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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-38 - Commissioner to hear appeals; powers on appeal; execution of orders

33:1-38. Commissioner to hear appeals; powers on appeal; execution of orders
The commissioner is hereby empowered and it is his duty to hear and conduct all appeals provided for by this chapter and thereupon to render written decisions stating conclusions and reason therefor upon each matter so appealed, and enter orders pursuant thereto. Said decisions and orders shall be binding upon all persons and shall be honored and forthwith executed by the other issuing authority.
The commissioner is hereby authorized to order the other issuing authority to issue a license when and if, after a hearing on the appeal of an applicant therefor, the commissioner shall decide that a license was improperly refused or improperly revoked by the other issuing authority; to order the other issuing authority to suspend or revoke a license, or to forthwith terminate the suspension or cancel the revocation of a license, when and if, after a hearing on appeal, the commissioner shall reverse the decision of the other issuing authority; to establish procedure and rules; and to make all findings, rulings, decisions and orders as may be right and proper and consonant with the spirit of this chapter.
Where any order entered by the commissioner pursuant to any appeal taken under this chapter, except from the denial of a refund, is not honored and executed within ten days after the date thereof, it shall be deemed self-executed and shall have the same force and effect as though actually complied with by the other issuing authority.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-39 - Rules and regulations by commissioner; subjects covered

33:1-39. Rules and regulations by commissioner; subjects covered
The commissioner may make such general rules and regulations and such special rulings and findings as may be necessary for the proper regulation and control of the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the enforcement of this chapter, in addition thereto, and not inconsistent therewith, and may alter, amend, repeal and publish the same from time to time.
Such rules and regulations may cover the following subjects: Specification of duties of holders of any office, position or employment in the department of alcoholic beverage control; instructions for municipalities and municipal boards; all forms necessary or convenient in the administration of this chapter; tax paid, licensed vehicle and other insignia; inspections, investigations, searches, seizures, findings and such activities as may become necessary from time to time; hours of sale; sales on credit; sales to defectives and habitual drunkards; out-of-door sales; limitation of sales, limitation of the quantity to be sold to a consumer for off-premises consumption, unfair competition; racketeering; prostitution; solicitation; disorderly houses; criminals; disreputable characters; gambling, slot machines and gambling devices; control of signs and other displays on licensed premises; use of screens; identification of licensees and their employees; employment of aliens, minors and females; storage; warehouses; transportation; health and sanitary requirements; standards of cleanliness, orderliness and decency; sampling and analysis of products; standards of purity and labeling; records to be kept by licensees and availability thereof; practices unduly designed to increase consumption of alcoholic beverages; gifts of equipment, products and things of value; and such other matters whatsoever as are or may become necessary in the fair, impartial, stringent and comprehensive administration of this chapter.
Amended by L.1943, c. 154, p. 435, s. 1, eff. April 8, 1943.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-39.1 - Reciprocal rules and regulations with other states

33:1-39.1. Reciprocal rules and regulations with other states
The commissioner may make such reciprocal rules and regulations and special rulings pertaining to any one or more states designated therein as may be necessary for the proper regulation and control of the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the enforcement of this chapter, in addition thereto and not inconsistent therewith, and alter, amend, repeal and publish the same from time to time.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-39.2 - Regulation of sales to consumers

33:1-39.2. Regulation of sales to consumers
The Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall, in accordance with R.S. 33:1-39, make and promulgate such rules and regulations with respect to sales by licensees selling to consumers relative to the following subjects as will assist in properly supervising the alcoholic beverage industry and preventing discrimination in the alcoholic beverage industry:
(a) Gifts of things of value in connection with or as an inducement to the purchase of malt alcoholic beverages,
(b) Combination sales of malt alcoholic beverages of different brands, of different manufacturers, of different names or trade names, or combination sales of any alcoholic beverages and other merchandise,
(c) Publication and maintenance of prices at which malt alcoholic beverages may be sold within recognized trading areas or below which malt alcoholic beverages may not be sold within such areas.
L. 1956, c. 110, p. 496, s. 5, eff. July 1, 1956. Amended by L. 1985, c. 258, s. 2, eff. July 31, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-39.3 - Malt alcoholic beverages, marked for deposit.

33:1-39.3 Malt alcoholic beverages, marked for deposit.
1. a. A manufacturer, supplier, importer, brand registrant, wholesale or retail licensee or permittee shall be permitted to sell, distribute, or market for resale to a consumer in this State or purchase for resale to a consumer in this State any malt alcoholic beverage product packaged in a bottle or can marked for deposit of another state.
b. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to establish a deposit system in this State.
L.2023, c.183.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-40 - Municipal regulation of number of retail licenses, hours of sale, etc.

33:1-40. Municipal regulation of number of retail licenses, hours of sale, etc.
The governing board or body of each municipality may, as regards said municipality, by ordinance, limit the number of licenses to sell alcoholic beverages at retail, but any such limitation adopted by ordinance or resolution prior to July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, shall continue in full force and effect until repealed, amended or otherwise altered by ordinance. The governing board or body of each municipality may, as regards said municipality, by ordinance or resolution, limit the hours between which the sale of alcoholic beverages at retail may be made, prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, and, subject to the approval of the commissioner first obtained, regulate the conduct of any business licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail and the nature and condition of the premises upon which any such business is to be conducted. The aforesaid limitations of number of licenses and of hours of sale shall be subject respectively to appeal to the commissioner, as hereinafter provided.
The governing board or body of each municipality may make, enforce, amend and repeal such ordinances as it may deem necessary to prevent the possession, sale, distribution and transportation of alcoholic beverages within its municipality in violation of this chapter.
The governing board or body of each municipality may, by ordinance, enact that no more than one retail license shall be granted to any person in said municipality and that said license shall cover only the licensed premises; but nothing herein contained shall operate to disqualify a guardian, executor, administrator, trustee, receiver, or any other fiduciary or court officer from obtaining or from holding more than one such license in different official capacities.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-40.3 - Sale of certain alcoholic beverages.

33:1-40.3 Sale of certain alcoholic beverages.
1. a. Whenever the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises and off the premises or either thereof is authorized in any municipality by ordinance or rule or regulation of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, by the holder of a retail consumption or retail distribution license, such ordinance or rule shall authorize the sale of wine and malt alcoholic beverages in original bottle or can containers for consumption off the premises on the same days and during the same hours as the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises is permitted and authorized in the municipality. If a municipality has no ordinance or local law that authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, then the municipality may by ordinance authorize the sale of wine and malt alcoholic beverages in original bottle or can containers by retail distribution licensees any time between the hours of 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, in addition to such weekday hours as may be authorized by ordinance.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other law to the contrary, a city of the first class may establish by ordinance separate hours for:
(1) sales by each type of retail license set forth in R.S.33:1-12, and
(2) sales by such licensees for consumption on the premises and consumption off the premises.
All parts of ordinances and regulations of the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control inconsistent with the provisions of this act are superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the holder of a plenary retail consumption license or permit authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises that is used in connection with a premises located within an international airport may sell alcoholic beverages any time between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m.
L.1971, c.184, s.1; amended 1973, c.287; 1981, c.69, s.1; 1991, c.370; 1997, c.54; 2017, c.265.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-41 - Appeal from limitation of number of retail licenses or hours of sale

33:1-41. Appeal from limitation of number of retail licenses or hours of sale
If any person affected or who might be affected by any limitation of the number of licenses or of the hours between which sales of alcoholic beverages at retail may be made shall consider himself aggrieved thereby, he may appeal to the commissioner in respect thereto and thereupon the commissioner, after public hearing, may set aside, vacate and repeal the limitation complained of or change, alter, amend or otherwise modify the same.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-42 - Sales in public buildings of state or political subdivisions prohibited; exceptions

33:1-42. Sales in public buildings of state or political subdivisions prohibited; exceptions
No sales of alcoholic beverages shall be made in any public buildings belonging to or under the control of the state or any political subdivision thereof except as to the national guard as hereinbefore provided, and except as permitted by the commissioner in specified cases and subject to rules and regulations.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-43a - Limited right of wholesaler to acquire interest in corporation

33:1-43a. Limited right of wholesaler to acquire interest in corporation
Nothing in this act shall affect the right of any person having any interest whatsoever in the wholesaling in this State of alcoholic beverages, other than malt alcoholic beverages, to hold or acquire an interest of not more than 10% of any corporation, the shares of which are traded on a national securities exchange or regularly traded in an over-the-counter market by one or more members of a national or affiliated securities association.
L.1966, c. 58, s. 2, eff. June 2, 1966.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-43.1 - Loans or furnishing of fixtures to retail licensee by brewer prohibited; exceptions

33:1-43.1. Loans or furnishing of fixtures to retail licensee by brewer prohibited; exceptions
No owner, part owner, stockholder, officer or director of any corporation or any other person whatsoever interested in any way whatsoever in any brewery shall make any loan, directly or indirectly, to any retail licensee; but the foregoing shall not prohibit the extension, subject to rules and regulations, of reasonable credit in respect to ordinary current sales of brewery products.
No owner, part owner, stockholder, officer or director of any corporation or any other person whatsoever interested in any way whatsoever in any brewery shall furnish, repair or replace fixtures in any licensed retail business, except that the cleaning and repairing of pipes and similar matters may be permitted by rules and regulations.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-45.1 - Club license where vote was "No" in referendum; duration of act

33:1-45.1. Club license where vote was "No" in referendum; duration of act
It shall be lawful for the municipal issuing authority of any municipality in which a referendum has been held pursuant to the provisions of Revised Statutes, section 33:1-45, wherein a majority of the legal voters of said municipality voted "No," to issue a club license as defined in and regulated by subparagraph five of section 33:1-12 of the Revised Statutes, to any constituent unit, chartered or otherwise duly enfranchised chapter or member club of a national organization or association which is in possession of suitable premises and which is operated for benevolent, charitable, fraternal, social, religious, recreational, athletic, or similar purposes, and not for private gain, and which comply with all conditions which may be imposed by the director of the division of alcoholic beverage control in the department of law and public safety.
This law shall not be effective after August first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, except, however, that any national club, organization, or association, or any constituent unit chartered or otherwise duly enfranchised chapter thereof holding a license issued by said municipality previous to August first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, shall be entitled to retain said license and any renewals thereof regardless of the provisions of this act.
L.1949, c. 255, p. 819, s. 1, eff. May 25, 1949.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-46.1 - Club license; authority to issue after municipal referendum

33:1-46.1. Club license; authority to issue after municipal referendum
It shall be lawful for the governing board or body of any municipality in which a referendum has been held pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 33:1-45 or R.S. 33:1-46, wherein a majority of the legal voters of said municipality voted "No," to issue a club license as defined in and regulated by subsection 5 of R.S. 33:1-12, to any constituent unit, chartered or otherwise duly enfranchised chapter or member club of a national or state order, organization or association, or to a bona fide golf and country club in said municipality, incorporated not for pecuniary gain, and which is in possession of a suitable premises and to adopt an enabling ordinance therefor.
L.1945, c. 55, p. 321, s. 1. Amended by L.1953, c. 367, p. 1954, s. 1, eff. August 11, 1953; L.1983, c. 365, s. 1, eff. Oct. 13, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-46.2 - Special permits to golf and country clubs; license fee

33:1-46.2. Special permits to golf and country clubs; license fee
The director may, subject to rules and regulations, issue special permits to a constituent unit, chartered or otherwise duly enfranchised chapter or member club of a national or state order, organization or association, or to a bona fide golf and country club in the event that the said municipality has failed or neglected to adopt an enabling ordinance as aforesaid, or has failed or neglected to properly act upon an application by such a constituent unit, chartered or otherwise duly enfranchised chapter or member club or a bona fide golf and country club for a club license, as aforesaid; the fee for the same shall be determined in each case by the director and shall not be less nor more than the fee provided for by subsection 5 of R.S. 33:1-12.
L.1945, c. 55, p. 321, s. 2. Amended by L.1983, c. 365, s. 2, eff. Oct. 13, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-46.3 - Powers granted director cumulative

33:1-46.3. Powers granted director cumulative
Nothing in this act shall be deemed to limit or modify any powers otherwise granted by law to the director.
L.1945, c. 55, p. 321, s. 3. Amended by L.1983, c. 365, s. 3, eff. Oct. 13, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-48 - Municipal boards certified to commissioner

33:1-48. Municipal boards certified to commissioner
All municipal boards created under this chapter shall be certified to the commissioner in writing under seal of the municipality, if any, and attested by the clerk thereof, or person performing for the time being the duties of clerk, and all appointments thereto shall become effective upon filing of a certificate of an acceptance thereof by each member thereof with the commissioner.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-49 - Purchase of illicit beverage; misdemeanor

33:1-49. Purchase of illicit beverage; misdemeanor
No person, except an officer, or other person authorized by and acting pursuant to instructions from such officer, so doing in the course of and for the purpose of enforcing this chapter shall knowingly purchase, receive or procure any illicit beverage. Any person who shall violate this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars and not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not less than two days and not more than ten days, or both.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-50 - Manufacture, sale, possession, etc., in violation of chapter; misdemeanor

33:1-50. Manufacture, sale, possession, etc., in violation of chapter; misdemeanor
Any person who shall:
a. Manufacture, sell, distribute, bottle, rectify, blend, treat, fortify, mix, process, warehouse or transport any alcoholic beverage in violation of this chapter; or
b. Import, own, possess, keep or store in this state alcoholic beverages with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute, bottle, rectify, blend, treat, fortify, mix, process, warehouse or transport alcoholic beverages in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or
c. Own, possess, keep or store in this state any implement or paraphernalia for the manufacture, sale, distribution, bottling, rectifying, blending, treating, fortifying, mixing, processing, warehousing or transportation of alcoholic beverages with intent to use the same in the manufacture, sale, distribution, bottling, rectifying, blending, treating, fortifying, mixing, processing, warehousing or transportation of alcoholic beverages in violation of this chapter; or
d. Aid or abet another in the manufacture, sale, distribution, bottling, rectifying, blending, treating, fortifying, mixing, processing, warehousing or transportation of alcoholic beverages in violation of this chapter; or
e. Possess, have custody of, offer for sale or sell any illicit beverage--
Shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not less than thirty days and not more than three years, or both.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-51 - Other violations of chapter; misdemeanor

33:1-51. Other violations of chapter; misdemeanor
Any person who shall knowingly violate any of the other provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not more than two hundred fifty dollars, or imprisonment for not less than ten days and not more than ninety days, or both.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-52 - Aiding in violations; misdemeanor

33:1-52. Aiding in violations; misdemeanor
Any person who shall knowingly aid or abet another in the violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable in the same manner as the violation aided or abetted.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-53 - Conviction of second offense

33:1-53. Conviction of second offense
In case any person shall, after conviction of an offense under this chapter, be convicted of another offense under this chapter, such other and subsequent offense shall be punishable by a fine or imprisonment, the maximum and minimum limits of which shall be twice the limits otherwise by this chapter imposed, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-54 - Violation upon leased premises; termination of lease; notice; summary proceedings

33:1-54. Violation upon leased premises; termination of lease; notice; summary proceedings
Any violation of this chapter upon any leased premises by any lessee or sublessee, or by any other person with the knowledge and consent of the lessee, or sublessee, shall, at the option of lessor, immediate or remote, upon five days' written notice to such lessee or sublessee of the exercise of such option and the cause therefor, cause the term of the lease forthwith, at the expiration of such five days, to cease and come to an end, and the right to possession of the leased premises shall thereupon revert to the lessor, together with such further rights in the lessor as may be reserved to him by the terms of said lease or by law, or by both, noncompliance with this chapter and the exercise of lessor's option being a limitation upon the term of the lease. The lessor may enforce his right of possession hereunder by summary proceedings as for term ended, as prescribed by article 5 of chapter 58 of the title Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice (s. 2:58-16 et seq.). This section shall not affect any lease made and entered into prior to the sixth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-55 - Maintenance of place where unlawful property is kept, manufactured or sold

33:1-55. Maintenance of place where unlawful property is kept, manufactured or sold
No person shall knowingly keep, occupy or maintain any premises, building, vehicle or place whatsoever wherein unlawful property is owned, possessed, kept, stored, manufactured, sold, distributed or transported, and all unlawful property may be seized by any officer and be confiscated and disposed of as in this chapter provided.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-56 - Issuing search warrant; private dwellings

33:1-56. Issuing search warrant; private dwellings
Any magistrate, hereinafter termed the "issuing magistrate" , may issue a search warrant in the manner hereinafter provided, to search any premises, building, vehicle or place whatsoever containing, or believed upon probable cause, to contain unlawful property; but no search warrant shall issue to search any private dwelling, occupied exclusively as such, unless there is probable cause to believe it is being used for, or in connection with, unlawful alcoholic beverage activity and provided that such use be evidenced by oath of some person, on his own knowledge.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-57 - Prerequisites to issuance of search warrant; contents; service

33:1-57. Prerequisites to issuance of search warrant; contents; service
A search warrant shall only issue after (1) proof under oath, which may be by written affidavit or deposition, has been produced before the issuing magistrate setting forth facts tending to establish the grounds of the application, or probable cause for believing that such grounds exist, and (2) naming or describing the person or describing the premises, building, vehicle or other place to be searched.
If the issuing magistrate is satisfied of the existence of the grounds of the application, or that there is probable cause to believe their existence, he must issue a search warrant, signed by him with the title of his office, to any officer, or officers, stating the particular grounds, or probable cause, for its issuance, and the name or names of the person or persons sworn in support thereof, and commanding him forthwith to search the person, or the premises, building, vehicle or place to be searched.
A search warrant shall be served by the officer, or any of the officers, to whom the same is directed, but by no other person excepting in aid of said officer, he being present and acting in its execution.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-58 - Breaking and entry in execution of warrant

33:1-58. Breaking and entry in execution of warrant
The officer or officers to whom the search warrant is directed may break open any outer or inner door or window of any premises, building, vehicle or other place, or anything contained therein, to execute the warrant if, after pronouncement of his authority and purpose, he does not receive admission, and also when necessary for his own liberation or that of any person aiding him in the execution of the warrant.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-61 - Receipt for and inventory of property seized

33:1-61. Receipt for and inventory of property seized
Any officer who shall seize any property under a search warrant shall give a copy of the warrant, together with an itemized receipt for the property, to the person from whom it was taken or in whose possession it was found or, in the absence of any person, such officer shall leave said copy and receipt in the place where he found the property. The officer who executes a search warrant shall return the same to the issuing magistrate, together with a written inventory of the property taken, made in the presence of at least one credible person other than the officer. The magistrate shall, upon request, exhibit the inventory to any person claiming the property and to the applicant for the warrant and allow copies to be made thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-62 - Return of illegally seized property

33:1-62. Return of illegally seized property
In case any person shall be deprived of any property, or the possession of any property, under color of any search warrant, except substantially in accordance with the procedure herein set forth, the issuing magistrate, upon timely application therefor, shall require the return of said property, except such property as shall be proven beyond a reasonable doubt to be unlawful property.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-63 - Resisting officer serving or executing search warrant; misdemeanor

33:1-63. Resisting officer serving or executing search warrant; misdemeanor
Any person who shall knowingly and willfully obstruct, resist or oppose any officer or person assisting an officer, in serving or executing, or attempting to serve or execute, any search warrant authorized by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-65 - Search without warrant; misdemeanor

33:1-65. Search without warrant; misdemeanor
Any person who shall intentionally search any private dwelling occupied exclusively for dwelling purposes, without a warrant therefor, or who shall maliciously and without probable cause, and without a warrant therefor, search any other building, premises, vehicle or place, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-67 - Solicitor's permit required; exceptions; issuance; fee; violations; penalty

33:1-67. Solicitor's permit required; exceptions; issuance; fee; violations; penalty
No individual shall offer for sale or solicit any order in the State for the purchase or sale of any alcoholic beverage, whether such sale is to be made within or without this State, unless such person shall have a solicitor's permit issued by the director hereunder.
Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit such offer or solicitation by any licensee himself or any employee of any retail licensee in connection with and in the course of the licensed business.
The director is empowered to issue, subject to rules and regulations, solicitor's permits, which shall set forth such facts as may be prescribed by the director and shall authorize the permittee to make offers for such sales and solicit orders for such sales of alcoholic beverages as are in accordance with this chapter, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, on behalf of any vendor or vendors represented by the solicitor and designated in the permit. The fee for such permits shall be $15.00 per annum or any part thereof for solicitors employed exclusively by licensees whose licenses permit sale of malt alcoholic beverages only, and $25.00 per annum or any part thereof for solicitors employed by other licensees. A separate fee shall be paid for each vendor designated in the permit. Such permits shall expire on June 30 following their issuance, except as otherwise specified therein.
Any person who violates any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than $50.00 and not more than $200.00 or imprisonment for not less than 10 days or not more than 3 months, or both.
Amended by L.1954, c. 26, p. 94, s. 5, eff. May 11, 1954; L.1970, c. 78, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-69 - Place of sale; determination

33:1-69. Place of sale; determination
In case of sale of an alcoholic beverage in which a delivery is accompanied by transportation, whether by a common carrier or otherwise, the sale shall be deemed to be made in the county wherein the delivery was made or in the county where the transfer of title, or agreement for sale, was made, or in the county from or to which the shipment was made, and prosecution for such sale may be had in any one of such counties.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-70 - Each violation separate offense; name of purchaser unnecessary in affidavits, indictments, etc.

33:1-70. Each violation separate offense; name of purchaser unnecessary in affidavits, indictments, etc.
Every violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense. In any affidavit, information, complaint or indictment for a violation of this chapter, separate offenses may be united, and the defendant may be tried on one or more counts at one trial, and the penalty for each separate offense may be imposed.
It shall not be necessary in any affidavit, information, complaint or indictment involving a sale of alcoholic beverages to give the name of the purchaser thereof, and it shall not in any affidavit, information, complaint or indictment be necessary to include any defensive negative averments, but it shall be sufficient to state the act or acts constituting the violation and that the same was or were then and there prohibited by law, saving, however, to all defendants the right to require a bill of particulars as in other cases.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-71 - Officers to use diligence; arrests

33:1-71. Officers to use diligence; arrests
To the end that local police and other enforcing agencies shall enforce this chapter in the interest of economy and effective control, all officers shall use all due diligence to detect violations of this chapter and shall apprehend the offenders and make a proper complaint before a magistrate. Arrests may be made as in other cases of misdemeanors.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-72 - Sale of warehouse receipts; license required; fee.

33:1-72 Sale of warehouse receipts; license required; fee.
33:1-72. The sale of receipts, certificates, contracts or other documents given upon the storage of alcoholic beverages is prohibited, except under and pursuant to the provisions of a warehouse receipts license issued by the director. The holder of such license shall be entitled to sell such warehouse receipts subject to rules and regulations and the fee therefor shall be $375. No publication shall be required with respect to applications for warehouse receipts licenses.
The provisions of section 27 of P.L.2003, c.117 amendatory of this section shall apply to licenses issued or transferred on or after July 1, 2003, and to license renewals commencing on or after July 1, 2003.
Amended 1954, c.26, s.6; 1970, c.78, s.8; 2003, c.117, s.27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-74 - Temporary permits; fees.

33:1-74 Temporary permits; fees.
33:1-74. a. To provide for contingencies where it would be appropriate and consonant with the spirit of this chapter to issue a license but the contingency has not been expressly provided for, the director of the division may for special cause shown, subject to rules and regulations, issue temporary permits. The fee for a one-day permit authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on a designated premises by a civic, religious, educational or veterans organization shall be $100 and for a one-day permit authorizing such sale by any other organization, $150. The fee for any other type of temporary permit shall be determined in each case by the director of the division and shall not be less than $10 nor more than $2,000, payable to the director of the division and to be accounted for by the director as are license fees.
b. As to any designated premises such temporary permits shall not exceed in the aggregate 25 in any one calendar year, but the director of the division may by said rules and regulations provide for a lesser number in the aggregate for any such designated premises in any one calendar year. This limit shall be in the aggregate 52 in any one calendar year when the designated premises is owned by a municipality or the event is sponsored by a municipality. c. The issuance of temporary permits to authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages by the glass or other open receptacle by civic, religious, educational, veterans or other qualified organizations shall be permissible, notwithstanding that the sale of alcoholic beverages has otherwise been prohibited by referendum under R.S.33:1-44 through R.S.33:1-47 or municipal ordinance or resolution.
amended 1960, c.92; 1976, c.44, s.7; 1982, c.37, s.1; 1991, c.334; 1992, c.188, s.13; 2003, c.117, s.28; 2021, c.180.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-75 - Special permits authorizing manufacture of wines in an instructional winemaking facility.

33:1-75 Special permits authorizing manufacture of wines in an instructional winemaking facility.
33:1-75. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2011, c.169).
b. The director may, subject to rules and regulations, issue special permits authorizing the manufacture of wines in an instructional winemaking facility by a person who is 21 years of age or older, residing within or without this State, in quantities not exceeding 200 gallons per calendar year for the person's personal or household use or consumption.
c. The director shall, by regulation, establish a reasonable fee to cover the costs incurred in issuing the special permits required by this section.
d. A person manufacturing wines pursuant to this section shall not be liable for any tax imposed under the "Alcoholic beverage tax law," R.S.54:41-1 et seq.
amended 1954, c.26, s.7; 1991, c.302; 2007, c.329, s.2; 2011, c.169, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-75.1 - Certain persons permitted to manufacture wine, malt alcoholic beverages at home, noncommercial premises.

33:1-75.1 Certain persons permitted to manufacture wine, malt alcoholic beverages at home, noncommercial premises.
2. a. A person who is 21 years of age or older may manufacture within a home or other noncommercial premises wines or malt alcoholic beverages in quantities not exceeding 200 gallons per calendar year for the person's personal or household use or consumption.
b. A special permit shall not be required to manufacture wines or malt alcoholic beverages pursuant to this section.
c. A person manufacturing malt alcoholic beverages pursuant to this section shall not be liable for any tax imposed under the "Alcoholic beverage tax law," R.S.54:41-1 et seq.
L.2011, c.169, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-76 - Sales within 200 feet of church or school prohibited; waiver; exceptions

33:1-76. Sales within 200 feet of church or school prohibited; waiver; exceptions
Anything to the contrary hereinbefore notwithstanding, and for the benefit not of property but of persons attendant therein, no license shall be issued for the sale of alcoholic beverages within two hundred feet of any church or public schoolhouse or private schoolhouse not conducted for pecuniary profit, except to manufacturers, wholesalers, hotels, clubs and fraternal organizations which owned or were actually in possession of the licensed premises on December sixth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three. The protection of this section may be waived at the issuance of the license and at each renewal thereafter, by the duly authorized governing body on authority of such church or school, such waiver to be effective until the date of the next renewal of the license. Said two hundred feet shall be measured in the normal way that a pedestrian would properly walk from the nearest entrance of said church or school to the nearest entrance of the premises sought to be licensed.
The prohibition contained in this section shall not apply to the renewal of any license where no such church or schoolhouse was located within two hundred feet of the licensed premises as aforesaid at the time of the issuance of the license, nor to the issuance or renewal, or both, of any license where such premises have been heretofore licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages or intoxicating liquors, and such church or schoolhouse was constructed or established, or both, during the time said premises were operated under said previous license.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-76.1 - Renewal or reissuance of club or Class B wholesale license granted on waiver

33:1-76.1. Renewal or reissuance of club or Class B wholesale license granted on waiver
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33:1-76 of the Revised Statutes if a club or Class B (wholesale) license has been or shall be granted on a waiver of its protection granted on authority of a church or school, the holder of such license shall be entitled to apply for renewal thereof without further or renewed authority, or waiver, of the church or school; but the renewal or reissuance of such license after a revocation, or subsequent transfer of such license, shall not be permitted without a new waiver granted on authority of the church or school.
L.1961, c. 83, p. 632, s. 1. Amended by L.1965, c. 188, s. 2, eff. Dec. 14, 1965.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-76.2 - Plenary or limited retail distribution licenses; renewal on annual waivers for 15 or more years; effect

33:1-76.2. Plenary or limited retail distribution licenses; renewal on annual waivers for 15 or more years; effect
Notwithstanding the provisions of Revised Statutes 33:1-76 if a plenary or limited retail distribution license has been or shall be granted on a waiver of its protection granted on authority of a church or school, and such license has been, or shall have been renewed on authority of annual waivers by the church or school for 15 or more consecutive years, the holder of such license shall thereafter be entitled to apply for renewal or reissuance thereof without further or renewed authority, or waiver, of the church or school; but the renewal or reissuance of such license after a revocation, shall not be permitted without a new waiver granted on authority of the church or school.
L.1967, c. 152, s. 1, eff. July 10, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-77 - Defenses of sellers

33:1-77. Defenses of sellers
33:1-77. Anyone who sells any alcoholic beverage to a person under the legal age for purchasing alcoholic beverages is a disorderly person; provided, however, that the establishment of all of the following facts by a person making any such sale shall constitute a defense to any prosecution therefor: (a) that the purchaser falsely represented in writing, or by producing a driver's license bearing a photograph of the licensee, or by producing a photographic identification card issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1980, c. 47 (C.39:3-29.3), or a similar card issued pursuant to the laws of this State, another state or the federal government that he or she was of legal age to make the purchase, (b) that the appearance of the purchaser was such that an ordinary prudent person would believe him or her to be of legal age to make the purchase, and (c) that the sale was made in good faith relying upon such written representation, or production of a driver's license bearing a photograph of the licensee, or production of a photographic identification card issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1980, c. 47 (C.39:3-29.3), or a similar card issued pursuant to the laws of this State, another state or the federal government and appearance and in the reasonable belief that the purchaser was actually of legal age to make the purchase.
Amended 1939, c.228; 1971, c.54; 1982, c.61, s.1; 1983, c.565, s.2; 1985, c.503, s.1; 2003, c.175, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-78 - Bottling without license; misdemeanor

33:1-78. Bottling without license; misdemeanor
Any person, except a person holding a brewery, distillery, winery or rectifier's license under this chapter, who shall bottle alcoholic beverages for sale or resale shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-79 - Licensees to purchase and sell alcoholic beverages of certain manufacturers only

33:1-79. Licensees to purchase and sell alcoholic beverages of certain manufacturers only
No licensee hereunder may purchase or sell any alcoholic beverages unless the same shall have been manufactured by manufacturers licensed as such hereunder, or, if manufactured by foreign manufacturers not licensed as such hereunder, unless said foreign manufacturers shall have complied with the same standards and requirements as are or shall be prescribed by rules and regulations for manufacturers licensed as such under this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-80 - Issue of stamps, labels, etc.; fees

33:1-80. Issue of stamps, labels, etc.; fees
Subject to rules and regulations, the commissioner may issue to foreign manufacturers and to persons licensed under this chapter, stamps, labels and other indicia evidencing compliance with prescribed standards upon payment of fees to be fixed by him commensurate with the reasonable cost of the services involved and to be accounted for by him as are license fees.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-81 - Misrepresenting age to induce sale or delivery to minor; disorderly person.

33:1-81 Misrepresenting age to induce sale or delivery to minor; disorderly person.
33:1-81. It shall be unlawful for:
(a) A person under the legal age for purchasing alcoholic beverages to enter any premises licensed for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages for the purpose of purchasing, or having served or delivered to him or her, any alcoholic beverage; or
(b) A person under the legal age for purchasing alcoholic beverages to consume any alcoholic beverage on premises licensed for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages, or to purchase, attempt to purchase or have another purchase for him any alcoholic beverage; or
(c) Any person to misrepresent or misstate his age, or the age of any other person for the purpose of inducing any licensee or any employee of any licensee, to sell, serve or deliver any alcoholic beverage to a person under the legal age for purchasing alcoholic beverages; or
(d) Any person to enter any premises licensed for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages for the purpose of purchasing, or to purchase alcoholic beverages, for another person who does not because of his age have the right to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed and adjudged to be a disorderly person, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500.
In addition to the general penalties prescribed for an offense, the court may require any person under the legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages who violates this act to participate in an alcohol education or treatment program authorized by the Department of Health for a period not to exceed the maximum period of confinement prescribed by law for the offense for which the individual has been convicted.
amended 1939, c.246; 1953, c.37, s.4; 1964, c.40; 1979, c.265; 1983, c.574; (s.2 eff. date amended 1985, c.113, s.2); 1985, c.113, s.1; 1991, c.169, s.1; 2019, c.276, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-81.1 - Hearing; attendance by parent or guardian; subpoena

33:1-81.1. Hearing; attendance by parent or guardian; subpoena
In any hearing for a violation of section 33:1-81 of the Revised Statutes the court in its discretion may require the attendance at such hearing of a parent or guardian, if there be no parent, of the minor charged with such violation if such parent or guardian is a resident of the State and may, in its discretion, compel such attendance by subpoena.
L.1956, c. 52, p. 104, s. 1, eff. May 22, 1956.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:1-81.1a - Violations by parent, guardian; notification; fine.

33:1-81.1a Violations by parent, guardian; notification; fine.
3. A parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of a person under 18 years of age found in violation of R.S.33:1-81 or section 1 of P.L.1979, c.264 (C.2C:33-15) with respect to purchasing, possessing, or consuming any alcoholic beverage or cannabis item available for lawful consumption pursuant to the "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act," P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et al.) shall be notified of the violation in writing. The parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of a person under 18 years of age shall be subject to a fine in the amount of $500.00 upon any subsequent violation of R.S.33:1-81 or section 1 of P.L.1979, c.264 (C.2C:33-15) on the part of such person if it is shown that the parent, guardian or other person having legal custody failed or neglected to exercise reasonable supervision or control over the conduct of the person under 18 years of age.
L.1991, c.169, s.3; amended 2021, c.16, s.71.