Title 5, Alcoholic Beverages

No person may be prosecuted in any court solely for public intoxication. Law enforcement officers may utilize standard identification procedures on all persons given assistance because of apparent intoxication.

Any county or city within the state at the discretion of their governing bodies, either individually or jointly, may establish or provide office space, including personnel, for informational, counseling, and referral services for alcoholics and their families.

1. Every spouse, child, parent, guardian, employer, or other individual who is injured by any obviously intoxicated individual has a claim for relief for fault under section 32-03.2-02 against any person who knowingly disposes, sells, barters, or gives away alcoholic beverages to…

No retail beer or liquor license may be issued in any organized township without the written consent of the board of township supervisors.

1. Except as permitted in this section and section 5-02-06, an individual under twenty-one years of age may not manufacture or attempt to manufacture, purchase or attempt to purchase, consume or have recently consumed other than during a religious service, be under the influence …

Any person who misrepresents or misstates that person's age or the age of any other person or who misrepresents that person's age through presentation of any document purporting to show that person to be of legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages is guilty of a class B misdemea…

The establishment of the following facts by a person making a sale of alcoholic beverages to a person not of legal age constitutes prima facie evidence of innocence and a defense to any prosecution therefor: 1. That the purchaser falsely represented and supported with other docum…

1. A licensed retailer of alcoholic beverages or an employee of a licensed retailer may determine proof of age for purchasing or consuming an alcoholic beverage solely by inspection of one of the following: a. A valid driver's license or identification card issued by this state, …

1. Any individual knowingly delivering alcoholic beverages to an individual under twenty-one years of age, except as allowed under section 5-02-06, or to an incompetent or an obviously intoxicated individual is guilty of a class A misdemeanor, subject to sections 5-01-08, 5-01-08…

Any person operating an establishment whereby persons are allowed to bring their own alcoholic beverages on the premises where the proprietor sells soft drinks, mix, ice, or charges for bringing such beverages on the premises is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

A manufacturer may not have any financial interest in any wholesale alcoholic beverage business. A manufacturer or wholesaler may not have any financial interest in any retail alcoholic beverage establishment and may not furnish any such retailer with anything of value. A retaile…

The state's attorney may subpoena persons and take sworn testimony concerning any alleged violation of the alcoholic beverage laws and may apply to the district court for an order compelling persons subpoenaed to appear and testify. Such witnesses shall receive the same fees and …

1. A microbrew pub shall obtain a brewer license and a retailer license as required under this title. A microbrew pub may manufacture on the licensed premises, store, transport, sell to wholesale malt beverage licensees, and export no more than ten thousand barrels of malt bevera…

Any person who violates any provision of this title, or any rule adopted to implement this title, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor, unless the penalty is provided for elsewhere.

1. A person in the business of selling alcoholic beverages may not knowingly or intentionally ship, or cause to be shipped, any alcoholic beverage from an out-of-state location directly to a person in this state who is not a licensed wholesaler in this state. 2. A person in the b…

1. The tax commissioner may issue a domestic winery license to the owner or operator of a winery located within this state to produce wine. A domestic winery may purchase, at wholesale or retail, brandy for use of onpremises fortification. A domestic winery license may be issued …

1. A person may not sell, offer to sell, purchase, possess, use, or if that person is a retail alcoholic beverage licensee, have on the premises an alcohol without liquid device. In this section, an "alcohol without liquid device" means an apparatus that is advertised, designed, …

1. The tax commissioner may issue a domestic distillery license to the owner or operator of a distillery that is located within this state. A domestic distillery license may be issued and renewed for an annual fee of one hundred dollars. This fee is in lieu of all other license f…

1. A domestic distillery that produces no more than twelve thousand proof gallons [45425 liters] of spirits per year may sell and deliver, onsite or offsite, the spirits produced by the distillery directly to licensed retailers. The distillery may sell and deliver spirits onsite …

1. The tax commissioner may issue a manufacturing distillery license to the owner or operator of a distillery located within this state which uses a majority of North Dakota farm products to manufacture and sell spirits produced on the premises. A manufacturing distillery license…

1. A licensed winery that produces no more than twenty-five thousand gallons [94635 liters] of wine per year may sell and deliver, onsite or offsite, the wine produced by the winery directly to licensed retailers. The licensed winery may sell and deliver wine onsite to a licensed…

1. The tax commissioner may issue multiple brewer taproom licenses to the owner or operator of a brewery producing no more than twenty-five thousand barrels of malt beverages annually. A brewer with multiple taproom licenses must produce malt beverages at each location and the to…

1. As used in this section, "powdered alcohol product" means any alcohol prepared or sold in a powder form for either direct use or reconstitution in a liquid beverage or food. 2. A person may not sell, offer to sell, purchase, offer to purchase, possess, or consume a powdered al…