2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 12 - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 4 - Local Licenses › Article 2 - Retail Licenses and Permits › Section 12-4-201 - Retail Liquor Licenses and Malt Beverage Permits; Population Formulas; Fees.

12-4-201. Retail liquor licenses and malt beverage permits; population formulas; fees.
(a) A retail liquor license is the authority under which a licensee is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor or malt beverages for use or consumption but not for resale, except as otherwise provided for by this section.
(b) A malt beverage permit is the authority under which the licensee is permitted to sell malt beverages only.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1979, ch. 156, 4.
(d) The number of retail liquor licenses issued shall be based on the following population formula:
(i) Not more than two (2) licenses in incorporated towns of five hundred (500) population or less;
(ii) Not more than one (1) additional license for each additional five hundred (500) population or major fraction thereof in incorporated cities or towns up to a population of nine thousand five hundred (9,500);
(iii) Not more than one (1) additional license for each additional full three thousand (3,000) population over nine thousand five hundred (9,500); and
(iv) Retail liquor licenses issued to commercial service airports in incorporated cities or towns shall be exempt from the number restrictions in paragraphs (i) through (iii) of this subsection.
(e) The license fee to be assessed for a retail liquor license shall be not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) payable annually in advance.
(f) Retail liquor licenses and malt beverage permits may be granted by the county commissioners as the appropriate licensing authority in a county outside of incorporated cities and towns as follows:
(i) One (1) retail liquor license issued for each five hundred (500) population residing outside cities and towns; but
(ii) No more than three (3) retail liquor licenses issued for locations within five (5) miles of the corporate limits of a city or town. Retail liquor licenses issued to commercial service airports in a county shall be exempt from this paragraph; and
(iii) Malt beverage permits may be issued for county locations without regard to population.
(g) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 22, 3.
(h) The license fee assessed by a county for malt beverage permits shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00).
(j) Licensees authorized to sell alcoholic liquors at retail may purchase for resale not more than nine (9) liters of alcoholic liquors per week from a retail licensee authorized pursuant to this section or from the holder of a satellite manufacturer's permit under W.S. 12-2-203(g)(i). Purchases of alcoholic liquors authorized pursuant to this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with the following:
(i) The seller shall record on a form furnished by the division all of the following:
(A) The name and signature of the licensee making the purchase;
(B) The date and time of the purchase;
(C) The purchaser's Wyoming state tax resale number.
(ii) The form collected pursuant to paragraph (i) of this subsection shall be provided to the Wyoming state liquor division within thirty (30) days of the sale and shall be maintained by the seller of the alcoholic liquor for not less than one (1) year after the date of the sale. The form shall be available upon request for the division to inspect.
(k) A retail liquor licensee may ship not more than a total of one hundred eight (108) liters of manufactured wine directly to any one (1) household in this state in any twelve (12) month period provided the licensee:
(i) Ships the manufactured wine only to individuals who are at least twenty-one (21) years of age for such individual's personal use and not for resale;
(ii) Ensures that all shipping containers of manufactured wine shipped pursuant to this subsection are conspicuously labeled with the words: "CONTAINS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. ADULT (OVER 21) SIGNATURE REQUIRED FOR DELIVERY"; and
(iii) Ensures that all of its shipments within this state are made by a duly licensed carrier and further ensure that the carriers comply with the requirement to obtain an adult signature.
(m) A commercial service airport holding a retail liquor license may contract for or otherwise subcontract any food and beverage services provided at the airport to another individual or entity without transferring the retail liquor license held by the airport under this section. Sales of alcoholic liquor or malt beverages shall only be made in the terminal building and connected concourses of the airport where persons engaged in commercial air travel transfer on and off aircraft.