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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.56 | List of Permit Holders Furnished to Tax Commissioner for Administration of Liquor Taxes.

Effective:
July 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
The division of liquor control shall on the first day of each month certify to the tax commissioner a list of the names and addresses of all holders of permits issued by it during the preceding month and then in force, together with a list of eliminations from any prior list. The taxation provisions of Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code are laws which the commissioner is required to administer within the meaning of sections 5703.19 to 5703.37 5703.39, and 5703.41 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.57 | Fines and Forfeited Bonds.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Money from fines and forfeited bonds collected under any of the penal laws of this state relating to the manufacture, importation, transportation, distritbution or sale of beer or intoxicating liquor shall be paid as follows: one half to the credit of the general revenue fund and one half to the treasury of the county where the prosecution is held.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.59 | False or Fraudulent Statement in Warehouse Receipts.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No person, or his clerk, agent, or employee , shall make or issue any false or fraudulent statement, either orally or in writing, concerning the future value or use of any bonded warehouse receipt for spirituous liquor, or concerning the age, quality, quantity, ingredients, source, future value, or use of the spirituous liquor represented by such receipt for the purpose of promoting or inducing the sale or purchase of such receipt in this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.60 | Illegal Transportation of Beer, Intoxicating Liquor, or Alcohol Prohibited.

Effective:
July 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
No person, who is not the holder of an H permit, shall transport beer, intoxicating liquor, or alcohol in this state. This section does not apply to the transportation and delivery of beer, alcohol, or intoxicating liquor purchased or to be purchased from the holder of a permit issued by the division of liquor control, in force at the time, and authorizing the sale and delivery of the beer, alcohol, or intoxicating liquor so transported, or to the transportation and delivery of beer, intoxicating liquor, or alcohol purchased from the division or the tax commissioner, or purchased by the holder of an A or B permit outside this state and transported within this state by them in their own trucks for the purpose of sale under their permits.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.63 | Purchase of Beer or Intoxicating Liquor by Persons Under Twenty-One Prohibited.

Effective:
July 31, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 419 - 117th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person under the age of twenty-one years shall purchase beer or intoxicating liquor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.631 | Purchase or Consumption Low-Alcohol Beverage by Persons Under Eighteen Prohibited.

Effective:
July 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "underage person" means a person under eighteen years of age.
(B) No underage person shall purchase any low-alcohol beverage.
(C) No underage person shall order, pay for, share the cost of, or attempt to purchase any low-alcohol beverage.
(D) No person shall knowingly furnish any false information as to the name, age, or other identification of any underage person for the purpose of obtaining or with the intent to obtain any low-alcohol beverage for an underage person, by purchase or as a gift.
(E) No underage person shall knowingly show or give false information concerning the person's name, age, or other identification for the purpose of purchasing or otherwise obtaining any low-alcohol beverage in any place in this state.
(F) No person shall sell or furnish any low-alcohol beverage to, or buy any low-alcohol beverage for, an underage person, unless given by a physician in the regular line of his practice or given for established religious purposes, or unless the underage person is accompanied by a parent, spouse who is not an underage person, or legal guardian.
No permit issued by the division of liquor control shall be suspended, revoked, or canceled because of a violation of this division or division (G) of this section.
(G) No person who is the owner or occupant of any public or private place shall knowingly allow any underage person to remain in or on the place while possessing or consuming any low-alcohol beverage, unless the low-alcohol beverage is given to the person possessing or consuming it by that person's parent, spouse who is not an underage person, or legal guardian, and the parent, spouse who is not an underage person, or legal guardian is present when the person possesses or consumes the low-alcohol beverage.
An owner of a public or private place is not liable for acts or omissions in violation of this division that are committed by a lessee of that place, unless the owner authorizes or acquiesces in the lessee's acts or omissions.
(H) No underage person shall knowingly possess or consume any low-alcohol beverage in any public or private place, unless accompanied by a parent, spouse who is not an underage person, or legal guardian, or unless the low-alcohol beverage is given by a physician in the regular line of the physician's practice or given for established religious purposes.
(I) No parent, spouse who is not an underage person, or legal guardian of an underage person shall knowingly permit the underage person to violate this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.633 | Furnishing False Information to Obtain Beer or Intoxicating Liquor for Person Under Twenty-One.

Effective:
July 31, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 419 - 117th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall knowingly furnish any false information as to the name, age, or other identification of any person under twenty-one years of age for the purpose of obtaining or with the intent to obtain, beer or intoxicating liquor for a person under twenty-one years of age, by purchase, or as a gift.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.634 | Furnishing False Information to Obtain Beer or Intoxicating Liquor by Person Under Twenty-One.

Effective:
July 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person under the age of twenty-one years shall knowingly show or give false information concerning the person's name, age, or other identification for the purpose of purchasing or otherwise obtaining beer or intoxicating liquor in any place in this state where beer or intoxicating liquor is sold under a permit issued by the division of liquor control or sold by the division.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.635 | Compliance Check.

Effective:
April 7, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 125th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Compliance check" means an attempt on behalf of a law enforcement agency or the division of liquor control to purchase any beer, wine, mixed beverages, or intoxicating liquor in the enforcement of any section of this chapter or any rule of the liquor control commission in which the age of the purchaser is an element of the offense.
(2) "Confidential informant" means a person who is under twenty-one years of age and who is engaged in conducting compliance checks.
(3) "Law enforcement agency" means an organization or unit made up of law enforcement officers authorized to enforce this chapter and also includes the investigative unit of the department of public safety described in section 5502.13 of the Revised Code.
(B) Within a reasonable period of time after the conduct of a compliance check, the law enforcement agency that conducted the compliance check, or the division of liquor control if the division conducted the compliance check, shall send written notification of it to the permit holder that was its subject. If the confidential informant who participated in the compliance check was able to purchase beer, wine, mixed beverages, or intoxicating liquor, the citation issued for the violation constitutes that notification. If the confidential informant who participated in the compliance check was unable to purchase beer, wine, mixed beverages, or intoxicating liquor, the notification shall indicate the date and time of the compliance check, the law enforcement agency that conducted the compliance check or, when applicable, that the division of liquor control conducted the compliance check, and the permit holder or a general description of the employee of the permit holder who refused to make the sale.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.636 | Manufacture, Transfer, Sell, or Distribute False Identification Card or Driver's License.

Effective:
July 25, 1990
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 118th General Assembly
(A)(1) No person shall manufacture, transfer, or distribute in any manner any identification card issued for the purpose of establishing a person's age that displays the great seal of the state of Ohio, the word "Ohio," "state," or "official," or any other designation that represents the card as the official identification card of Ohio, except for those cards issued pursuant to section 4507.50 of the Revised Code.
(2) No person shall manufacture, sell, or distribute in any manner for any compensation any identification card issued for the purpose of establishing a person's age that displays the great seal of the state of Ohio, the word "Ohio," "state," or "official," or any other designation that represents the card as the official identification card of Ohio, except for those cards issued pursuant to section 4507.50 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) No person, other than the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar, shall manufacture, transfer, or distribute in any manner any card that displays the great seal of the state of Ohio, the word "Ohio," "state," "official," "chauffeur," "chauffeur's," "commercial driver," "commercial driver's," "driver," "driver's," "operator," or "operator's," or any other designation that represents the card as the official driver's license of the state.
(2) No person, other than the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar, shall manufacture, sell, or distribute in any manner for any compensation any card that displays the great seal of the state of Ohio, the word "Ohio," "state," "official," "chauffeur," "chauffeur's," "commercial driver," "commercial driver's," "driver," "driver's," or any other designation that represents the card as the official driver's license of the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.637 | Warning Cards as to Underage Persons and Person Carrying Firearms.

Effective:
July 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2, Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 4301.691 of the Revised Code, every place in this state where beer, intoxicating liquor, or any low-alcohol beverage is sold for beverage purposes shall display at all times, in a prominent place on the premises thereof, a printed card, which shall be furnished by the division of liquor control and which shall read substantially as follows:
"WARNING TO PERSONS UNDER AGE
If you are under the age of 21
Under the statutes of the state of Ohio, if you order, pay for, share the cost of, or attempt to purchase, or possess or consume beer or intoxicating liquor in any public place, or furnish false information as to name, age, or other identification, you are subject to a fine of up to one thousand dollars, or imprisonment up to six months, or both.
If you are under the age of 18
Under the statutes of the state of Ohio, if you order, pay for, share the cost of, or attempt to purchase, or possess or consume, any type of beer or wine that contains either no alcohol or less than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume in any public place, or furnish false information as to name, age, or other identification, you are subject to a fine of up to two hundred fifty dollars or to imprisonment up to thirty days, or both."
No person shall be subject to any criminal prosecution or any proceedings before the division or the liquor control commission for failing to display this card. No permit issued by the division shall be suspended, revoked, or canceled because of the failure of the permit holder to display this card.
(B) Every place in this state for which a D permit has been issued under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code shall be issued a printed card by the division that shall read substantially as follows:
"WARNING
If you are carrying a firearm
Under the statutes of Ohio, if you possess a firearm in any room in which liquor is being dispensed in premises for which a D permit has been issued under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code, you may be guilty of a felony and may be subjected to a prison term of up to one year."
No person shall be subject to any criminal prosecution or any proceedings before the division or the liquor control commission for failing to display this card. No permit issued by the division shall be suspended, revoked, or canceled because of the failure of the permit holder to display this card.
Last updated March 15, 2022 at 5:17 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.638 | Modification on Other Sections Not Intended.

Effective:
October 11, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 17 - 124th General Assembly
Sections 4301.633 to 4301.637 of the Revised Code shall not be deemed to modify or affect division (A) of section 4301.22 or section 4301.69 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.639 | False Identification Accepted in Good Faith.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) No permit holder, agent or employee of a permit holder, or any other person may be found guilty of a violation of any section of this chapter or any rule of the liquor control commission in which age is an element of the offense, if the liquor control commission or any court of record finds all of the following:
(1) That the person buying, at the time of so doing, exhibited to the permit holder, the agent or employee of the permit holder, or the other person a driver's or commercial driver's license, an identification card as defined in section 4301.61 of the Revised Code, a military identification card issued by the United States department of defense, or a United States or foreign passport, that displays a picture of the individual for whom the license, card, or passport was issued and shows that the person buying was then at least twenty-one years of age, if the person was buying beer as defined in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code or intoxicating liquor, or that the person was then at least eighteen years of age, if the person was buying any low-alcohol beverage;
(2) That the permit holder, the agent or employee of the permit holder, or the other person made a bona fide effort to ascertain the true age of the person buying by checking the identification presented, at the time of the purchase, to ascertain that the description on the identification compared with the appearance of the buyer and that the identification presented had not been altered in any way;
(3) That the permit holder, the agent or employee of the permit holder, or the other person had reason to believe that the person buying was of legal age.
(B) In any hearing before the liquor control commission and in any action or proceeding before a court of record in which a defense is raised under division (A) of this section, the registrar of motor vehicles or deputy registrar who issued an identification card under sections 4507.50 to 4507.52 of the Revised Code shall be permitted to submit certified copies of the records, in the registrar's or deputy's possession, of that issuance in lieu of the testimony of the personnel of or contractors with the bureau of motor vehicles at the hearing, action, or proceeding.
(C) The defense provided by division (A) of this section is in addition to the affirmative defense provided by section 4301.611 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.64 | Prohibition Against Consumption of Beer or Intoxicating Liquor in Motor Vehicle.

Effective:
July 14, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 39 - 121st General Assembly
No person shall consume any beer or intoxicating liquor in a motor vehicle. This section does not apply to pesons described in division (D) of section 4301.62 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.65 | Sale, Purchase, or Use of Alcohol Vaporizing Device Prohibited.

Effective:
September 21, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 126th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "alcohol vaporizing device" means a machine or other device that mixes beer or intoxicating liquor with pure oxygen or any other gas to produce a vaporized product for the purpose of consumption by inhalation.
(B) No person shall sell or offer for sale an alcohol vaporizing device.
(C) No person shall purchase or use an alcohol vaporizing device.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.66 | Obstructing Inspection or Search of Premises Prohibited.

Effective:
June 30, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 163 - 123rd General Assembly
No person shall hinder or obstruct any agent or employee of the division of liquor control, any enforcement agent of the department of public safety, or any officer of the law, from making inspection or search of any place, other than a bona fide private residence, where beer or intoxicating liquor is possessed, kept, sold, or given away.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.67 | Illegal Possession of Spirituous or Intoxicating Liquor or Beer Prohibited.

Effective:
November 21, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 149, Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
No person shall have that person's possession of any spirituous liquor, in excess of one liter, in one or more containers, which was not purchased at wholesale or retail from the division of liquor control or otherwise lawfully acquired pursuant to Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code, or any other intoxicating liquor or beer, in one or more containers, which was not lawfully acquired pursuant to Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.68 | Sale of Liquor in Diluted, Refilled, or Partly Refilled Containers Prohibited.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No person shall sell, offer for sale, or possess intoxicating liquor in any original container which has been diluted, refilled, or partly refilled.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.70 | Violations Not Otherwise Specified.

Effective:
October 1, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 357 - 114th General Assembly
Any person who is subject to Chapter 4301., 4303., or 4307. of the Revised Code, in the transportation, possession, or sale of wine or mixed beverage subject to the taxes imposed by sections 4301.43 and 4301.432 of the Revised Code, and who violates such chapters or any lawful rule promulgated by the tax commissioner under such chapters, for the violation of which no penalty is otherwise provided, shall be fined as provided in division (A) of section 4301.99 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.71 | Sale of Powdered or Crystalline Alcohol.

Effective:
September 24, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 7 - 131st General Assembly
(A) No person shall sell or offer for sale powdered or crystalline alcohol for human consumption.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any of the following:
(1) Any substance regulated by the food and drug administration in the United States department of health and human services that is not either of the following:
(a) Beer or intoxicating liquor; or
(b) A compound that could be converted into beer or intoxicating liquor.
(2) A medication that requires a prescription;
(3) An over-the-counter medication.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) "Powdered or crystalline alcohol" means a product that is manufactured into a powdered or crystalline form and that contains any amount of alcohol.
(2) "Prescription" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Over-the-counter medication" means medication that may be legally sold and purchased without a prescription.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.72 | Liquor Taxes Are Lien on Property of Permit Holder.

Effective:
October 1, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 357 - 114th General Assembly
The taxes imposed by sections 4301.42, 4301.43, 4301.432, and 4305.01 of the Revised Code and the permit fees imposed by Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code shall be a lien upon all property of the taxpayer or permit holder. If the surety on any bond required under Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code makes payment of any sums due under any such bond, the surety shall be subrogated to any lien right on all property of the taxpayer or permit holder.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.74 | Violation of Nuisance Injunction.

Effective:
March 30, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 402 - 122nd General Assembly
Any person subject to an injunction, temporary or permanent, granted pursuant to division (D) or (E) of section 3767.05 of the Revised Code involving a condition described in division (C)(3) or (4) of section 3767.01 of the Revised Code shall obey such injunction. If such person violates such injunction, the court or in vacation a judge thereof, may summarily try and punish the violator. The proceedings for punishment for contempt shall be commenced by filing with the clerk of the court from which such injunction issued information under oath setting out the alleged facts constituting the violation, whereupon the court shall forthwith cause a warrant to issue under which the defendant shall be arrested. The trial may be had upon affidavits, or either party may demand the production and oral examination of the witnesses.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.77 | Providing Social Security Numbers.

Effective:
July 23, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 306 - 125th General Assembly
The division of liquor control may provide the social security number of an individual that the division possesses to the department of public safety, the department of taxation, the office of the attorney general, or any other state or local law enforcement agency if the department, office, or other state or local law enfocement agency requests the social security number from the division to conduct an investigation, implement an enforcement action, or collect taxes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.991 | Notice of Conviction or Acquittal of Liquor Control Violations.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Upon the trial of a permit holder, the permit holder's employee, or the permit holder's agent for a violation of sections 4301.01 to 4301.74 of the Revised Code occurring on the premises for which a permit issued by the department or, beginning on July 1, 1997, the division of liquor control is held by the permit holder, the magistrate or the clerk of the municipal court or of the court of common pleas shall, if the permit holder, the permit holder's employee, or the permit holder's agent is found guilty, within seven days after the sentence has been imposed mail a certified copy of the record of such conviction to the director of public safety, who shall forward a copy of that certified copy to the director or, beginning on July 1, 1997, the superintendent of liquor control.
If the permit holder, the permit holder's employee, or the permit holder's agent is found to be not guilty after a trial on the merits, the magistrate or clerk of the municipal court or of the court of common pleas shall within seven days mail a certified copy of the journal entry to the director or superintendent of liquor control and the permit holder shall not be cited to the liquor control commission for any alleged violations of law or rules based upon specifications contained in the indictment, information, or affidavit in the case.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.01 | Liquor Permit Definitions.

Effective:
October 11, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 371 - 124th General Assembly
As used in sections 4303.01 to 4303.37 of the Revised Code, "intoxicating liquor," "liquor," "sale," "sell," "vehicle," "alcohol," "beer," "wine," "mixed beverages," "spirituous liquor," "sealed container," "person," "manufacture," "manufacturer," "wholesale distributor," "distributor," "hotel," "restaurant," "club," "night club," "at retail," "pharmacy," and "enclosed shopping center" have the same meanings as in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.02 | A-1 Permit.

Effective:
July 30, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 48 - 130th General Assembly
Permit A-1 may be issued to a manufacturer to manufacture beer and sell beer products in bottles or containers for home use and to wholesale permit holders under rules adopted by the division of liquor control if the manufacturer's total production of beer, wherever produced, will exceed thirty-one million gallons in a calendar year. In addition, an A-1 permit holder may sell beer manufactured on the premises at retail, by individual drink in a glass or from a container, for consumption on the premises where sold. The fee for this permit is three thousand nine hundred six dollars for each plant during the year covered by the permit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.022 | A-1c Permit.

Effective:
July 30, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 48 - 130th General Assembly
Permit A-1c may be issued to a manufacturer to manufacture beer and sell beer products in bottles or containers for home use and to retail and wholesale permit holders under rules adopted by the division of liquor control if the manufacturer's total production of beer, wherever produced, will not exceed thirty-one million gallons in a calendar year. In addition, an A-1c permit holder may sell beer manufactured on premises at retail, by individual drink in a glass or from a container, for consumption on the premises where sold. The fee for this permit is one thousand dollars for each plant during the year covered by the permit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.03 | A-2 Permit.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, permit A-2 may be issued to a manufacturer to manufacture wine from grapes, fruits, or other agricultural products; to import and purchase wine in bond for blending purposes, the total amount of wine so imported during the year covered by the permit not to exceed forty per cent of all the wine manufactured and imported; to manufacture, purchase, and import brandy for fortifying purposes; and to sell those products either in glass or container for consumption on the premises where manufactured, in sealed containers for consumption off the premises where manufactured, and to wholesale permit holders under the rules adopted by the division of liquor control.
(B)(1) The holder of an A-2 permit shall not sell directly to a retailer. In order to make sales to a retailer, the manufacturer shall obtain a B-2a permit or make the sale directly to a B-2 or B-5 permit holder for subsequent resale to a retailer.
(2) The holder of an A-2 permit shall not sell directly to a consumer unless the product is sold on the premises in accordance with division (A) of this section. In order to make sales to a consumer off the premises where the wine is manufactured, the manufacturer shall obtain an S-1 or S-2 permit.
(3) Nothing in this chapter prohibits an A-2 permit holder from also holding a B-2a, S-1, or S-2 permit.
(C) The fee for this permit is seventy-six dollars for each plant to which this permit is issued.
Last updated August 24, 2021 at 2:18 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.031 | A-2f Permit.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Subject to divisions (B) and (C) of this section, permit A-2f may be issued to a manufacturer to do all of the following:
(1) Manufacture wine from grapes, fruits, or other agricultural products;
(2) Import and purchase wine in bond for blending purposes. The total amount of wine imported for blending purposes during any year covered by the permit shall not exceed forty per cent of all the wine manufactured and imported.
(3) Manufacture, purchase, and import brandy for fortifying purposes;
(4) Sell products produced under divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section either in glass or container for consumption on the premises where manufactured, in sealed containers for consumption off the premises where manufactured, and to wholesale permit holders under the rules adopted by the division of liquor control.
(B) The division may issue permit A-2f to a manufacturer only if both of the following apply:
(1) The manufacturer grows grapes, fruits, or other agricultural products on property owned by the manufacturer that is classified as land devoted exclusively to agricultural use in accordance with section 5713.31 of the Revised Code.
(2) The manufacturer processes the grapes, fruits, or other agricultural products specified in division (B)(1) of this section into wine and sells the wine as authorized in this section.
(C)(1) The holder of an A-2f permit shall not sell directly to a retailer. In order to make sales to a retailer, the manufacturer shall obtain a B-2a permit or make the sale directly to a B-2 or B-5 permit holder for subsequent resale to a retailer.
(2) The holder of an A-2f permit shall not sell directly to a consumer unless the product is sold on the premises in accordance with division (A) of this section. In order to make sales to a consumer off the premises where the wine is manufactured, the manufacturer shall obtain an S-1 or S-2 permit.
(3) Nothing in this chapter prohibits an A-2f permit holder from also holding a B-2a, S-1, or S-2 permit.
(D) The fee for this permit is seventy-six dollars for each plant to which this permit is issued.
(E) The A-2f permit shall be known as the "Ohio Farm Winery Permit."
Last updated August 4, 2021 at 3:07 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.04 | A-3 Permit.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Permit A-3 may be issued to a manufacturer to manufacture alcohol and spirituous liquor and sell such products to the division of liquor control or to the holders of a like permit or to the holders of A-4 permits for blending or manufacturing purposes; to import alcohol into this state upon such terms as are prescribed by the division; to sell alcohol to manufacturers, hospitals, infirmaries, medical or educational institutions using it for medicinal, mechanical, chemical, or scientific purposes, and to holders of I permits; to import into this state spirituous liquor and wine for blending or other manufacturing purposes; and to export spirituous liquor from this state for sale outside the state.
The fee for this permit is three thousand nine hundred six dollars for each plant; but, if a plant's production capacity is less than five hundred wine barrels of fifty gallons each annually, the fee is two dollars per barrel.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.05 | A-4 Permit.

Effective:
September 1, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 150 - 127th General Assembly
Permit A-4 may be issued to a manufacturer to manufacture prepared highballs, cocktails, cordials, and other mixed drinks containing not less than four per cent of alcohol by volume and not more than twenty-one per cent of alcohol by volume, and to sell such products to wholesale and retail permit holders in sealed containers only under such rules as are adopted by the division of liquor control. The holder of such permit may import into the state spirituous liquor and wine only for blending or other manufacturing purposes under such rules as are prescribed by the division.
The holder of such permit may also purchase spirituous liquor for manufacturing and blending purposes from the holder of an A-3 permit issued by the division. The fee for an A-4 permit is three thousand nine hundred six dollars for each plant.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.06 | B-1 Permit.

Effective:
July 30, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 48 - 130th General Assembly
Permit B-1 may be issued to a wholesale distributor of beer to purchase from the holders of A-1 or A-1c permits and to import and distribute or sell beer for home use and to retail permit holders under rules adopted by the division of liquor control. The fee for this permit is three thousand one hundred twenty-five dollars for each distributing plant or warehouse during the year covered by the permit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.07 | B-2 Permit.

Effective:
September 28, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 342 - 131st General Assembly
Permit B-2 may be issued to a wholesale distributor of wine to purchase from holders of A-2, A-2f, and B-5 permits and distribute or sell that product, in the original container in which it was placed by the B-5 permit holder or manufacturer at the place where manufactured, to retail permit holders and for home use. The fee for this permit is five hundred dollars for each distributing plant or warehouse.
The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.071 | B-2a Permit to Wine Manufacturers.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A)(1) The division of liquor control may issue a B-2a permit to a person that manufactures wine. If the person resides outside this state, the person shall comply with the requirements governing the issuance of licenses or permits that authorize the sale of intoxicating liquor by the appropriate authority of the state in which the person resides and by the alcohol and tobacco tax and trade bureau in the United States department of the treasury.
(2) The fee for the B-2a permit is twenty-five dollars.
(3) The holder of a B-2a permit may sell wine to a retail permit holder. However, a B-2a permit holder that is a wine manufacturer may sell to a retail permit holder only wine that the B-2a permit holder has manufactured and for which a territory designation has not been filed in this state.
(4) The holder of a B-2a permit shall renew the permit in accordance with section 4303.271 of the Revised Code, except that renewal shall not be subject to the notice and hearing requirements established in division (B) of that section.
(B) The holder of a B-2a permit shall collect and pay the taxes relating to the delivery of wine to a retailer that are levied under sections 4301.421 and 4301.432 and Chapters 5739. and 5741. of the Revised Code.
(C) The holder of a B-2a permit shall comply with this chapter, Chapter 4301. of the Revised Code, and any rules adopted by the liquor control commission under section 4301.03 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 9, 2021 at 3:43 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.08 | B-3 Permit.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Permit B-3 may be issued to a wholesale distributor of wine to bottle, distribute, or sell sacramental wine for religious rites upon an application signed, dated, and approved as required by section 4301.23 of the Revised Code. The fee for this permit is one hundred twenty-four dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.09 | B-4 Permit.

Effective:
July 23, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 306 - 125th General Assembly
Permit B-4 may be issued to a wholesale distributor to purchase from the holders of A-4 permits and to import, distribute, and sell prepared and bottled highballs, cocktails, cordials, and other mixed beverages containing not less than four per cent of alcohol by volume and not more than twenty-one per cent of alcohol by volume to retail permit holders, and for home use, under rules adopted by the division of liquor control. The formula and samples of all of those beverages to be handled by the permit holder shall be submitted to the division for its analysis and approval before those beverages may be sold and distributed in this state. All labels and advertising matter used by the holders of this permit shall be approved by the division before they may be used in this state. The fee for this permit is five hundred dollars for each distributing plant or warehouse.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.10 | B-5 Permit.

Effective:
September 28, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 342 - 131st General Assembly
Permit B-5 may be issued to a wholesale distributor of wine to purchase wine from the holders of A-2 and A-2f permits, to purchase and import wine in bond or otherwise, in bulk or in containers of any size, and to bottle wine for distribution and sale to holders of wholesale or retail permits and for home use in sealed containers. No wine shall be bottled by a B-5 permit holder in containers supplied by any person who intends the wine for home use. The fee for this permit is one thousand five hundred sixty-three dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.101 | Sales by Class B Permit Holders at Charitable, Benevolent, Cultural, Educational, or Political Events Not Open to the Public.

Effective:
March 22, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 522 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, a B class permit holder may sell at retail beer, wine, or mixed beverages that the permit holder is authorized to distribute under this chapter, only by the individual drink in glass or from a container, for purposes of on-premises consumption.
(B) A B class permit holder may sell beer, wine, or mixed beverages under division (A) of this section only if the sale is for an event that is hosted by the permit holder and that is either of the following:
(1) For a charitable, benevolent, cultural, educational, or political purpose;
(2) Not open to the general public.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.11 | C-1 Permit.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Permit C-1 may be issued to the owner or operator of a retail store to sell beer in containers and not for consumption on the premises where sold in original containers having a capacity of not more than five and one-sixth gallons. The fee for this permit is two hundred fifty-two dollars for each location.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.12 | C-2 Permit.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Permit C-2 may be issued to the owner or operator of a retail store to sell wine in sealed containers only and not for consumption on the premises where sold in original containers. The holder of this permit may also sell and distribute in original packages and not for consumption on the premises where sold or for resale, prepared and bottled highballs, cocktails, cordials, and other mixed beverages manufactured and distributed by holders of A-4 and B-4 permits, and containing not less than four per cent of alcohol by volume, and not more than twenty-one per cent of alcohol by volume. The fee for this permit is three hundred seventy-six dollars for each location.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.121 | C-2x Permit.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Effective October 1, 1982, permit C-2x shall be issued to the holder of a C-2 permit who does not also hold a C-1 permit, to sell beer only not for consumption on the premises where sold, in original containers having a capacity of not more than five and one-sixth gallons. Applicants for a C-2 permit as of October 1, 1982 shall be issued a C-2x permit subject to the restrictions for the issuance of the C-2 permit. The fee for a C-2x permit is two hundred fifty-two dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.13 | D-1 Permit.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Permit D-1 may be issued to the owner or operator of a hotel, of a retail food establishment or a food service operation licensed pursuant to Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code that operates as a restaurant for purposes of this chapter, or of a club, amusement park, drugstore, lunch stand, boat, or vessel, to sell beer at retail either in glass or container, for consumption on the premises where sold; and to sell beer at retail in other receptacles or in original containers having a capacity of not more than five and one-sixth gallons not for consumption on the premises where sold. The fee for this permit is three hundred seventy-six dollars for each location, boat, or vessel.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.14 | D-2 Permit.

Effective:
March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 102 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Permit D-2 may be issued to the owner or operator of a hotel, of a retail food establishment or a food service operation licensed pursuant to Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code that operates as a restaurant for purposes of this chapter, or of a club, boat, or vessel, to sell cider, wine, and prepared and bottled cocktails, cordials, and other mixed beverages manufactured and distributed by holders of A-4 and B-4 permits at retail, either in glass or container, for consumption on the premises where sold.
(B) A D-2 permit holder may also sell the following for consumption off the premises where sold and not for resale:
(1) Wine in original packages;
(2) Prepared and bottled cocktails, cordials, and other mixed beverages in original packages;
(3) Cider, in original packages, or dispensed in containers with a capacity that does not exceed one gallon.
(C) The fee for this permit is five hundred sixty-four dollars for each location, boat, or vessel.
Last updated January 13, 2022 at 12:11 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.141 | D-2x Permit.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Effective October 1, 1982, permit D-2x shall be issued to the holder of a D-2 permit who does not also hold a D-1 permit, to sell beer at retail either in glass or container for consumption on the premises where sold and to sell beer at retail in other receptacles or original containers having a capacity of not more than five and one-sixth gallons not for consumption on the premises where sold. Applicants for a D-2 permit as of October 1, 1982, shall be issued a D-2x permit subject to the quota restrictions for the issuance of the D-2 permit. The fee for a D-2x permit is three hundred seventy-six dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.15 | D-3 Permit.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Permit D-3 may be issued to the owner or operator of a hotel, of a retail food establishment or a food service operation licensed pursuant to Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code that operates as a restaurant for purposes of this chapter, or of a club, boat, or vessel, to sell spirituous liquor at retail, only by the individual drink in glass or from the container, for consumption on the premises where sold. No sales of intoxicating liquor shall be made by a holder of a D-3 permit after one a.m. The fee for this permit is seven hundred fifty dollars for each location, boat, or vessel.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.151 | D-3x Permit.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
On October 1, 1982, permit D-3x shall be issued to the holder of a D-3 permit to sell wine by the individual drink in glass or from the container, for consumption on the premises where sold. Applications for a D-3 permit on October 1, 1982, may be issued a D-3x permit subject to the quota restrictions for the issuance of a D-3 permit. The fee for a D-3x permit is three hundred dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4303 | Liquor Permits › Section 4303.16 | D-3a Permit.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Permit D-3a may be issued to the holder of a D-3 permit whenever the holder's place of business is operated after one a.m. and spirituous liquor is sold or consumed after that hour. The holder of such permit may sell spirituous liquor during the same hours as the holders of D-5 permits under this chapter and Chapter 4301. of the Revised Code or the rules of the liquor control commission. The fee for a D-3a permit is nine hundred thirty-eight dollars in addition to the fee required for a D-3 permit.
If the holder of a D-3a permit is also the holder of a D-1 permit, the holder may sell beer after one a.m. and during the same hours as the holder of a D-5 permit. If the holder of a D-3a permit is also the holder of a D-2 permit, the holder may sell intoxicating liquor after one a.m. and during the same hours as the holder of a D-5 permit. The holder of a D-3a permit may furnish music and entertainment to the holder's patrons, subject to the same rules as govern D-5 permit holders.