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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.179 - St. Louis Lambert International Airport and Kansas City International Airport, special permit, fee.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 3 histories
311.179. St. Louis Lambert International Airport and Kansas City International Airport, special permit, fee. —
1. Any person possessing the qualifications and meeting the requirements of this chapter who is licensed to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail in an international airport located in a county with a charter form of government and with more than nine hundred fifty thousand inhabitants or in a county of the first classification with more than eighty-three thousand but fewer than ninety-two thousand inhabitants and with a city of the fourth classification with more than four thousand five hundred but fewer than five thousand inhabitants as the county seat may apply to the supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control for a special permit which:
(1) Allows the premises located in the international airport in such county to open at 4 a.m. and sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption. The provisions of this section and not those of section 311.293 regarding the time of opening shall apply to the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on Sunday;
(2) Allows persons to leave licensed establishments with an alcoholic beverage and enter other airport designated areas located within such airport. No person shall take any alcoholic beverage or beverages outside such designated areas, including onto any airplane; and
(3) Requires every licensee within such international airport to serve alcoholic beverages in containers that display and contain the licensee's trade name or logo or some other mark that is unique to that license and licensee.
2. An applicant granted a special permit pursuant to this section shall, in addition to all other fees required by this chapter, pay an additional fee of three hundred dollars a year payable at the time and in the same manner as its other license fees.
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(L. 2012 H.B. 1498, A.L. 2017 H.B. 115, A.L. 2021 S.B. 126)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.181 - Wholesaler's license to sell malt liquor, geographical area limitation — exception — requirements.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
311.181. Wholesaler's license to sell malt liquor, geographical area limitation — exception — requirements. —
1. In addition to any other information or documents required by law, an applicant for a license which grants alone or with other privileges the privilege of selling intoxicating liquor containing not in excess of five percent of alcohol by weight by a wholesaler to a person duly licensed to sell such malt liquor at retail shall submit to the supervisor of liquor control a statement under oath designating clearly the geographical area within which the applicant has been authorized by the brewer to sell such malt liquor, the brand or brands he proposes to sell, and the brewer or brewers who manufacture the brands, and affirming that the applicant will maintain a warehouse and delivery facilities within the designated geographical area. Each such wholesaler applicant shall enter into a written agreement with the brewer of the brand or brands which the applicant proposes to sell, which agreement must specifically designate a geographic area within which such wholesaler applicant is authorized to sell such brand or brands. A copy of such written agreement shall be filed with the supervisor of liquor control as a part of such application. It shall be unlawful for any such wholesaler applicant, who is granted a license hereunder, to sell any brand or brands of malt liquor in the state of Missouri except in the designated geographic area described in said agreement. Provided, however, that when such an applicant is prevented from servicing the designated geographic area due to fire, flood, or other causes beyond his reasonable control, another licensed wholesaler not within the designated geographic area may sell the specified brands of malt liquor in that designated geographic area, if the applicant wholesaler who is prevented from servicing the area consents thereto and approval is obtained from the applicable brewer and the supervisor of liquor control.
2. A specified geographic area designation in any agreement required by this section shall be changed only upon a written agreement between the wholesaler and the brewer, and shall be filed pursuant to this section and the supervisor shall require the brewer and wholesaler to verify that the level of service within the designated geographic area will not be affected by such change.
3. No provision of any written agreement required by this section shall expressly or by implication or in its operation establish or maintain the resale price of any brand or brands of beer by the licensed wholesaler.
4. The provisions of section 311.720 shall not apply to this section.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 369, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.182 - Exclusive areas for wholesales — violation of area limitations by wholesalers or brewers, penalties.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
311.182. Exclusive areas for wholesales — violation of area limitations by wholesalers or brewers, penalties. —
1. No brewer or manufacturer of malt liquor, who designates a specific geographic area for which a wholesaler shall be responsible, shall enter into any agreement with any other person for the purpose of establishing an additional wholesaler for the same brands of malt liquor in such designated area. Provided, however, that section 311.181 and this section shall not prevent a brewer, manufacturer or wholesaler of malt liquor from exercising or enforcing any rights or obligations established by or contained within any written agreement required by section 311.181.
2. Any wholesaler or brewer who shall violate the provisions of section 311.181 or this section, or permit his employees, officers or agents to do so, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished only as follows:
(1) For the first offense, by a fine of one thousand dollars;
(2) For a second offense, by a fine of five thousand dollars; and
(3) For a third offense, by a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars.
3. The provisions of section 311.720 shall not apply to this section.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 369, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.190 - Wine or brandy manufacturer's license, fee — use of materials produced outside state, limitation, exception — what sales may be made, when.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
311.190. Wine or brandy manufacturer's license, fee — use of materials produced outside state, limitation, exception — what sales may be made, when. —
1. For the privilege of manufacturing wine or brandy, which manufacturing shall be in accordance with all provisions of federal law applicable thereto except as may otherwise be specified in this section, in quantities not to exceed five hundred thousand gallons, not in excess of eighteen percent of alcohol by weight for wine, or not in excess of thirty-four percent of alcohol by weight for brandy, from grapes, berries, other fruits, fruit products, honey, and vegetables produced or grown in the state of Missouri, exclusive of sugar, water and spirits, there shall be paid to and collected by the director of revenue, in lieu of the charges provided in section 311.180, a license fee of five dollars for each five hundred gallons or fraction thereof of wine or brandy produced up to a maximum license fee of three hundred dollars.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, a manufacturer licensed under this section may use in any calendar year such wine- and brandy-making material produced or grown outside the state of Missouri in a quantity not exceeding fifteen percent of the manufacturer's wine entered into fermentation in the prior calendar year.
3. In any year when a natural disaster causes substantial loss to the Missouri crop of grapes, berries, other fruits, fruit products, honey or vegetables from which wines are made, the director of the department of agriculture shall determine the percent of loss and allow a certain additional percent, based on the prior calendar year's production of such products, to be purchased outside the state of Missouri to be used and offered for sale by Missouri wineries.
4. A manufacturer licensed under this section may purchase and sell bulk or packaged wines or brandies received from other manufacturers licensed under this section and may also purchase in bulk, bottle and sell to duly licensed wineries, wholesalers and retail dealers on any day except Sunday, and a manufacturer licensed under this section may offer samples of wine, may sell wine and brandy in its original package directly to consumers at the winery, and may open wine so purchased by customers so that it may be consumed on the winery premises on Monday through Saturday between 6:00 a.m. and midnight and on Sunday between 6:00 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. on Mondays.
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(L. 1943 p. 620 § 4898a, A.L. 1945 p. 1056, A.L. 1969 H.B. 237, A.L. 1979 H.B. 701, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1323, A.L. 1993 H.B. 63, A.L. 1994 S.B. 474, A.L. 1999 S.B. 391, A.L. 2007 S.B. 299 & S.B. 616, A.L. 2021 S.B. 126)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.192 - Wine manufacturer defined.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2009
311.192. Wine manufacturer defined. —
The term
"wine manufacturer"
as used in this chapter shall mean any person, partnership, association of persons, or corporation who has procured a license under subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section 311.180 or section 311.190, and who manufactures in excess of two hundred gallons of wine per calendar year.
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(L. 2009 H.B. 132)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.195 - Microbrewery, defined — license, fee — retail license allowed, procedure — sale to wholesalers allowed, when — certain exemptions, when.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 3 histories
311.195. Microbrewery, defined — license, fee — retail license allowed, procedure — sale to wholesalers allowed, when — certain exemptions, when. —
1. As used in this section, the term
"microbrewery"
means a business whose primary activity is the brewing and selling of beer, with an annual production of ten thousand barrels or less.
2. A microbrewer's license shall authorize the licensee to manufacture beer and malt liquor in quantities not to exceed ten thousand barrels per annum. In lieu of the charges provided in section 311.180, a license fee of five dollars for each one hundred barrels or fraction thereof, up to a maximum license fee of two hundred fifty dollars, shall be paid to and collected by the director of revenue.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the holder of a microbrewer's license may apply for, and the supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control may issue, a license to sell all kinds of intoxicating liquor, as defined in this chapter, by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises of the microbrewery or in close proximity to the microbrewery. No holder of a microbrewer's license, or any employee, officer, agent, subsidiary, or affiliate thereof, shall have more than ten licenses to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises.
4. The holder of a microbrewer's license may also sell beer and malt liquor produced on the brewery premises to duly licensed wholesalers. However, holders of a microbrewer's license shall not, under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, have any financial interest in any wholesaler's business, and all such sales to wholesalers shall be subject to the restrictions of sections 311.181 and 311.182.
5. A microbrewer who is a holder of a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises shall be exempt from the provisions of section 311.280, for such intoxicating liquor that is produced on the premises in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. For all other intoxicating liquor sold by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises that the microbrewer possesses a license for must be obtained in accordance with section 311.280.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1180, A.L. 1993 H.B. 63, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298 merged with S.B. 540, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132, A.L. 2016 S.B. 919)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.196 - Consumption off the premises, sale of beer permitted for restaurant bar without an on-site brewery, when.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2012, 2 histories
311.196. Consumption off the premises, sale of beer permitted for restaurant bar without an on-site brewery, when. —
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any restaurant bar without an on-site brewery that serves twenty or more different types of draft beer may sell thirty-two fluid ounces or more of such beer to customers for consumption off the premises of such bar or tavern. As used in this section, the term
"restaurant bar"
means any establishment having a restaurant or similar facility on the premises at least fifty percent of the gross income of which is derived from the sale of prepared meals or food consumed on such premises.
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(L. 2009 H.B. 132, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1498)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.197 - Samples, furnishing and acceptance of, when.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2013
311.197. Samples, furnishing and acceptance of, when. —
1. A wholesaler of malt liquor may furnish or give, and a retailer may accept, a sample of malt liquor as long as the retailer has not previously purchased the brand of malt liquor from that wholesaler if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) The sample shall not be more than seventy-two fluid ounces; except if a particular product is not available in a size of seventy-two fluid ounces or less, a wholesaler may furnish or give the next larger size to the retailer;
(2) The wholesaler shall keep a record of the name of the retailer and the quantity of each brand furnished or given to such retailer; and
(3) No samples of malt liquor provided shall be consumed or opened on the premises of the retailer except as provided by the retail license.
2. For purposes of this section, brands shall be differentiated by differences in the brand names of the products or the nature of the products, including products that differ in the designation of class, type, or kind. Differences in packaging, such as differences in the style, type, or size of the product container or the color or design of a label shall not be considered different brands.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 121)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.202 - Sale of retailer-packaged alcoholic beverages to customers in containers for off-premises consumption, when — requirements.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2021
311.202. Sale of retailer-packaged alcoholic beverages to customers in containers for off-premises consumption, when — requirements. —
1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who is licensed to sell intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink for on-premises consumption may sell retailer-packaged alcoholic beverages to customers in containers, filled on such premises by any employee of the retailer who is twenty-one years of age or older, for off-premises consumption if all the following requirements are met:
(1) The container of the alcoholic beverage is rigid, durable, leakproof, sealable, and designed to prevent consumption without removal of the tamperproof cap or seal. A sealable container does not include a container with a lid with sipping holes or openings for straws;
(2) The contents of each container do not exceed one hundred twenty-eight ounces;
(3) The patron orders and purchases a meal from the licensee simultaneous with the alcoholic beverage purchase. For purposes of this subdivision, a
"meal"
is defined as food that has been prepared on-premises;
(4) The number of alcoholic beverages sold under this section by a licensee for off-premises consumption is limited to twice the number of meal servings sold by the licensee for off-premises consumption;
(5) The licensee provides the patron with a dated receipt or an electronic record for the meal and alcohol beverages; and
(6) The container is either:
(a) Placed in a one-time-use, tamperproof, transparent bag that is securely sealed; or
(b) The container opening is sealed with tamperproof tape.
­­For purposes of this subdivision,
"tamperproof"
means that a lid, cap, or seal visibly demonstrates when a bag or container has been opened.
2. Containers that are filled under subsection 1 of this section shall be affixed with a label or a tag that contains the name and address of the business that filled the container, in type not smaller than three millimeters in height and not more than twelve characters per inch, and states, "THIS BEVERAGE CONTAINS ALCOHOL.".
3. The filling of a container under this section shall be in compliance with Section 3-304.17(C) of the 2009 Food and Drug Administration Food Code.
4. No provision of law, or rule or regulation of the division of alcohol and tobacco control, shall be interpreted to allow any wholesaler, distributor, or manufacturer of intoxicating liquor to furnish containers that are filled under subsection 1 of this section to any person who is licensed to sell intoxicating liquor at retail.
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(L. 2021 S.B. 126)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.205 - Self-dispensing of beer permitted, when.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
*311.205. Self-dispensing of beer permitted, when. —
1. Any person licensed to sell liquor at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold may use a self-dispensing system, which is monitored and controlled by the licensee and allows patrons of the licensee to self-dispense beer or wine. Before a patron may dispense beer or wine, an employee of the licensee must first authorize an amount of beer or wine, not to exceed thirty-two ounces of beer or sixteen ounces of wine per patron per authorization, to be dispensed by the self-dispensing system.
2. No provision of law or rule or regulation of the supervisor shall be interpreted to allow any wholesaler, distributor, or manufacturer of intoxicating liquor to furnish self-dispensing or cooling equipment or provide services for the maintenance, sanitation, or repair of self-dispensing systems.
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(L. 2012 H.B. 1498, A.L. 2016 S.B. 919 merged with S.B. 994)
Effective 8-28-16 (S.B. 919); *10-14-16 (S.B. 994), see § 21.250
*S.B. 994 was vetoed July 1, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.210 - Application — remittance, made to whom, powers of supervisor.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
311.210. Application — remittance, made to whom, powers of supervisor. —
1. All applications for all licenses mentioned in this chapter shall be made to the supervisor of liquor control and shall be accompanied by a proper remittance made payable to the director of revenue.
2. The supervisor of liquor control shall have the power and duty to determine whether each application for such license shall be approved or disapproved. Upon disapproval of any application for a license, the supervisor of liquor control shall so notify the applicant in writing, setting forth therein the grounds and reasons for disapproval, and shall return therewith the applicant's remittance. Upon approval of any application for a license, the supervisor of liquor control shall issue to the applicant the appropriate license and contemporaneously with such issuance shall file a notice of the issuance of such license together with the applicant's remittance in payment of the same with the director of revenue. The director of revenue shall immediately issue a receipt in duplicate for such payment, one copy of which shall be filed with the supervisor of liquor control and one copy retained by the director of revenue.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4888, A.L. 1945 p. 1043)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.211 - Fishing skills contest, ticket sales to participants on premises not ground to deny license.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2009
311.211. Fishing skills contest, ticket sales to participants on premises not ground to deny license. —
Sales of tickets for participation in fishing contests wherein the skill of the participant is an element shall not be construed as gambling or participation in gambling activities for the purpose of administering the provisions of this chapter or rules and regulations made pursuant thereto. The division of liquor control shall not deny, suspend or revoke any license issued under those chapters because of the sale of such tickets on the licensed premises.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 419 § 1, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.212 - Licenses, suspension or revocation of, violations occurring more than three years prior, not valid grounds.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2009
311.212. Licenses, suspension or revocation of, violations occurring more than three years prior, not valid grounds. —
The division of liquor control shall not suspend, revoke, refuse to renew or refuse to grant a license issued under the provisions of this chapter based on a violation of any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation promulgated by the supervisor of liquor control, when such violation occurred more than three years prior to the division's decision to suspend, revoke, refuse to renew or refuse to grant such license.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 150 § 2, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.218 - Fourth of July celebrations, temporary permits for wine and malt liquor for certain organizations, fee.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
311.218. Fourth of July celebrations, temporary permits for wine and malt liquor for certain organizations, fee. —
1. Other provisions of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, a permit for the sale of wine and malt liquor for consumption on the premises where sold may be issued to any church, school, civic, service, fraternal, veteran, political, or charitable club or organization for sale of such wine and malt liquor at any picnic, bazaar, fair, festival or similar gathering or event held to commemorate the annual anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. Such permit shall be issued only during the period from June fifteenth to July fifteenth annually and only for the day or days named therein and it shall not authorize the sale of wine and malt liquor except between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. and for not more than seven days by any such organization. The permit may be issued to cover more than one place of sale within the general confines of the place where the gathering or event is held; provided, however, no permit shall be issued to any organization which selects or restricts the membership thereof on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, or place of national origin. For the permit, the holder thereof shall pay to the director of revenue the sum of one hundred dollars. No provision of law or rule or regulation of the supervisor shall prevent any wholesaler or distributor from providing customary storage, cooling or dispensing equipment for use by the holder of the permit at such gathering or event.
2. As used in this section the term
"wine"
means a beverage containing not in excess of fourteen percent of alcohol by weight.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 460, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132, A.L. 2021 S.B. 126)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.230 - Application for license to manufacture or sell made to supervisor.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 1967
311.230. Application for license to manufacture or sell made to supervisor. —
Application for license to manufacture or sell intoxicating liquor, under the provisions of this law, shall be made to the supervisor of liquor control.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4896, A.L. 1967 p. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.240 - Period of license — federal license required — contents of license — renewals.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2007
311.240. Period of license — federal license required — contents of license — renewals. —
1. On approval of the application and payment of the license tax provided in this chapter, the supervisor of liquor control shall grant the applicant a license to conduct business in the state for a term to expire with the thirtieth day of June next succeeding the date of such license. A separate license shall be required for each place of business. Of the license tax to be paid for any such license, the applicant shall pay as many twelfths as there are months (part of a month counted as a month) remaining from the date of the license to the next succeeding July first.
2. No such license shall be effective, and no right granted thereby shall be exercised by the licensee, unless and until the licensee shall have obtained and securely affixed to the license in the space provided therefor an original stamp or other form of receipt issued by the duly authorized representative of the federal government, evidencing the payment by the licensee to the federal government of whatever excise or occupational tax is by any law of the United States then in effect required to be paid by a dealer engaged in the occupation designated in said license. Within ten days from the issuance of said federal stamp or receipt, the licensee shall file with the supervisor of liquor control a photostat copy thereof, or such duplicate or indented and numbered stub therefrom as the federal government may have issued to the taxpayer with the original.
3. Every license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall particularly describe the premises at which intoxicating liquor may be sold thereunder, and such license shall not be deemed to authorize or permit the sale of intoxicating liquor at any place other than that described therein.
4. Applications for renewal of licenses must be filed on or before the first day of May of each calendar year.
5. In case of failure to submit the completed renewal application required under subsection 4 of this section on or before the first day of May, there shall be added to the amount of the renewal fee a late charge of one hundred dollars from the second day of May to the last day of May; a late charge of two hundred dollars if the renewal application is submitted on the first day of June to the last day of June; or a late charge of three hundred dollars if the renewal application is submitted after the last day of June.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4897, A.L. 2007 S.B. 299 & S.B. 616)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.250 - Licenses nontransferable — exceptions.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 1947
311.250. Licenses nontransferable — exceptions. —
1. No license issued under this chapter shall be transferable or assignable except as herein provided. In the event of the death of the licensee, the widow or widower or the next of kin of such deceased licensee, who shall meet the other requirements of this law may make application and the supervisor of liquor control may transfer such license to permit the operation of the business of the deceased for the remainder of the period for which a license fee has been paid by the deceased.
2. Whenever one or more members of a partnership withdraws from the partnership the supervisor of liquor control, upon being requested, shall permit the remaining partner, or partners, originally licensed, to continue to operate for the remainder of the period for which the license fee has been paid, without obtaining a new license.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4893, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 372)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.260 - More than five licenses by any one person prohibited, exception.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2009
311.260. More than five licenses by any one person prohibited, exception. —
1. No person, corporation, employee, officer, agent, subsidiary, or affiliate thereof, shall:
(1) Have more than five licenses; or
(2) Be directly or indirectly interested in any business of any other person, corporation, or employee, officer, agent, subsidiary, or affiliate thereof, who sells intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises described in any license; or
(3) Sell intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink for consumption at the place of sale at more than five places in this state.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or municipal ordinance to the contrary, for the purpose of determining whether a person, corporation, employee, officer, agent, subsidiary, or affiliate thereof has a disqualifying interest in more than five licenses pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, there shall not be counted any license to sell intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink for consumption on the following premises:
(1) Restaurants where at least fifty percent of the gross income of which is derived from the sale of prepared meals or food consumed on the premises where sold; or
(2) Establishments which have an annual gross income of at least two hundred thousand dollars from the sale of prepared meals or food consumed on the premises where sold; or
(3) Facilities designed for the performance of live entertainment and where the receipts for admission to such performances exceed one hundred thousand dollars per calendar year; or
(4) Any establishment having at least forty rooms for the overnight accommodation of transient guests.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4907, A.L. 1971 S.B. 18, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1180, A.L. 1995 S.B. 43, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.265 - Retailer going out of business in debt to wholesaler, procedure — new license prohibited.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2009
311.265. Retailer going out of business in debt to wholesaler, procedure — new license prohibited. —
When a retailer licensed under this chapter is delinquent beyond the permissible ordinary commercial credit period, the wholesaler shall notify the supervisor of liquor control in writing of the debt and no new or renewal license shall be issued to the retailer until the reported debt is satisfied. The wholesaler shall immediately notify the supervisor of liquor control in writing when the debt is satisfied. As used in this section, the term
"retailer"
shall include an individual, corporation, partnership or limited liability company, all officers and directors of such person or entity and all stockholders owning, legally or beneficially, directly or indirectly, ten percent or more of the stock of such person or entity.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 166, A.L. 1995 S.B. 43, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.280 - Unlawful for licensed retailer to purchase from other than licensed wholesaler — prohibited acts.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009, 2 histories
311.280. Unlawful for licensed retailer to purchase from other than licensed wholesaler — prohibited acts. —
1. It shall be unlawful for any person in this state holding a retail liquor license to purchase any intoxicating liquor except from, by or through a duly licensed wholesale liquor dealer in this state. It shall be unlawful for such retail liquor dealer to sell or offer for sale any intoxicating liquor purchased in violation of the provisions of this section. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. Any retailer licensed pursuant to this chapter shall not:
(1) Sell intoxicating liquor with an alcohol content of less than five percent by weight to the consumer in an original carton received from the wholesaler that has been mutilated, torn apart, or cut apart; or
(2) Repackage intoxicating liquor with an alcohol content of less than five percent by weight in a manner misleading to the consumer or that results in required labeling being omitted or obscured.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4913, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.290 - Time fixed for opening and closing premises — closed place defined — penalty.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 3 histories
311.290. Time fixed for opening and closing premises — closed place defined — penalty. —
No person having a license issued pursuant to this chapter, nor any employee of such person, shall sell, give away, or permit the consumption of any intoxicating liquor in any quantity between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 1:30 a.m. Sunday and 6:00 a.m. Monday, upon or about his or her premises. If the person has a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink, his premises shall be and remain a closed place as defined in this section between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 1:30 a.m. Sunday and 6:00 a.m. Monday. Where such licenses authorizing the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink are held by clubs, hotels, or bowling alleys, this section shall apply only to the room or rooms in which intoxicating liquor is dispensed; and where such licenses are held by restaurants or bowling alleys whose business is conducted in one room only, then the licensee shall keep securely locked during the hours and on the days specified in this section all refrigerators, cabinets, cases, boxes, and taps from which intoxicating liquor is dispensed. A
"closed place"
is defined to mean a place where all doors are locked and where no patrons are in the place or about the premises. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the sale or delivery of any intoxicating liquor during any of the hours or on any of the days specified in this section by a wholesaler licensed under the provisions of section 311.180 to a person licensed to sell the intoxicating liquor at retail.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4891, A.L. 1941 p. 412, A.L. 1951 p. 16, A.L. 1957 p. 27, A.L. 1967 p. 424, A.L. 1979 S.B. 192, A.L. 1981 S.B. 128, A.L. 1987 S.B. 150, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132, A.L. 2013 S.B. 59, A.L. 2013 S.B. 121)
(1954) Where customer placed groceries and illegally purchased whiskey in his car which was parked on driveway of grocery store, a search of his care cannot be objected to by store owner on prosecution for illegal sale of liquor. State v. Egan (A.), 272 S.W.2d 719.
(1968) The opening and closing hours of liquor establishments under this section are fixed according to the system or method generally used by the people of Missouri, its business and commerce, its public agencies, and its political subdivisions, at the time when the method of computation or the meaning of the statute is brought into question. Playboy Club, Inc. v. Myers (Mo.), 431 S.W.2d 221.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.293 - Sunday sales, package liquor licensee allowed, hours, fee — city or county may also charge fee, limitations — exception.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 3 histories
311.293. Sunday sales, package liquor licensee allowed, hours, fee — city or county may also charge fee, limitations — exception. —
1. Except for any establishment that may apply for a license under section 311.089, any person possessing the qualifications and meeting the requirements of this chapter, who is licensed to sell intoxicating liquor at retail, may apply to the supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control for a special license to sell intoxicating liquor at retail between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sundays and 1:30 a.m. on Mondays. A licensee under this section shall pay to the director of revenue an additional fee of two hundred dollars a year payable at the same time and in the same manner as its other license fees.
2. In addition to any fee collected pursuant to section 311.220, a city or county may charge and collect an additional fee not to exceed three hundred dollars from any licensee under this section for the privilege of selling intoxicating liquor at retail between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sundays and 1:30 a.m. on Mondays in such city or county; however the additional fee shall not exceed the fee charged by that city or county for a special license issued pursuant to any provision of this chapter which allows a licensee to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises of the licensee on Sundays.
3. The provisions of this section regarding the time of closing shall not apply to any person who possesses a special permit issued under section 311.174, 311.176, or 311.178.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 63, A.L. 1994 S.B. 474, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1498, A.L. 2021 S.B. 126)
(2002) Section specifies only the time when liquor can be sold, and not the type of liquor which can be sold. Ozark Wholesale Beverage Company v. Supervisor of Liquor Control, 80 S.W.3d 491 (Mo.App.W.D.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.294 - Wine and malt beverages, permit to allow tasting on premises — limitations.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
311.294. Wine and malt beverages, permit to allow tasting on premises — limitations. —
1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any person possessing the qualifications and meeting the requirements of this chapter, who is licensed to sell intoxicating liquor in the original package at retail under sections 311.200 and 311.293, may apply to the supervisor of liquor control for a special permit to conduct wine, malt beverage and distilled spirit tastings on the licensed premises. A licensee under this section shall pay to the director of revenue an additional twenty-five dollars a year payable at the same time and manner as other license fees.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the licensee to sell wine, malt beverages or distilled spirits for on-premises consumption.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 474 § 311.295, A.L. 1995 S.B. 43)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.297 - Alcohol samples for tasting on and off licensed retail premises, when.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2011, 2 histories
311.297. Alcohol samples for tasting on and off licensed retail premises, when. —
1. Any winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler, or brewer or designated employee may provide and pour distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverage samples off a licensed retail premises for tasting purposes provided no sales transactions take place. For purposes of this section, a
"sales transaction"
shall mean an actual and immediate exchange of monetary consideration for the immediate delivery of goods at the tasting site.
2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler, or brewer or designated employee may provide, furnish, or pour distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverage samples for customer tasting purposes on any temporary licensed retail premises as described in section 311.218, 311.482, 311.485, 311.486, or 311.487, or on any tax exempt organization's licensed premises as described in section 311.090.
3. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler, or brewer or designated employee may provide or furnish distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverage samples on a licensed retail premises for customer tasting purposes so long as the winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler, or brewer or designated employee has permission from the person holding the retail license. The retail licensed premises where such product tasting is provided shall maintain a special permit in accordance with section 311.294 or hold a by-the-drink-for-consumption-on-the-premises-where-sold retail license. No money or anything of value shall be given to the retailers for the privilege or opportunity of conducting the on-the-premises product tasting.
(2) Distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverage samples may be dispensed by an employee of the retailer, winery, distiller, manufacturer, or brewer or by a sampling service retained by the retailer, winery, distiller, manufacturer, or brewer. All sampling service employees that provide and pour intoxicating liquor samples on a licensed retail premises shall be required to complete a server training program approved by the division of alcohol and tobacco control.
(3) Any distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverage sample provided by the retailer, winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler, or brewer remaining after the tasting shall be returned to the retailer, winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler, or brewer.
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(L. 2007 S.B. 299 & S.B. 616, A.L. 2011 H.B. 101)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.298 - Certain holidays, sale by the drink on Sunday allowed.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 1994
311.298. Certain holidays, sale by the drink on Sunday allowed. —
When January first, March seventeenth, July fourth, or December thirty-first falls on Sunday, and on the Sundays prior to Memorial Day and Labor Day and on the Sunday on which the national championship game of the national football league is played, commonly known as "Super Bowl Sunday", any person having a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink may be open for business and sell intoxicating liquor by the drink under the provisions of his license on that day from the time and until the time which would be lawful on another day of the week, notwithstanding any provisions of section 311.290 or any other provision of law to the contrary.
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(L. 1967 p. 425 § 1, A.L. 1969 H.B. 665, A.L. 1993 H.B. 63, A.L. 1994 S.B. 474)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.299 - Warning sign displayed, liquor licenses — violations.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
311.299. Warning sign displayed, liquor licenses — violations. —
1. Any person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter to sell or serve alcoholic beverages at any establishment shall place on the premises of such establishment a warning sign as described in this section. Such sign shall be at least eleven inches by fourteen inches and shall read "WARNING: Drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy may cause birth defects.". The licensee shall display such sign in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.
2. Any employee of the supervisor of liquor control may report a violation of this section to the supervisor, and the supervisor shall issue a warning to the licensee of the violation.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 311.880 to the contrary, no person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a crime.
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(L. 2001 S.B. 130)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law › Section 311.300 - Persons eighteen years of age or older may sell or handle intoxicating liquor, when.

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 311
Effective - 28 Aug 2019, 2 histories
311.300. Persons eighteen years of age or older may sell or handle intoxicating liquor, when. —
1. Except as provided in this section, no person under the age of twenty-one years shall sell or assist in the sale or dispensing of intoxicating liquor.
2. In any place of business licensed in accordance with section 311.200, persons at least eighteen years of age may stock, arrange displays, operate the cash register or scanner connected to a cash register and accept payment for, and sack for carryout, intoxicating liquor. Delivery of intoxicating liquor away from the licensed business premises cannot be performed by anyone under the age of twenty-one years. Any licensee who employs any person under the age of twenty-one years, as authorized by this subsection, shall, when at least fifty percent of the licensee's gross sales does not consist of nonalcoholic sales, have an employee twenty-one years of age or older on the licensed premises during all hours of operation.
3. In any distillery, warehouse, wholesale distributorship, or similar place of business which stores or distributes intoxicating liquor but which does not sell intoxicating liquor at retail, persons at least eighteen years of age may be employed and their duties may include the handling of intoxicating liquor for all purposes except consumption, sale at retail, or dispensing for consumption or sale at retail.
4. Any wholesaler licensed pursuant to this chapter may employ persons of at least eighteen years of age to:
(1) Rotate, stock and arrange displays at retail establishments licensed to sell intoxicating liquor; and
(2) Unload delivery vehicles and transfer intoxicating liquor into retail licensed premises if such persons are supervised by a delivery vehicle driver who is twenty-one years of age or older.
5. Persons eighteen years of age or older may, when acting in the capacity of a waiter or waitress, accept payment for or serve intoxicating liquor in places of business which sell food for consumption on the premises if at least fifty percent of all sales in those places consists of food; provided that nothing in this section shall authorize persons under twenty-one years of age to mix or serve across the bar intoxicating beverages.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4885, A. 1949 S.B. 1114, A.L. 1969 S.B. 37, A.L. 1971 H.B. 173, A.L. 1976 S.B. 487, H.B. 1367, A.L. 1981 S.B. 128, A.L. 1996 S.B. 933, A.L. 1997 H.B. 63, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132, A.L. 2019 S.B. 197)