Chapter 138: ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
- Section 2A Sale, manufacture or possession of powdered alcohol prohibited; exceptions
- Section 3 Manufacture and storage of alcoholic beverages for private use
- Section 4 Licensing boards; appointments; membership
- Section 5 Terms of office of licensing board; removal; review; notice; fee
- Section 6 Chairman of licensing board; quorum; vacancies
- Section 7 Offices of licensing board; salaries; expenses
- Section 8 Limitation of Sec. 7
- Section 9 Records of licensing boards; quarterly reports; sworn statements
- Section 10 Cities exempt from operation of six preceding sections; residency requirement of board or commission members
- Section 10A Annual report of local licensing authorities to commission
- Section 10B Authority to declare office of member of board vacant
- Section 11 Questions to be placed on ballot at biennial state election
- Section 11A Submission of question at special and regular municipal elections; petition; taverns
- Section 12 Licenses authorizing sale of beverages to be drunk on premises; veterans' organizations, corporations, etc.; suspension or revocation; hours of sale; liqueurs and cordials; liquor legal liability insurance requirement
- Section 12 1/2 Sale of mixed drinks for off-premises consumption
- Section 12A Renewal of licenses to conduct restaurant; investigations
- Section 12B Operation of premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages; nudity
- Section 12C Annual caterer's license for sale of alcoholic beverages at private catering event; written notice; penalties for violation
- Section 13 Licensing of railroad or car and airline corporations; vessel owners and operators; shipping companies and ship chandlers
- Section 14 Special licenses to managers of indoor or outdoor activities; fees
- Section 14A License for sale of wine, malt beverages and distilled spirits at auction; fee; time for auction; sample wine, malt beverages and distilled spirits tastings
- Section 15 Licensing authorizing sale of beverages not to be drunk on premises; applications; approval; price lists; renewals; fees; hours of sales; samples
- Section 15A Application for licenses; statement of beneficial interests; corporate stock transfers; filing notation; publication of notice; hearing; plan of premises; transfers; notice to abutting property owners; complaints; appeals; cancellation of licenses
- Section 15B Repealed, 1990, 69, Sec. 2
- Section 15C Repealed, 1991, 1, Sec. 2
- Section 15D, 15E Repealed, 1993, 313, Sec. 2
- Section 15F Special license for sale of wine produced by farmer-winery for off-premises consumption at indoor or outdoor agricultural event
- Section 16 Dilution, changing or tampering with alcoholic beverages; suspension of license; prima facie evidence
- Section 16A Renewal of annual licenses; number limitation; rejection of application; appeal
- Section 16B Time within which application for licenses shall be granted or dismissed; notice of approval; number of applications
- Section 16C Licenses for premises located near schools or churches
- Section 16D Repealed, 2000, 64
- Section 17 Number of licenses quotas; licenses for wines and malt beverages per population unit; additional licenses; estimates of increased population; decrease in quota due to loss in population; determination of population of city or town
- Section 17A Grant of additional licenses for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk on premises
- Section 17B Grant of additional licenses for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk off premises
- Section 17C Grant of additional licenses under former law for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk on premises
- Section 18 Wholesalers' and importers' licenses; compounding, blending, warehousing, and shipping of alcoholic beverages; fees; records
- Section 18A Licenses for agents or brokers of foreign manufacturers and importers; records; fees
- Section 18B Issuance of certificates of compliance to licensees authorized to export or sell alcoholic beverages to domestic licensees; information concerning shipments; issuance of certificates to immediate family; cancellation and revocation of certificates
- Section 18C License to import alcoholic beverages in connection with manufacture of food products; fees
- Section 19 Licenses to manufacture alcoholic beverages; sale by manufacturer; blending of alcoholic beverages; marks to identify manufacturer; records of manufacturer; fees
- Section 19A Permits for salesmen to solicit orders for alcoholic beverages
- Section 19B Farmer-winery licenses; hearing; appeal; notices to interested parties; operation of winery; records; fees
- Section 19C Farmer-brewery licenses; hearing; appeal; notices to interested parties; operation of brewery; records; fees
- Section 19D Pub brewery licenses; hearings; records; fees
- Section 19E Farmer-distillery licenses; applicants; requirements; evidentiary hearings; written notice of applications; schools and churches; fees
- Section 19F Direct wine shipper licenses; regulation and enforcement by commission
- Section 19G Tenant brewer license; applications; importation of raw materials; record keeping and reporting; fees
- Section 19H License to sell for on-premises consumption alcoholic beverages produced by person holding Sec. 19B, 19C or 19E license
- Section 20 Storage permits; special warehouse permits; special seasonal permits; fees; rules and regulations
- Section 20A Storage permits for public warehousemen
- Section 21 Liability of manufacturer, winegrower, farmer-brewer, wholesaler, importer and licensee for excise; fines; administration of tax
- Section 22 Transportation of alcoholic beverages; permits; fees; railroads or vessels; trucking businesses; production of permit upon demand
- Section 22A Permits to holders or former holders of licenses authorizing sales to licensees; fees; excises; permits for researchers
- Section 23 Nature of licenses and permits; status as property rights; refusal to issue or reissue, revocation, etc.; refund of fee; transfers; death, receivership or bankruptcy of licensee; expiration; pledging for loans
- Section 23A Suspension of license or permit for violation of fair trade laws
- Section 23B Retention of license where premises of licensee taken by public authority; transfer application; reservation of license; rebate of fee; renewal application
- Section 24 Promulgation of regulations by commission; approval
- Section 25 Lending or borrowing money or receipt of credit by licensees
- Section 25A Discrimination in prices and discounts prohibited
- Section 25B Filing of schedules; inspection
- Section 25C Filing of schedule of minimum consumer prices; verification; filing and effective dates; inspection; rules and regulations
- Section 25D Price discrimination
- Section 25E Refusal to sell brand name alcoholic beverages to wholesalers as unfair trade practice; exception for good cause; discontinuance notice and procedure
- Section 25F Provision of free wine, malt beverages, liqueurs, cordials and alcoholic beverages for tastings; limits; requirements
- Section 25E1/2 Brewery termination of right to distribute
- Section 25E3/4 Severability of Section 25E1/2
- Section 26 Issuance of license and permit to aliens; appointment of local manager or principal representative by foreign corporations
- Section 27 Crediting of fees for licenses and permits to general fund; payment of fees for licenses and permits granted by local authorities into local treasuries
- Section 28 Sale of alcoholic beverage to churches, religious societies, hospitals, homes for aged people and to manufacturers of food products
- Section 29 Use and sale of alcoholic beverages by registered pharmacists; prescriptions; prescription books; sales in original sealed packages
- Section 30 Issuance of certificate of fitness to registered pharmacist; fee; revocation
- Section 30A Registered pharmacists' licenses to sell alcoholic beverages without prescription; hours of sales
- Section 30B Kinds of licenses issued to druggists under Sec. 30A; transfers
- Section 30C Termination of druggist's license upon cessation of business
- Section 30D Certificate of purchaser; sales of alcoholic beverages by retail pharmacists licensed under Sec. 30A
- Section 30E Record book of registered pharmacists of sales of alcoholic beverages; form of certificate
- Section 30F Inspection of books, certificates and prescriptions
- Section 30G Illegal sale of alcoholic beverages in name of registered pharmacist
- Section 30H Possession or transportation of alcoholic beverages not authorized to be sold as prima facie evidence of violation of chapter
- Section 31 Repealed, 1962, 333
- Section 32 Hawking or peddling of alcoholic beverages
- Section 33 Sales and delivery of alcoholic beverages on election days, Sundays and legal holidays
- Section 33A Sales of alcoholic beverages by on-premise licensees on Sundays and certain legal holidays; sales between 1:00 A.M. and 2:00 A.M.
- Section 33B Sales of alcoholic beverages by on-premise licensees on Sundays and certain legal holidays; sales between 10:00 A.M. and 12:00 noon
- Section 34 Sale, delivery or furnishing alcoholic beverages to persons under twenty-one years of age; employment of persons under eighteen years of age
- Section 34A Persons under twenty-one years; purchase or attempt to purchase alcoholic beverages
- Section 34B Liquor purchase identification cards
- Section 34C Minors; operation of motor vehicle containing alcoholic beverage; suspension of driver's license
- Section 34D Posting notices of penalties for driving while under influence and driving while drinking from open container of alcohol
- Section 34E Immunity from prosecution under Secs. 34, 34A or 34C for persons seeking medical assistance for alcohol-related incapacitation
- Section 35 Sales of alcoholic beverages outside limits of reservations or boulevards
- Section 36 Analysis of alcoholic beverages by department of state police
- Section 37 Certificate accompanying sample of beverages to be analyzed; contents
- Section 38 Forms of commission
- Section 39 Tampering with samples of alcoholic beverages
- Section 40 Analysis of alcoholic beverages by court order; fee
- Section 41 Delivery of alcoholic beverages as prima facie evidence of sale
- Section 42 Issuance of search warrant
- Section 43 Search of dwelling house
- Section 44 Sufficiency of complaint and warrant
- Section 45 Search of premises; seizure of alcoholic beverages
- Section 46 Searches and seizures without warrant
- Section 47 Notice to keeper of alcoholic beverages to appear and answer complaint; forfeiture of seized beverages
- Section 48 Notice; contents; service
- Section 49 Postponement of trial
- Section 50 Admission of claimant of alcoholic beverages as party to trial; forfeiture of alcoholic beverages unlawfully kept; sale of motor vehicle held to be implement or container of alcoholic beverages
- Section 51 Disposition of forfeited alcoholic beverages and vessels
- Section 52 Return of alcoholic beverages not forfeited; order; endorsement
- Section 53 Forfeiture and disposition of implements and furniture
- Section 54 Cost of proceedings
- Section 55 Appeal
- Section 56 Arrest without warrant of persons found in act of illegally manufacturing or selling alcoholic beverages; seizures
- Section 57 Notification of licensing authorities of conviction of holder of license, permit or certificate
- Section 58 Notice of conviction of tenant to owner of building used for illegal keeping or sale
- Section 59 Forms used in prosecutions
- Section 60 Common nuisances
- Section 61 Buildings used by clubs for selling and distributing alcoholic beverages as common nuisances
- Section 62 Penalties for violations of chapter
- Section 63 Entry of licensing authorities upon licensed premises; taking of samples
- Section 63A Hindering or delaying investigator, inspector or agent of commission
- Section 64 Suspension or revocation of license; hearing; notice; disqualification; surrender of license; refunds
- Section 64A Sale of alcohol to person under 21 or intoxicated person; sanctions; liability insurance
- Section 64B Insurance policy required by licensing authority; disclosure to insurer; proof of new insurance
- Section 65 Delivery of license upon suspension, revocation, cancellation or forfeiture
- Section 66 Separability of provisions of chapter
- Section 67 Appeals on refusal to grant or revocation of license; hearing; notice of approval; revocation by commission; reappeal
- Section 68 Sales or deliveries of alcoholic beverages in times of riot or great public excitement
- Section 69 Sale or delivery to intoxicated persons
- Section 70 Issuance of license or permit upon payment of fee; bond
- Section 71 Effective date of rules; approval of governor
- Section 72 to 75 Repealed, 1934, 372, Sec. 1
- Section 76 Licenses for manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol for mechanical, manufacturing or chemical purposes; fees
- Section 77 Cancellation of license upon cessation of licensed business
- Section 78 Book entries at time of sale of alcohol; form