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SC Code § 61-2-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-70. Authority to issue licenses, permits, and certificates.

 The department has sole and exclusive power to issue all licenses, permits, and certificates provided for in this title.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-80. Exclusive authority to regulate; construction.

 The State, through the department, is the sole and exclusive authority empowered to regulate the operation of all locations authorized to sell beer, wine, or alcoholic liquors, is authorized to establish conditions or restrictions which the department considers necessary before issuing or renewing a license or permit, and occupies the entire field of beer, wine, and liquor regulation except as it relates to hours of operation more restrictive than those set forth in this title.  Nothing contained in this section may be considered as prohibiting judicial appeals from decisions of the Administrative Law Court, as authorized by Chapter 23 of Title 1, nor as limiting the authority of the courts in interpreting and applying the laws of this State relating to matters administered by the department.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 40, Section 5.
SC Code § 61-2-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-90. Application for license or permit.

 A person desiring a license or permit under this title must file with the department an application in writing on forms provided by the department containing a statement under oath setting forth:  (1) the name, address, date of birth, race, and nationality of the person applying for the license or permit;  (2) the exact location where the business is proposed to be operated;  (3) a description of the type of business to be operated;  (4) whether the applicant or an owner of the business has been involved in the sale of alcoholic liquors, beer, or wine in this or another state and whether he has had a license or permit suspended or revoked;  (5) whether the applicant has been a legal resident of this State for at least thirty days before the date of application, and has maintained his principal place of abode in the State for at least thirty days before the date of application;  (6) other information required by the department to determine if the application meets all statutory requirements for the license or permit and to determine the true owners of the business seeking the license or permit.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-105 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-105. Inspection, investigation, and enforcement fees.

 Notwithstanding another provision of law, all initial alcoholic liquor and beer and wine license application fees are increased by one hundred dollars, all biennial alcoholic liquor and beer and wine beverage fees and licenses are increased by two hundred dollars, and all local operation permit fees are increased by fifty dollars. These additional funds must be collected by the Department of Revenue and as soon as practicable allocated to the State Law Enforcement Division to offset the costs of inspections, investigations, and enforcement. SLED is authorized to receive, expend, and carry forward these funds.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 96, Section 3.
SC Code § 61-2-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-110. Payment of fees by check.

 The department must accept checks, in addition to any other method of payment it considers appropriate, in payment of the fees due for a license or permit. If the check is dishonored, the department may suspend the license or permit without notice or a hearing until the applicant makes the payment in a form satisfactory to the department and pays a reinstatement fee of fifty dollars. The department may retain the reinstatement fee in order to offset the cost of this provision.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-120. Biennial license and permit expiration dates.

 Biennial licenses and permits issued under this title expire according to the county where the licensed location is situated. The expiration dates are the last day of:  (1) February in years which end in an:  (a) odd number for Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, and Berkeley Counties;  (b) even number for Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper, and Williamsburg Counties;  (2) May in years which end in an:  (a) odd number for Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Florence, and Horry Counties;  (b) even number for Lancaster, Marion, Marlboro, Union, and York Counties;  (3) August in years which end in an:  (a) odd number for Calhoun, Kershaw, Lee, Orangeburg, and Sumter Counties;  (b) even number for Richland County;  (4) November in years which end in an:  (a) odd number for Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenville, and Greenwood Counties;  (b) even number for Laurens, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, and Spartanburg Counties.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-130. Biennial license and permit refunds.

 If a biennial licensee or permittee under this title closes the licensed or permitted business for any reason during the first year of the biennial license or permit period, the licensee or permittee or his estate must be refunded the amount of the license or permit fee attributable to the second year of the biennial license or permit period. No licensee or permittee is eligible for a refund under the provisions of this section if the license or permit has been canceled, relinquished, or revoked as a result of an enforcement action or a failure to adhere to the conditions of the license or permit.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-135 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-135. Retention of liquor license when business moved within county.

 When a person licensed to sell alcoholic liquor or beer and wine moves his business to a new location in the same county that was licensed in the same manner within ninety days of the time of the move, the person may use his current license and is not required to initiate a new application upon approval by the department.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 70, Section 3.
SC Code § 61-2-136 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-136. Relocation of licensed beer, wine, or liquor wholesale business.

 Notwithstanding another provision of law, a currently licensed beer and wine wholesaler or currently licensed alcoholic liquor wholesaler who wishes to relocate the licensed business to a new location within the State must notify the department. This notice must be in writing, must precisely describe the premises to be licensed, must give the date of the move, and must be filed with the department at least thirty days prior to the move. Upon receipt of this notice, the department shall transfer the permit to the new premises effective on the date of the move.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 161, Section 23.A.1.
SC Code § 61-2-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-140. Suspension or revocation of licenses and permits.

 (A) A person promptly must surrender a license or permit issued under the provisions of this title upon request of the department.  (B) Licenses and permits are the property of the department and are not transferable. Licenses and permits must be surrendered immediately to the department upon the termination of a business, upon a change of ownership, possession, or control of a corporation or business entity, or upon a change in the character of the property, facilities, or nature of the business activity for which a license or permit has been issued. The transfer of twenty-five percent or more of corporate stock is considered a change in ownership.  (C) Licenses and permits must be issued for a designated location and may not be transferred to another location. A separate license or permit is required for each separate location of a business.  (D) When a license or permit is suspended or revoked, no partner or person with a financial interest in the business may be issued a license or permit for the premises concerned. No person within the second degree of kinship to a person whose license or permit is suspended or revoked may be issued a license or permit for the premises concerned for a period of one year after the date of suspension or revocation.  (E) A person whose license or permit has been suspended or revoked for a particular premises is not eligible to receive an additional new license or permit at another location during the period the suspension or revocation is in effect, and the department may suspend or revoke all other licenses or permits held by the person if the suspended or revoked premises is within close proximity.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-145 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-145. Liability insurance coverage required; on-premises consumption.

 (A) In addition to all other requirements, a person licensed or permitted to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, which remains open after five o'clock p.m. to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, is required to maintain a liquor liability insurance policy or a general liability insurance policy with a liquor liability endorsement for a total coverage of at least one million dollars during the period of the biennial permit or license. Failure to maintain this coverage constitutes grounds for suspension or revocation of the permit or license.  (B) The department shall add this requirement to all applications and renewals for biennial permits or licenses to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, in which the permittees and licensees remain open and sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption after five o'clock p.m. Each applicant or person renewing its license or permit, to whom this requirement applies, shall provide the department with documentation of a liquor liability insurance policy or a general liability insurance policy with a liquor liability endorsement in the required amounts.  (C) Each insurer writing liquor liability insurance policies or general liability insurance policies with a liquor liability endorsement to a person licensed or permitted to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, in which the person so licensed or permitted remains open to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption after five o'clock p.m., must notify the department in a manner prescribed by department regulation of the lapse or termination of the liquor liability insurance policy or the general liability insurance policy with a liquor liability endorsement.  (D) For the purposes of this section, the term "alcoholic beverages" means beer, wine, alcoholic liquors, and alcoholic liquor by the drink as defined in Chapter 4, Title 61, and Chapter 6, Title 61.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 45 (S.116), Section 1, eff July 1, 2017.  Editor's Note  2017 Act No. 45, Section 2, provides as follows:  "This act takes effect on July 1, 2017, and any person applying for a new biennial permit or license for on-premises consumption under Title 61 after this date must comply with the provisions of this act at the time of the application. A person renewing a biennial permit or license under Title 61 after this date must comply with the provisions of this act at the time of the renewal."
SC Code § 61-2-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-150. Subsequent tenants.

 If a fine is imposed by the department for a violation by a beer, wine or liquor licensee, and the licensee fails to pay the fine and ceases doing business on the premises where the violation occurred, the department must not require a subsequent tenant of the premises to pay the fine as a condition to being issued a beer, wine, or liquor license. However, this prohibition does not apply to any person who is related by blood within the third degree or marriage to, is in business with, or is acting for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the licensee so fined.  The burden is on the new tenant to prove that no such relationship exists between him and the licensee.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-160. Issuance, renewal, or transfer of license; delinquent taxes.

 A license or permit pursuant to the provisions of this title must not be issued, renewed, or transferred unless the department determines that the applicant does not owe the State delinquent taxes, penalties, or interest. If the department determines that delinquent taxes, penalties, or interest are due, the department shall notify the applicant of the necessary requirements to comply with this section.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 161, Section 23.C.
SC Code § 61-2-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-170. Drive-through or curb service of alcoholic beverages.

 The department may not generate license fees to be deposited in the general fund of the State through the issuance of licenses or permits for on or off premises consumption which authorize alcoholic liquors, beer, or wine to be sold on a drive-through or curb service basis.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-175 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-175. Foreign person or corporate entity shipping alcoholic beverages to resident not holding valid license; cease and desist order; penalties.

 (A) Any person or corporate entity (including partnerships) located in another state or country who knowingly and intentionally ships, causes to be shipped, or accepts for shipment any beer, wine, or alcoholic liquors directly to any resident of this State who does not hold a valid producer's, manufacturer's, wholesaler's, or special food manufacturer's license or producer representative's certificate of registration issued by the State of South Carolina is in violation of this title.  (B) Any person, corporation, or partnership found by the department to be in violation of subsection (A) of this section shall be issued a notice to cease and desist. Any person, corporation, or partnership who, after receiving a cease and desist order, is found by the department to be in violation of subsection (A) of this section for a second or subsequent occurrence within a two-year period of the first violation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000. This subsection shall not apply to any person, corporation, or partnership who has registered brands for sale with the department pursuant to this title and who has current licenses and who has posted adequate surety bonds as required by this title; however, violations of subsection (A) constitute grounds for the department to take appropriate administrative action against the person, including suspension or cancellation of license and forfeiture of bonds.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 98, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 40, Section 1.C.
SC Code § 61-2-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-180. Special events or activities.

 A person or organization licensed by the department under this title may hold and advertise special events such as bingo or other similar activities intended to raise money for charitable purposes. This section does not affect the requirements for obtaining a bingo license from the department. A special event or activity that is authorized pursuant to this section is not an exception or limitation to Section 12-21-2710 or other provisions of the South Carolina Code of Laws in which gambling or games of chance are unlawful and prohibited.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2013 Act No. 5, Section 1, eff March 22, 2013.  Effect of Amendment  The 2013 amendment deleted "Notwithstanding any other provision of law" from the beginning of the first sentence, deleted the reference to raffles in the first sentence, and add the third sentence relating to section 12-21-2710.
SC Code § 61-2-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-190. Warrantless arrests.

 A person detected in the act of violating any provision of this title may be arrested without warrant if a warrant is procured within a reasonable time thereafter.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-200. Summons.

 There shall be one official summons which may be used by all agents and inspectors of the division when making arrests for violations of the laws and regulations governing alcoholic liquors, beer, and wine in offenses for which the magistrate's court has jurisdiction. The division must prescribe the form of the summons and print copies.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-210. Jurisdiction of magistrates court.

 When a person is charged by an agent or inspector of the division with a criminal offense for which a magistrate's court has jurisdiction, the person charged, upon being served with the official summons issued by the agent or inspector, must appear before the proper judicial officer at the time and place stated in the summons. The service of the summons vests the court with jurisdiction to hear and dispose of the charge for which the summons was issued.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-220. Affidavit for search warrant.

 When this title provides that a search warrant may be issued upon an affidavit based on information and belief, the affidavit must contain a statement setting forth the sources of information and the facts and grounds of belief upon which the affiant bases his belief.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-230. Suspension of constable or magistrate.

 A constable, deputy constable, or magistrate who neglects or refuses to perform the duties required by this title may be suspended by the Governor.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-240. Interference with officer; abusive language.

 Interference by any person with, obstruction or resistance of, or abusive language to any officer or person in the discharge of his duties under this title or the use of abusive language by the officer or person to another person is a misdemeanor. A person who violates this section must, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than three months nor more than one year.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-250. Sentencing.

 In cases of conviction for the violation of a provision of this title when no punishment is provided, the person must be fined not less than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than three months, in the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-2-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - General Provisions|Section 61-2-260. Contested case hearings.

 Contested case hearings arising under the provisions of this title must be heard by the Administrative Law Court pursuant to the South Carolina Revenue Procedures Act and the Administrative Procedures Act.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-4-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Beer, Ale, Porter, And Wine|Section 61-4-10. Nonalcoholic beverages defined.

 The following are declared to be nonalcoholic and nonintoxicating beverages:  (1) all beers, ales, porters, and other similar malt or fermented beverages containing not in excess of five percent of alcohol by weight;  (2) all beers, ales, porters, and other similar malt or fermented beverages containing more than five percent but less than fourteen percent of alcohol by weight that are manufactured, distributed, or sold in containers of six and one-half ounces or more or the metric equivalent; and  (3) all wines containing not in excess of twenty-one percent of alcohol by volume.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2007 Act No. 14, Section 1; 2007 Act No. 107, Section 2.
SC Code § 61-4-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Beer, Ale, Porter, And Wine|Section 61-4-20. Sales without taxes levied.

 It is unlawful for a person to sell or permit to be sold beer, ale, porter, wine, malt, or other beverage authorized to be sold under this chapter on which the tax levied has not been paid. A person having charge of the sale of one of these beverages who sells or permits it to be sold in violation of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, for each offense must be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-4-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Beer, Ale, Porter, And Wine|Section 61-4-30. Cash sales.

 Beer or wine sold by wholesalers to the holders of retail licenses in this State must be sold for cash only at the time of delivery or prior to delivery. For purposes of this section, "cash" means money or a bona fide check, money order, or electronic transfer of funds if the transfer of funds is initiated by an irrevocable payment order on or before delivery of the beer or wine. The electronic transfer must be initiated by the wholesaler no later than one business day after delivery. A holder of a retail permit who issues a check or an irrevocable payment order in payment for beer or wine with insufficient funds at the bank to cover the check violates the provisions of this section. This provision for cash payment applies to cash deposits on empties when beer is delivered in returnable containers. This deposit on bottles or draft beer containers must not be less than the charge from the brewery to the wholesaler.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.