Miss. Code Ann. § 67-11-9 — MS Code / Title 67 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-11-9
Status: in_force

(1) Within the State of Mississippi, every native distillery is authorized to make sales to the department or to consumers at the location of the native distillery or its immediate vicinity. Every native distillery is authorized to make sales to any producer, manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer or consumer located outside of the State of Mississippi who is authorized by law to purchase the same.

(2) With respect to native spirits sold by the department to retailers under Section 67-1-41 , the native distillery may hold those spirits for onsite pickup instead of shipping them to the department warehouse, at the option of the retailer and pursuant to any rules promulgated by the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-23 — MS Code / Title 67 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-23
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of an application for a permit to engage in any business taxable under the provisions of Sections 27-71-303 to 27-71-317, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and the oath required by Section 67-3-17 , the commissioner shall issue to such applicant, without cost, a permit to engage in such business upon condition that the applicant shall obtain a license and pay the tax imposed under the provisions of law for the privilege of engaging, or continuing, in such business. Such permit shall be displayed at all times in some conspicuous place at the applicant's place of business. No permit shall be transferable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-47 — MS Code / Title 67 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-47
Status: in_force

(1) A person having a permit to manufacture or brew beer under this chapter and who operates a brewery may offer and provide limited amounts of beer on the premises of the brewery for the purpose of tasting or sampling, subject to the following conditions:

(a) The beer provided for tasting or sampling must be manufactured in the State of Mississippi by the holder of the permit;

(b) The beer may be provided only to persons on the premises of the brewery at no cost and for consumption on the premises of the brewery;

(c) The beer may be provided for tasting or sampling between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on the same day and only in conjunction with a structured tour of the brewery and related facilities which must include the entire manufacturing and brewing processes and methods used at the brewery;

(d) No one under twenty-one (21) years of age may participate in the tasting or sampling, and a sign indicating that prohibition shall be placed in a visible location at the entrance to the area where the tasting or sampling will be conducted;

(e) An individual size sample of beer shall not exceed six (6) ounces, and no more than six (6) samples of beer may be provided to an individual within a twenty-four-hour period; and

(f) The holder of the license operating the brewery shall keep an accurate accounting of the various beers provided and consumed as samples.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the term “ brewery ” means and has the same definition as that term has in 26 USCS 5402 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-1-1 — MS Code / Title 67 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-1-1
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law” of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-1-15 — MS Code / Title 67 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-1-15
Status: in_force

In any county having two judicial districts, each such judicial district shall be construed to be a political subdivision or subdivision of government on the same basis as a county, and as such, a judicial district will be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, and immunities as a county for the purposes of authorizing the sale of intoxicating liquor therein under the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-49 — MS Code / Title 67 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-49
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for any brewer or manufacturer or distributor or wholesale dealer of or in light wines, light spirit products and/or beer to manufacture or knowingly bring upon his premises or keep thereon any light spirit product of an alcoholic content of more than six percent (6%) by weight, any beer of an alcoholic content of more than eight percent (8%) by weight. Any person that shall add to or mix with any beer, light spirit product or light wine any alcoholic or other liquid, or any alcohol cube or cubes, or any other ingredient or ingredients that will increase or tend to increase the alcoholic content of such liquor, or any person that shall knowingly offer for sale any liquor so treated, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as hereinafter provided in this chapter. The commissioner shall take any action he considers necessary to ensure that light wine, light spirit product and/or beer manufactured at a brewpub complies with the provisions of this section.

(2) A brewer or manufacturer of light wine, light spirit product or beer may manufacture and keep upon his premises beer of an alcoholic content of more than eight percent (8%) by weight if the beer is manufactured for legal sale in another state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-67 — MS Code / Title 67 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-67
Status: in_force

No county or any officer or agent thereof, nor any other officer, agent, or person, shall interfere with or impede the passage through such county of any light wine, light spirit product or beer moving in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the provisions of Section 67-9-1 and which in transit to or from any county of this state wherein the traffic in light wines, light spirit products and beer is not prohibited, any county prohibition of such traffic to the contrary notwithstanding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-1 — MS Code / Title 67 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-1
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to legalize the sale within this state of light wines, light spirit products and beer, to legalize the manufacture of beer, and to regulate the business of manufacturing and of selling light wines, light spirit products and beer so as to prevent the illicit manufacture, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages as defined in Section 67-1-5 , the manufacture and sale of which it is not the purpose of this chapter to legalize.
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-1-211 — MS Code / Title 67 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-1-211
Status: in_force

(1) A special fund, to be designated the “ABC Warehouse Construction Fund,” is created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Monies in this special fund shall be used to assist the Department of Finance and Administration in paying the costs associated with land acquisition for, and the design, construction, furnishing and equipping of, a new warehouse for the Department of Revenue's Alcoholic Beverage Control Division. In addition, monies in this special fund shall be used to pay the costs of relocating inventory to the new warehouse from the warehouse that is in service on July 1, 2022. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.

(2) A special fund, to be designated the “ABC Warehouse Improvements Fund,” is created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Monies in this special fund shall be used to assist the Department of Revenue in paying the costs associated with occasional improvements. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-19 — MS Code / Title 67 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-19
Status: in_force

Where application is made for a permit to engage in the business of a retailer of light wine, light spirit product or beer, the applicant shall show in his application that he possesses the following qualifications:

(a) Applicant must be a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age, of good moral character and a resident of the State of Mississippi.

(b) Applicant shall not have been convicted of a felony, or of pandering or of keeping or maintaining a house of prostitution, or have been convicted within two (2) years of the date of his application of any violation of the laws of this state or the laws of the United States relating to alcoholic liquor.

(c) Applicant shall not have had revoked, except for a violation of Section 67-3-52 , within two (2) years next preceding his application, any license or permit issued to him pursuant to the laws of this state, or any other state, to sell alcoholic liquor of any kind.

(d) Applicant shall be the owner of the premises for which the permit is sought or the holder of an existing lease thereon.

(e) Applicant shall not be residentially domiciled with any person whose permit has been revoked for cause, except for a violation of Section 67-3-52 , within two (2) years next preceding the date of the present application for a permit.

(f) The applicant has not had any license or permit to sell beer, light spirit product or light wine at retail revoked, within five (5) years next preceding his application, due to a violation of Section 67-3-52 .

(g) Applicant shall not employ any person whose permit has been revoked when such person owned or operated the business on the premises for which a permit is sought or allow such person to have any financial interest in the business of the applicant, until such person is qualified to obtain a permit in his own name.

(h) The applicant is not indebted to the State of Mississippi for any taxes.

(i) If applicant is a partnership, all members of the partnership must be qualified to obtain a permit. Each member of the partnership must be a resident of the State of Mississippi.

(j) If applicant is a corporation, all officers and directors thereof, and any stockholder owning more than five percent (5%) of the stock of such corporation, and the person or persons who shall conduct and manage the licensed premises for the corporation shall possess all the qualifications required herein for any individual permittee. However, the requirements as to residence shall not apply to officers, directors and stockholders of such corporation.

Any misstatement or concealment of fact in an application shall be ground for denial of the application or for revocation of the permit issued thereon.

The commissioner may refuse to issue a permit to an applicant for a place that is frequented by known criminals, prostitutes, or other law violators or troublemakers who disturb the peace and quietude of the community and frequently require the assistance of peace officers to apprehend such law violators or to restore order. The burden of proof of establishing the foregoing shall rest upon the commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-29 — MS Code / Title 67 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-29
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner, or a hearing officer or the board of review, as designated by the commissioner, after a show cause hearing, shall revoke or suspend any permit granted by authority of this chapter to any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or the revenue laws of this state relating to engaging in transporting, storing, selling, distributing, possessing, receiving or manufacturing of wines or beers, or any person who shall hereafter be convicted of the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor, or any person who shall allow or permit any form of illegal gambling or immorality on the premises described in such permit. The commissioner shall not revoke or suspend a permit of a retailer for the sale of light wine, light spirit product or beer to a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years until there has been a conviction of the permit holder or an employee of the permit holder for such violation.

(2) If any person exercising any privilege taxable under the provisions of Chapter 71 of Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall willfully neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of such chapter, or any rules or regulations promulgated by the commissioner under authority of such chapter, or the provisions of this chapter, including maintaining the qualifications of an applicant under Section 67-3-19 , during the permit period, the commissioner shall be authorized to revoke or suspend the permit theretofore issued to the person. Any person whose permit shall have been revoked by the commissioner shall be thereafter prohibited from exercising any privilege under the provisions of Chapter 71 of Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for a period of two (2) years from the date of the revocation. The commissioner may, however, for good cause shown, grant a new permit upon such conditions as the commissioner may prescribe. Any person whose permit shall have been suspended by the commissioner shall be prohibited from exercising any privilege under the provisions of Chapter 71 of Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 , during the period of the suspension. Failure of the person to comply with the terms of the suspension shall be cause for revocation of his permit, in addition to the other penalties provided by law.

(3) In addition to the reasons specified in this section and other provisions of this chapter, the commissioner shall be authorized to suspend the permit of any permit holder for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section 93-11-153 . The procedure for suspension of a permit for being out of compliance with an order for support, and the procedure for the reissuance or reinstatement of a permit suspended for that purpose, and the payment of any fees for the reissuance or reinstatement of a permit suspended for that purpose, shall be governed by Section 93-11-157 or Section 93-11-163 , as the case may be. If there is any conflict between any provision of Section 93-11-157 or Section 93-11-163 and any provision of this chapter, the provisions of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 , as the case may be, shall control.
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-33 — MS Code / Title 67 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-33
Status: in_force

Upon filing a complaint with the clerk of the court, the county prosecuting attorney or district attorney filing the same shall promptly move the court to set the complaint for hearing. The court shall set the complaint for hearing at an early date in term time or in vacation and such proceedings shall have precedence for trial over all civil actions. Upon a date for trial being set by the court, the county prosecuting attorney or district attorney shall serve or cause to be served upon the permittee in accordance with the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure a notice of the filing of said complaint, together with a copy of said complaint, and shall set forth in said notice the time and place of the hearing thereon. Said notice shall be served upon the permittee at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for hearing if personal service be made. If service be made by mail, such notice shall be deposited in the United States mail not less than twelve (12) days prior to the date set for hearing. A copy of said complaint and notice of hearing thereon shall also be mailed to the commissioner by the county prosecuting attorney or district attorney.
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-29 — MS Code / Title 67 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-3-29
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner, or a hearing officer or the board of review, as designated by the commissioner, after a show cause hearing, shall revoke or suspend any permit granted by authority of this chapter to any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or the revenue laws of this state relating to engaging in transporting, storing, selling, distributing, possessing, receiving or manufacturing of wines or beers, or any person who shall hereafter be convicted of the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor, or any person who shall allow or permit any form of illegal gambling or immorality on the premises described in such permit. The commissioner shall not revoke or suspend a permit of a retailer for the sale of light wine, light spirit product or beer to a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years until there has been a conviction of the permit holder or an employee of the permit holder for such violation.

(2) If any person exercising any privilege taxable under the provisions of Chapter 71 of Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall willfully neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of such chapter, or any rules or regulations promulgated by the commissioner under authority of such chapter, or the provisions of this chapter, including maintaining the qualifications of an applicant under Section 67-3-19 , during the permit period, the commissioner shall be authorized to revoke or suspend the permit theretofore issued to the person. Any person whose permit shall have been revoked by the commissioner shall be thereafter prohibited from exercising any privilege under the provisions of Chapter 71 of Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for a period of two (2) years from the date of the revocation. The commissioner may, however, for good cause shown, grant a new permit upon such conditions as the commissioner may prescribe. Any person whose permit shall have been suspended by the commissioner shall be prohibited from exercising any privilege under the provisions of Chapter 71 of Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 , during the period of the suspension. Failure of the person to comply with the terms of the suspension shall be cause for revocation of his permit, in addition to the other penalties provided by law.

(3) In addition to the reasons specified in this section and other provisions of this chapter, the commissioner shall be authorized to suspend the permit of any permit holder for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section 93-11-153 . The procedure for suspension of a permit for being out of compliance with an order for support, and the procedure for the reissuance or reinstatement of a permit suspended for that purpose, and the payment of any fees for the reissuance or reinstatement of a permit suspended for that purpose, shall be governed by Section 93-11-157 or Section 93-11-163 , as the case may be. If there is any conflict between any provision of Section 93-11-157 or Section 93-11-163 and any provision of this chapter, the provisions of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 , as the case may be, shall control.