North Carolina Administrative Code

14B NCAC 15A .1302 COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION: PERMIT AND BOND REQUIRED (a) Any person transporting spirituous liquors into and through the State shall first secure a blanket fleet permit for the transportation of spirituous liquors signed by the Chairman or Administrator. That pe…

14B NCAC 15A .1303 TRANSPORTATION FROM STATE ABC WAREHOUSE Except as authorized by statute or the rules of the Commission, no spirituous liquors or antique spirituous liquors shall be transported within, into, or through this State for delivery to a local board except from the St…

14B NCAC 15A .1304 DIRECT SHIPMENTS (a) A "direct shipment" means a shipment from the distiller or a warehouse of spirituous liquors, or from an antique spirituous liquor seller, directly to a local board without passing through the State ABC warehouse. (b) In addition to direct …

14b ncac 15a .1305 transportation between abc boards (a) A local board may authorize a distiller representative, brokerage representative, or supplier representative, on its behalf, to transport spirituous liquor owned by the local board to another local board that has purchased,…

SECTION .1400 - PURCHASE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BY LOCAL BOARDS 14B NCAC 15A .1401 PURCHASE LIMITED TO APPROVED BRANDS History Note: Authority G.S. 18B-207; 18B-800(c); Eff. January 1, 1982; Amended Eff. July 1, 1992; May 1, 1984; Transferred and Recodified from 04 NCAC 02R .1401…

14B NCAC 15A .1402 PERMIT REQUIRED TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES No purchase of any spirituous liquor, antique spirituous liquor, or fortified wine for resale in ABC stores shall be made by any local board from any person that does not hold a permit from the Commission authorizing …

14B NCAC 15A .1403 Special Orders (a) Spirituous liquor products shall be approved for purchase from the Special Orders Price List as follows: (1) When requested by a customer, a local board shall request that the Commission consider approval for inclusion on the Special Orders P…

14b NCAC 15a .1404 COMMEMORATIVE BOTTLES The Commission shall approve local boards' orders and sales of specially designed bottles commemorating particular events, occasions, or ceremonies, provided advertising borne upon commemorative bottles is limited to commemorating historic…

14B NCAC 15A .1405 RECORDS REQUIRED (a) A record of all orders, receipts, invoices, and payments shall be maintained by local boards and be available for inspection by any representative of the Commission during the local board's normal business hours. (b) Local boards shall reta…

14B NCAC 15A .1406 PAYMENT (a) Local boards shall remit full payment of the Contractor's statement of account pertaining to the bailment charge within 30 days of receipt of the statement. (b) Local boards shall remit full payment of the Contractor's statement of account pertainin…

14B NCAC 15A .1407 aNTIQUE SPIRITUOUS LIQuOR SPECIAL ORDERS (a) In addition to the provisions set forth in Paragraph (a) of Rule .1403 of this Section, antique spirituous liquor products shall be approved for purchase from the Special Orders Price List as follows: (1) Upon receip…

SECTION .1500 - PRICING OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR 14b NCAC 15a .1501 PRICE INCREASES Distillers shall not increase F.O.B. prices except at a regularly scheduled effective date of the Commission's official price list, namely: February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1 of each year. Hi…

14B NCAC 15A .1502 MARKUP FORMULA (a) On every delivered case of spirituous liquors, there shall be an added markup, which is derived by the following formula: (1) local board markup, plus (2) (one added to the local board markup) multiplied by the state excise tax, plus (3) (one…

14B NCAC 15A .1503 SPECIAL PURCHASE ALLOWANCES; POST OFFS; PASS THROUGHS (a) Temporary Price Reductions. The Commission will, from time to time, reduce the retail prices of selected liquor products to reflect manufacturer or importer offers of special price reductions. (b) Select…

SECTION .1600 - WAREHOUSE STORAGE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS 14B NCAC 15A .1601 PERMIT REQUIRED Permits to store spirituous liquors will be issued to privately-owned bonded warehouses when application has been made to the Commission if the applicant complies with the conditions as set…

14B NCAC 15A .1602 INSPECTION UPON APPLICATION Upon receipt of an application for a storage permit from a privately-owned bonded warehouse, the Commission shall cause an inspection to be made of the warehouse to determine whether the warehouse has adequate security measures neces…

14B NCAC 15A .1603 REQUIREMENTS FOR STORAGE All privately-owned bonded warehouses holding permits for the storage of spirituous liquors are required to: (1) store all liquor separate and apart from other merchandise; (2) store all military codes separate and apart from State code…

14B NCAC 15A .1604 PROHIBITED PRACTICES (a) The removal of any spirituous liquors except as provided for in these Rules to any place except the State ABC warehouse, military posts, points outside the State, or the shipping distillery shall be prohibited. (b) No liquor, distressed…

14B NCAC 15A .1605 INSPECTION OF PREMISES AND RECORDS All warehouses receiving a permit for the storage of spirituous liquors shall make available to the Commission on request all records, invoices, and inventories pertaining to the storage of spirituous liquors. All spirituous l…

14B NCAC 15A .1606 SUSPENSION OF PERMIT (a) Notice of suspension and discontinuance of the storage of spirituous liquors by privately-owned bonded warehouses may be given to any person holding storage permits by the Commission. Upon receiving this notice, permittees shall halt th…

SECTION .1700 - RETAIL SALES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 14b NCAC 15a .1701 REMOVAL OF BEVERAGES FROM ABC STORES (a) Except as allowed pursuant to Paragraph (b) of this Rule, spirituous liquor, either distressed or otherwise, shall not leave the custody of a local board after receipt …

14B NCAC 15A .1702 SALE OF CERTAIN BEVERAGES BELOW RETAIL PRICE The Commission may authorize a local board to sell certain alcoholic beverages at below the uniform price. History Note: Authority G.S. 18B-100; 18B-207; 18B-804(a); 18B-807; Eff. January 1, 1982; Amended Eff. May 1,…

14B NCAC 15A .1703 STORES: APPEARANCE AND STATE LIST (a) Interior Appearance of Stores. Stores shall meet the following standards: (1) Stores shall be well lit so as an average customer can shop safely and be free of trash; (2) Floors shall be clean; (3) Bottles and shelves shall…

14B NCAC 15A .1704 HOURS OF SALE (a) No local board shall sell any alcoholic beverages at any store: (1) after the closing hours as established by the local board; provided, however, that no sales shall be made between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.; (2) on any day the local board so de…

14B NCAC 15A .1705 CUSTOMER SERVICE (a) The manager and the employees in every store shall see that customers are waited on professionally and as soon as possible to reduce customers' wait time. The manager and the employees shall not allow people without the intent to purchase t…

14B NCAC 15A .1706 PURCHASE-TRANSPORTATION PERMITS History Note: Authority G.S. 18B-100; 18B-207; 18B-403; 18B-403.1; 18B-404; 18B-807; Eff. January 1, 1982; Amended Eff. November 1, 2010; July 1, 1992; May 1, 1984; Transferred and Recodified from 04 NCAC 02R .1708 Eff. August 1,…

14B NCAC 15A .1707 ALCOHOL REHABILITATION COLLECTIONS PERMITTED (a) Local boards may provide containers for the collection of voluntary contributions to alcohol rehabilitation programs approved by the Commission. (b) Collection or solicitation of contributions for any other purpo…

14B NCAC 15A .1708 SHELF MANAGEMENT (a) Each local board shall establish and maintain a shelf management plan. The local board shall establish policies within its plan that incorporates the following concepts: (1) set the higher priced items on the upper shelves at eye level and …

SECTION .1800 - PURCHASE-TRANSPORTATION PERMITS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND MIXED BEVERAGES PERMITTEES 14B NCAC 15A .1801 PURCHASE-TRANSPORTATION PERMITS FOR WINE AND LIQUOR History Note: Authority G.S. 18B-100; 18B-207; 18B-403; Eff. January 1, 1982; Amended Eff. November 1, 2010; July …

14B NCAC 15A .1802 MIXED beverages PERMIT/INVOICE FORM (a) A local board in a jurisdiction where the sale of mixed beverages is lawful shall provide to a mixed beverages permittee purchasing spirituous liquor for resale in mixed beverages a Purchase-Transportation Permit/Invoice …

14b NCAC 15a .1803 CABINET PERMITTEES; PURCHASE-TRANSPORTATION PERMITS (a) Approved Container Sizes. Local ABC Boards may sell 50 milliliter, 100 milliliter, 200 milliliter, 355 milliliter, and 375 milliliter containers of liquor to a hotel that has been issued a Guest Room Cabin…

14B NCAC 15A .1804 TAX STAMP PROCEDURES FOR GUEST ROOM CABINET PERMITTEES (a) A local board selling liquor for resale in guest room cabinets shall either affix the mixed beverages tax stamp to each individual container of liquor sold to a guest room cabinet permittee, or shall gi…

14B NCAC 15A .1805 LOCAL RULES REQUIRED FOR GUEST ROOM CABINET SALES (a) Each local board selling liquor to a hotel with a Guest Room Cabinet Permit shall adopt rules governing purchases of liquor by guest room cabinet permittees and shall submit those rules to the Commission for…

SECTION .1900 - SALES OF LIQUOR TO MIXED BEVERAGES PERMITTEES 14B NCAC 15A .1901 MIXED BEVERAGES TAX STAMP (a) Except as permitted pursuant to Paragraph (c) of this Rule, prior to the sale of any container of spirituous liquor or antique spirituous liquor to a permittee, the loca…

14B NCAC 15A .1902 LOCAL BOARD PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION History Note: Authority G.S. 18B-807; Eff. May 1, 1984; Amended Eff. September 1, 1993; July 1, 1992; Transferred and Recodified from 04 NCAC 02R .1903 Eff. August 1, 2015; Expired Eff. September 1, 2015 pursuant to G.S. 150B-…

14B NCAC 15A .1903 delivery of mixed beverages permittee orders (a) A local board's employee or independent contractor may deliver spirituous liquor purchased by a mixed beverage permittee to the permittee's licensed premises if all of the following conditions are met: (1) the mi…

14B NCAC 15A .1904 TRANSPORT OF MIXED beverages PERMITTEE ORDERS (a) A mixed beverages permittee may contract with an independent contractor to transport alcoholic beverages purchased by the mixed beverages permittee from a local board or from a wine wholesaler to the licensed pr…

SECTION .2000 – Local Board Training 14B NCAC 15A .2001 local board members and employees (a) All board members, finance officers and general managers of local boards shall complete a Commission training course for local boards by August 2, 2011. Completion of a Commission traini…

14B NCAC 15A .2002 local board Training Courses All Commission training courses for local boards shall consist of two hours of ethics as a subject matter and no more than two hours of other subject matter. History Note: Authority G.S. 18B-100; 18B-203(a)(21); 18B-207; 18B-701(b);…

14B NCAC 15A .2003 Participation standards and attendance requirements (a) Instructors shall require that participants comply with the following participation standards: (1) Attendees shall direct their attention to the instruction being provided and refrain from engaging in acti…

SECTION .2100 – DISTILLERy permit holders' sale of spirituous liquor distilled on premises to visitors of the distillery for consumption off the premiseS 14B NCAC 15A .2101 prior approval from abc commission (a) Prior to selling spirituous liquor distilled at the distillery on th…

14B NCAC 15A .2102 RETAIL SALES AT DISTILLERy'S Permitted PREMISES (a) No retail sales shall be made on the distillery's permitted premises on: (1) New Year's Day; (2) Fourth of July; (3) Labor Day; (4) Thanksgiving Day; (5) Christmas Day; (6) Any Sunday; or (7) Any other day bet…

14B NCAC 15A .2103 DISTILLERY RECORD-KEEPING History Note: Authority G.S. 18B-100; 18B-207; 18B-502; 18B-1105; Eff. January 1, 2018; Repealed Eff. February 1, 2021.

14B ncac 15a .2104 distillery issued purchase-transportation permits History Note: Authority G.S. 18B-100; 18B-207; 18B-403; Eff. February 1, 2021; Expired Eff. September 1, 2025 pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A.

section .2200 – special one-time permits 14B NCAC 15A .2201 Definitions The following definitions apply to this Section: (1) "Collector" means a person, other than an industry member, engaged in the collection of one or more wines, decorative decanters of spirituous liquor, or an…

14B NCAC 15A .2202 Collector transport or sale Permits To qualify for a permit issued pursuant to G.S. 18B-1002(a)(4), in addition to the applicable information required pursuant to G.S. 18B-900, a collector shall submit an application to the Commission that requires the followin…

14B NCAC 15A .2203 permissible sales under collector transport or sale permit (a) Sales of wine or spirituous liquor by the holder of a permit issued pursuant to Rule .2202 of this Section shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) sales shall only be made to persons at le…

14B NCAC 15A .2204 special auction permits (a) To qualify for a permit issued pursuant to G.S. 18B-1002.1, in addition to the applicable information required pursuant to G.S. 18B-900, an auction firm or auctioneer licensed pursuant to Chapter 85B of the General Statutes shall sub…

14B NCAC 15A .2205 conditions of sale under special auction permits Sales at auction of wine or spirituous liquor by the holder of a permit issued pursuant to Rule .2204 of this Section shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) the auctioneer shall be in physical possessi…

14B NCAC 15A .2206 Nonprofit sales at raffle or auction (a) Sales of alcohol under a special one-time permit pursuant to G.S. 18B-1002(a)(5) by a nonprofit organization as a prize in a raffle or at auction shall be sold for off-premises consumption and shall not be consumed on th…