (15%) of the qualified electors of any municipality as evidenced by the total number of votes cast for members of the General Assembly, at the then next preceding general elec…

33:1-47.1. Municipal referendum on hours of retail sales Whenever a petition, signed by at least fifteen per centum (15%) of the qualified electors of any municipality as evidenced by the total number of votes cast at the then next preceding general election, held for the electio…

33:1-48. Municipal boards certified to commissioner All municipal boards created under this chapter shall be certified to the commissioner in writing under seal of the municipality, if any, and attested by the clerk thereof, or person performing for the time being the duties of c…

33:1-49. Purchase of illicit beverage; misdemeanor No person, except an officer, or other person authorized by and acting pursuant to instructions from such officer, so doing in the course of and for the purpose of enforcing this chapter shall knowingly purchase, receive or procu…

33:1-5. Boards of alcoholic beverage control in municipalities of 15,000 inhabitants or more, appointment, term, etc. Each municipality now or hereafter having a population of fifteen thousand or more, according to Federal or State census, may establish in and for such municipali…

33:1-5.4. Secretary to board of alcoholic beverage control Any board of alcoholic beverage control established pursuant to section 33:1-5 of the Revised Statutes may, with the approval of the governing board or body of the municipality, appoint a secretary, who shall receive such…

33:1-50. Manufacture, sale, possession, etc., in violation of chapter; misdemeanor Any person who shall: a. Manufacture, sell, distribute, bottle, rectify, blend, treat, fortify, mix, process, warehouse or transport any alcoholic beverage in violation of this chapter; or b. Impor…

33:1-51. Other violations of chapter; misdemeanor Any person who shall knowingly violate any of the other provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not more than two hundred fifty dollars, or imprisonment…

33:1-52. Aiding in violations; misdemeanor Any person who shall knowingly aid or abet another in the violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable in the same manner as the violation aided or abetted.

33:1-53. Conviction of second offense In case any person shall, after conviction of an offense under this chapter, be convicted of another offense under this chapter, such other and subsequent offense shall be punishable by a fine or imprisonment, the maximum and minimum limits o…

33:1-54. Violation upon leased premises; termination of lease; notice; summary proceedings Any violation of this chapter upon any leased premises by any lessee or sublessee, or by any other person with the knowledge and consent of the lessee, or sublessee, shall, at the option of…