Title ABC, Alcoholic Beverage Control

§ 54-a. License to sell beer and wine products at retail for\nconsumption off the premises. 1. Any person may apply to the appropriate\nboard for a license to sell beer and wine products at retail not to be\nconsumed upon the premises where sold. Such application shall be in\nwr…

§ 54-b. Beer tasting. Any person holding a retail license to sell beer\nunder this chapter shall be permitted to conduct consumer tastings of\nbeer upon such person's licensed premises. All such tastings shall be\nsubject to the following limitations:\n (a) Tastings of beer shal…

§ 55. License to sell beer at retail for consumption on the premises.\n1. Any person may make an application to the appropriate board for a\nlicense to sell beer at retail to be consumed upon the premises. Such\napplication shall be in writing and verified and shall contain such…

§ 55-a. License to sell beer at retail, in certain counties, for\nconsumption at baseball parks, race tracks and outdoor athletic fields\nand stadia where admission fees are charged, in operation for certain\nperiods of the year. 1. Any person may make an application to the\napp…

§ 55-b. Manner of changing beer prices to wholesalers and retail\nlicensees. 1. It is hereby declared as the policy of the state that the\nsale and distribution of beer shall be subject to certain restrictions,\nprohibitions and regulations which tend to maintain an orderly mark…

§ 55-c. Agreements between brewers and beer wholesalers. 1. Purpose.\nIt is hereby declared to be the policy of this state, that the sale and\ndelivery of beer by brewers to beer wholesalers shall be pursuant to a\nwritten agreement. That further, the regulation of business rela…

§ 56. License fees. 1. The annual fee for a license to manufacture\nbeer shall be:\n (a) four thousand dollars for a brewer's license, unless the annual\nproduction of the brewer is less than seventy-five thousand barrels per\nyear, in which case the annual fee shall be three hu…

§ 56-a. Filing fees and refunds. 1. In addition to the annual fees\nprovided for in this chapter, there shall be paid to the authority with\neach initial application for a license filed pursuant to section thirty,\nthirty-one, fifty-one, fifty-one-a, fifty-two, fifty-three, fift…

§ 57. License fees; when due and payable; fee for part of year. 1.\n(a) Except as otherwise provided pursuant to section fifty-seven-a, each\nlicense issued pursuant to this article other than the one specified in\nparagraph (b) of this subdivision shall be effective for a licen…

§ 57-a. Change in duration of licenses. The liquor authority is\nauthorized to change the periods during which the licenses authorized by\nsections fifty-one, fifty-one-a, fifty-three, fifty-three-a, fifty-four,\nfifty-four-a, fifty-five and fifty-five-a of this article shall be…

§ 58. Cider producers' or wholesalers' license. 1. Any person may\napply to the liquor authority for a cider producers' or wholesalers'\nlicense as provided for in this subdivision. Such application shall be\nin writing and shall contain such information as the liquor authority\…

§ 58-a. Sale of cider by wholesale beer licensees. A wholesale beer\nlicensee, as defined under this chapter shall, upon the payment of an\nadditional annual license fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars, be\npermitted to sell cider as defined under this chapter at wholesale fr…

§ 58-b. Retail sale of cider by wholesale licensees. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other law upon payment to the liquor authority of an\nadditional annual fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars, the liquor\nauthority may in its discretion and upon such terms and conditions as it\nmay …

§ 58-c. Farm cidery license. 1. Any person may apply to the authority\nfor a farm cidery license as provided for in this section to produce\ncider within this state for sale. Such application shall be in writing\nand verified and shall contain such information as the authority s…

§ 58-d. Custom cidermakers' center. 1. Any person may apply to the\nauthority on or before December thirty-first, two thousand nineteen for\na custom cidermakers' center license as provided for in this section to\noperate a custom cidermakers' center facility and provide individ…

§ 59. Authorization for sale of cider by retail licensees. Each\nretail licensee under this chapter shall have the right, by virtue of\nhis license and without being required to pay any additional fee for the\nprivilege, to sell at retail for consumption on or off the premises, …

§ 59-a. Cider tasting. Any person holding a retail license under this\nchapter shall be permitted to conduct consumer tastings of cider upon\nsuch person's licensed premises. All such tastings shall be subject to\nthe following limitations:\n (a) Tastings of cider shall be condu…

§ 59-b. Direct interstate cider shipments. 1. Authorization.\nNotwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the\ncontrary, any holder of a license to manufacture cider in any other\nstate who obtains an out-of-state direct shipper's license, as provided\nin this se…

§ 59-c. Direct intrastate cider shipments. Any person having applied\nfor and received a manufacturing license under this chapter which\nincludes the privilege of producing cider may ship no more than\nthirty-six cases (no more than nine liters per case) of cider produced\nby su…

§ 60. Kinds of licenses. The following kinds of licenses may be issued\nfor the manufacture and sale of liquor, alcohol and spirits, to wit:\n 1. Distiller's license, class A.\n 1-a. Distiller's license, class A-1.\n 2. Distiller's license, class B.\n 2-a. Distiller's license, c…

§ 61. Distiller's licenses. 1. A class A distiller's license shall\nauthorize the holder thereof to operate a distillery for the manufacture\nof liquors by distillation or redistillation at the premises\nspecifically designated in the license. Such a license shall also\nauthoriz…

§ 61-a. Combined craft manufacturing license. 1. The authority may\nissue a combined craft manufacturer's license to a person for the\npurposes of articles four, four-a, five and six of this chapter,\ncombining the privileges of two or more farm or micro manufacturing\nlicenses …

§ 61-b. Importer's license. An importer's license shall authorize the\nholder thereof to import alcoholic beverages into this state and sell\nsuch alcoholic beverages to licensed wholesalers authorized to sell such\nalcoholic beverages.\n

§ 61-c. Brand owner's license. Any person with a federal basic permit\nmay apply to the liquor authority for a brand owner's license. Such\nlicense shall authorize the holder thereof to:\n 1. contract with a licensed manufacturer of alcoholic beverages in\nthis state for the pur…

§ 62. Wholesaler's liquor license. Any person may apply to the liquor\nauthority for a license to sell liquor at wholesale. Such application\nshall be in writing and verified and shall contain such information as\nthe liquor authority shall require. Such application shall be\nac…

§ 63. Seven day license to sell liquor at retail for consumption off\nthe premises. 1. Any person may make an application to the appropriate\nboard for a seven day license to sell liquor at retail not to be\nconsumed upon the premises where sold. Such application shall be in suc…

§ 63-a. Liquor tasting. 1. (a) Any person licensed pursuant to section\nsixty-one or sixty-two of this article shall be permitted to conduct\nconsumer tastings of liquor in establishments licensed under section\nsixty-three of this article to sell alcoholic beverages for off-pre…

§ 64. License to sell liquor at retail for consumption on the\npremises. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of\nsection seventeen of this chapter, any person may make an application to\nthe appropriate board for a license to sell liquor at retail to be\nconsume…

§ 64-a. Special license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on\nthe premises. 1. On or before September first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-nine, any license issued under section sixty-four of this article\nmay be converted into a special on-premises license under this section\n…

§ 64-b. License to sell liquor on premises commonly known as a bottle\nclub. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership or corporation\noperating a place for profit or pecuniary gain, with a capacity for the\nassemblage of twenty or more persons to permit a person or pe…

§ 64-c. License to manufacture and sell alcoholic beverages in a\npremises commonly known as a restaurant-brewer. 1. Any person may make\nan application to the state liquor authority for a license to operate a\nrestaurant-brewer.\n 2. Such application shall be in such form and s…

§ 64-d. License to sell liquor on premises commonly known as a\ncabaret. 1. Any person may make an application to the state liquor\nauthority to operate a cabaret.\n 2. Such application shall be in such form and shall contain such\ninformation as shall be required by the liquor …

§ 64-e. License to sell liquor at retail as an off-premises catering\nestablishment. 1. Any person may make an application to the authority\nfor a license to sell liquor at a site remote from the licensed premises\nof an off-premises catering establishment as defined pursuant to…

§ 64-f. License to sell liquor on premises commonly known as a\nfor-profit club. 1. Any person may make an application to the state\nliquor authority to operate a "for-profit club" which is operated solely\nfor a recreational, social, patriotic, political, benevolent, communal\n…

§ 65. Prohibited sales. No person shall sell, deliver or give away or\ncause or permit or procure to be sold, delivered or given away any\nalcoholic beverages to\n 1. Any person, actually or apparently, under the age of twenty-one\nyears;\n 2. Any visibly intoxicated person;\n 3…

§ 65-a. Procuring alcoholic beverages for persons under the age of\ntwenty-one years. Any person who misrepresents the age of a person\nunder the age of twenty-one years for the purpose of inducing the sale\nof any alcoholic beverage, as defined in the alcoholic beverage control…

§ 65-b. Offense for one under age of twenty-one years to purchase or\nattempt to purchase an alcoholic beverage through fraudulent means. 1.\nAs used in this section: (a) "A device capable of deciphering any\nelectronically readable format" or "device" shall mean any commercial\…

§ 65-c. Unlawful possession of an alcoholic beverage with the intent\nto consume by persons under the age of twenty-one years. 1. Except as\nhereinafter provided, no person under the age of twenty-one years shall\npossess any alcoholic beverage, as defined in this chapter, with …

§ 65-d. Posting of signs. 1. The authority shall prepare, have printed\nand distribute across the state to all persons with a license to sell\nalcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises or a license to sell\nalcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises a sign or…

§ 65-e. Posting of signs relating to human trafficking. 1. The\nauthority shall require any person with a license to sell alcoholic\nbeverages for consumption on the premises who indicated, pursuant to\nparagraph (f) of subdivision one of section one hundred ten of this\nchapter…

§ 66. License fees. 1. The annual fee for a distiller's license, class\nA, shall be twelve thousand dollars.\n 1-a. The annual fee for a distiller's license, class A-1, shall be two\nhundred fifty dollars.\n 2. The annual fee for a distiller's license, class B, shall be eight\nt…

§ 67. License fees, duration of licenses; fee for part of year.\nEffective April first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, licenses issued\npursuant to sections sixty-one, sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-four,\nsixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c and sixty-four-e of this\narticle…

§ 68. Direct interstate liquor shipments. 1. Authorization.\nNotwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the\ncontrary, any holder of a license to manufacture liquor in any other\nstate that is equivalent in class and/or production capacity per year to\nthose lic…

§ 69. Direct intrastate liquor shipments. Any person having applied\nfor and received a class A-1, class B-1, class C, or class D distiller\nlicense under section sixty-one of this article may ship no more than\nthirty-six cases (no more than nine liters per case) of liquor prod…

§ 75. Kinds of licenses. The following licenses may be issued for the\nmanufacture and sale of wine, to wit:\n 1. Winery license;\n 1-a. Farm winery license;\n 1-b. Temporary winery or farm winery permit;\n 1-c. Micro-winery license;\n 2. Wholesaler's license;\n 3. Seven day lic…

§ 76. Winery license. 1. Any person may apply to the liquor authority\nfor a winery license as provided for in this article. Such application\nshall be in writing and verified and shall contain such information as\nthe liquor authority shall require. Such application shall be\na…

§ 76-a. Farm winery license. 1. Any person may apply to the liquor\nauthority for a farm winery license as provided for in this article.\nSuch application shall be in writing and verified and shall contain such\ninformation as the liquor authority shall require. Such application…

§ 76-c. Special winery license. 1. Any person may apply to the liquor\nauthority for a license to operate a special winery on the premises of\nan existing winery licensee. Such application shall be in writing and\nverified and shall contain such information as the liquor authori…

§ 76-d. Special farm winery license. 1. Any person may apply to the\nliquor authority to operate a special farm winery on the premises of an\nexisting farm winery licensee as provided for in this article. Such\napplication shall be in writing and verified and shall contain such\…

§ 76-e. Special provisions relating to wineries and farm wineries\nholding a distiller's license. 1. Any person who holds a winery license\npursuant to section seventy-six of this article or a farm winery license\npursuant to section seventy-six-a of this article and, in additio…