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Chapter 1 - Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Part 1 - Commission Creation, Membership, and Employees
§ 57-1-101. “Commission” Defined - Whenever the word “commission” appears in the context of this...
§ 57-1-107. Chief Law Enforcement Officer — Appointment — Qualifications — Travel Expenses - The commission is hereby authorized to appoint a chief law...
§ 57-1-110. Offering Gifts or Bribes to Commissioners — Penalty - When any distillery, wholesaler or retailer licensed under this chapter,...
§ 57-1-111. Full-Time Employment - The director, the chief law enforcement officer and all other...
§ 57-1-112. “Licensed Retailer”, “Retailer” or “Retail Licensee” to Include Retail Food Store Wine Licensees - As used in §§57-1-110,57-3-406(b) and (g) and57-3-204(c), “licensed retailer”, “retailer”...
Part 2 - Powers and Duties of Commission
§ 57-1-202. Transfer of Provisions Relating to Contraband Liquor - The duties, authority, powers and functions as contained and enumerated...
§ 57-1-203. Transfer of Duties Relating to Price Regulations - Certain duties, powers and functions authorized under chapter 6, part...
§ 57-1-205. Alcoholic Beverage Tax Collection - The alcoholic beverage tax levied and authorized to be collected...
§ 57-1-210. Commission — Authority to Investigate And/or Arrest - In addition to the other duties imposed under this chapter,...
§ 57-1-212. Retired Agents' Service Weapons After Twenty-Five (25) Years of Service - Any agent of the alcoholic beverage commission who retires after...
Chapter 2 - Local Option—manufacture Only
§ 57-2-104. Possession, Storage or Transportation by Manufacturer Lawful — Rights Limited - A manufacturer licensed pursuant to §57-2-102 [repealed], or the authorized...
§ 57-2-107. Hours of Sale for Licensed Manufacturer to Sell at Retail - The hours of sale for a manufacturer licensed to sell...
§ 57-2-109. Adoption of Ordinance to Prohibit Construction or Operation of Licensed Manufacturer Under § 57-3-202 — Applicability - Any city with a population of no less than five...
Chapter 3 - Local Option—traffic in Intoxicating Liquors
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 57-3-101. Title Definitions - shall not be considered to be an alcoholic beverage and...
§ 57-3-104. Enforcement and Administration by Commission — Licensing Procedures - certifies that any licensee has habitually violated this chapter, or...
§ 57-3-105. Conflicts of Interest Prohibited - No member of the commission and no person employed by...
§ 57-3-106. Local Option Election — Municipalities Where Applicable — Supplemental Voter Registration — Restrictions on Frequency of Elections - not less than nor more than 12,100 12,200 23,500 24,000...
§ 57-3-109. Damaged or Unaccepted Goods — Liability for Tax - When any common carrier transporting alcoholic beverages to a point...
§ 57-3-111. Appropriation for Enforcement of Law - There is appropriated from state license and permit fees a...
§ 57-3-112. Partial Invalidity of Law — Operation and Effect - If the referendum election provisions of this chapter, or any...
Part 2 - Licenses and Fees
§ 57-3-201. License Classifications - The alcoholic beverage commission may issue, under this chapter, the...
§ 57-3-204. Retailer's Licenses — Fees — Disposition of Alcoholic Beverages After Retailer Ceases Doing Business — Sale by Manufacturer and Other Entities. [Effective Until July 1, 2021. See the Version Effective on July 1, 2021.] - To permit licensed manufacturers to obtain a license to sell...
§ 57-3-204. Retailer's Licenses — Fees — Disposition of Alcoholic Beverages After Retailer Ceases Doing Business — Sale by Manufacturer and Other Entities. [Effective on July 1, 2021. See the Version Effective Until July 1, 2021.] - To permit licensed manufacturers to obtain a license to sell...
§ 57-3-206. Collection and Disposition of Wholesale and Retail Dealers License Fees - It is made the duty of the commission to collect...
§ 57-3-207. Grape and Wine Law - Except as otherwise provided in subsection (v), wine that is...
§ 57-3-208. Certificate Required — Contents — Exceptions. [Effective Until July 1, 2021. See the Version Effective on July 1, 2021.] - [Effective until July 1, 2021.]
§ 57-3-211. Display of License, Rules and Regulations - Any person granted a license to carry on any of...
§ 57-3-216. Federal License as Evidence of Sales - The possession of any federal license to sell alcoholic beverages...
§ 57-3-219. Continuation of the Issuance of Licenses for the Retail Sale of Alcoholic Beverages for Off-the-Premises Consumption in Certain Counties - If, a smaller city located in a county having a...
§ 57-3-223. Retail Licensee Permitted to Also Hold License to Sell Alcoholic Beverages for Consumption on Premises — Requirements - Notwithstanding any other provision in this title or any rule...
Part 3 - Taxes
§ 57-3-305. State Tax Exclusive - The tax imposed in §§57-3-302 and57-3-303 is a state tax,...
§ 57-3-308. Taxes on High Alcohol Content Beer - The taxes imposed on high alcohol content beer shall be...
Part 4 - Prohibited Acts — Enforcement
§ 57-3-405. Solicitation of Business Restricted - It is unlawful for any representative, employee, or agent of...
§ 57-3-407. Action Against Commission — Venue - Any action brought against the commission as such shall be...
§ 57-3-408. Actions by Attorney General to Recover Fees, Taxes, Penalties - Whenever any person licensed under this chapter fails to account...
§ 57-3-409. Investigations by Commission - The commission is authorized to examine the books, papers and...
§ 57-3-410. Grand Jury Investigations - To the end that this chapter may be better enforced,...
Part 5 - Municipal Inspection Fees
§ 57-3-502. Collection by Wholesaler From Retailer - The inspection fee shall be collected by the wholesaler from...
Part 6 - Nonresident Seller's Permits
§ 57-3-601. Short Title - This part shall be known as the “Nonresident Liquor Seller's...
§ 57-3-603. Authorized Transactions - Except as otherwise provided in §57-3-602(c), the holder of a...
§ 57-3-604. Prohibited Actions - No holder of a nonresident seller's permit, nor any officer,...
§ 57-3-606. Wholesalers to Import From Nonresident Seller Permittees Only - No wholesaler licensed under §57-3-203 may purchase or order any...
Part 7 - Employee and Server Permits
§ 57-3-701. Short Title - This part shall be known as the “Alcohol Server Responsibility...
§ 57-3-702. Commission Authorized to Issue Permits - The commission is authorized to issue employee permits pursuant to...
§ 57-3-705. Commission Certification - The commission shall certify any organization or entity seeking to...
§ 57-3-706. Criminal Record Check - The commission may conduct a criminal record review of any...
§ 57-3-707. Temporary Permits — Replacement Permit Cards — Property of Employee - A new server may work for sixty-one (61) days after...
§ 57-3-708. Permit Renewal - Each employee and server permit shall be valid for five...
§ 57-3-709. Fees - The commission may assess an application and renewal fee for...
§ 57-3-710. Implementation - The commission is authorized to promulgate appropriate rules to implement...
Part 8 - Sale of Wine in Retail Food Stores
§ 57-3-801. Referendum for Sale of Wine in Retail Food Stores — Form of Referendum — Time of Election - For legal sale of wine at retail food stores in...
§ 57-3-802. Part Definitions - For purposes of this part:
§ 57-3-804. Application Fee and Annual License Fee - Each applicant for a retail food store wine license shall...
§ 57-3-805. Location of Licensed Premises - The premises of a retail food store wine license may...
§ 57-3-807. Applicability of Part 2 of This Chapter to Retail Food Store Wine Licenses - Laws applicable to the issuance, renewal, suspension, and termination of...
§ 57-3-809. Prohibition Against Sale to Intoxicated Persons or Persons Accompanied by an Intoxicated Person - No retail food store wine licensee shall sell any alcoholic...
§ 57-3-811. Hours for Selling or Giving Away Wine - No retail food store shall sell, give away, or otherwise...
§ 57-3-813. Prohibition Against Credit Sales to Licensee by Wholesaler - No wholesaler shall sell any product to a retail food...
§ 57-3-814. Licensee Prohibited From Sale of Wine in Connection With Wholesale Wine or Alcoholic Beverage Business in State - No holder of a retail food store wine license shall...
§ 57-3-819. Prohibition Against Sale or Gift of Wine on Certain Holidays - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a retail food store...
Part 9 - Unfair Wine Sales Law
§ 57-3-901. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 57-3-902. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 57-3-904. Assisting or Aiding Violation of Part — Penalty - Any individual who, as a director, officer, partner, member, or...
§ 57-3-905. Contracts in Violation of Part Illegal and Void - Any contract, express or implied, made by any person, firm,...
§ 57-3-907. Restrictions on Sales by Retail Food Stores - No retail food store as defined in §57-3-802 shall sell,...
§ 57-3-909. Exceptions From Application of Part - This part shall not apply to sales at retail made...
Part 10 - Intoxicating Liquor Sales Law
§ 57-3-1001. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 57-3-1002. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 57-3-1004. Persons Assisting or Aiding in Violation — Penalty - Any individual who, as a director, officer, partner, member, or...
§ 57-3-1005. Contracts in Violation of Part Void - Any contract, express or implied, made by any person, firm,...
§ 57-3-1008. Applicability - This part shall not apply to sales at retail made...
Part 11 - Tennessee Wine and Grape Board
§ 57-3-1103. Promulgation of Rules by Board - The board may promulgate rules for the purpose of carrying...
Chapter 4 - Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages on Premises
§ 57-4-102. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 57-4-103. Applicability of Chapter — Referendum — Form of Question - For legal sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the...
§ 57-4-104. Applicability of Amendments to Chapter - The amendments to §§57-4-101,57-4-102,57-4-201,57-4-203 and57-4-301, made by Chapter 444 of...
§ 57-4-105. Serving Wine at Art Galleries - Any art gallery that does not sell food or beverages...
§ 57-4-106. Authority to Serve or Sell High Alcohol Content Beer if Authorized to Serve or Sell Wine - If a premises is authorized pursuant to this chapter to...
Part 2 - Administration, Enforcement, Prohibited Acts
§ 57-4-202. Revocation or Suspension of Permits — Pilot Project Concerning Local and Municipal Beer Boards - not less than nor more than 6,800 6,900 19,100 19,150...
Part 3 - Taxes and Fees
§ 57-4-301. Privilege Taxes — Tax on Retail Sales — Carrier License Fees — Mixing Bar Tax - Effective July 2003 July 2004 (A) Private club $ 300...
§ 57-4-302. Collection of Taxes - The commissioner of revenue is charged with the responsibility of...
§ 57-4-303. Settlement of Tax on Quitting Business - If any licensee liable for any tax, interest or penalty...
§ 57-4-306. Distribution of Collections - not less than nor more than 336,400 336,500 98,900 99,000...
§ 57-4-307. Damaged or Unaccepted Goods — Liability for Tax - When any common carrier transporting alcoholic beverages to a point...
§ 57-4-308. Violation a Misdemeanor - Any violation of this chapter is a misdemeanor and punishable...
Chapter 5 - Beer
§ 57-5-108. Revocation or Suspension of Permits or Licenses — Civil Penalty — Review of Orders — Pilot Project Concerning Local and Municipal Beer Boards - not less than nor more than 6,800 6,900 19,100 19,150...
§ 57-5-113. Sale of Beer Allowed Any Time Authorized to Sell Liquor and Wine — Beer Permit Required - Any establishment that is permitted to sell liquor or wine...
§ 57-5-114. Separate License for Distribution of High Alcohol Content Beer Not Required - Any wholesale distributor of beer that has a valid wholesale...
Part 2 - Taxation
§ 57-5-203. Payment of Tax Money — Deadline - The tax imposed in §57-5-201 shall be paid to the...
§ 57-5-204. Default in Payment of State Privilege Taxes — Cancellation of Certificate - If any such person shall at any time make default...
§ 57-5-205. Distribution of State Privilege Tax — Special Census by Municipality or County - The state privilege tax collected under §§57-5-201 —57-5-204 shall be...
Part 3 - Prohibited Acts -
Part 4 - Transportation
§ 57-5-407. Interstate Shipments Through Tennessee Excepted From Part - This part shall not be construed as being applicable to...
§ 57-5-411. Disposition of Seized Property — Application of Proceeds — Taxes Paid Before Delivery of Property - Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 5; impl. am....
§ 57-5-412. Costs and Fees of Hearing - Costs incurred in each hearing, including witness fees, mileage expenses...
§ 57-5-413. Review of Action of Commissioner - Any action of the commissioner shall be reviewable by a...
§ 57-5-414. Inspection of Products, Records, Documents and Premises — Violation - Every distributor or dealer in beer or other such beverages...
§ 57-5-416. Storage at Location Other Than Specific Retail Location for Which Purchased Unlawful - In order to facilitate the effective collection and enforcement by...
Part 5 - Beer Wholesaler-Supplier Relations
§ 57-5-501. Purpose - The legislative intent and purpose of this part is to...
§ 57-5-502. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 57-5-503. Prohibitions - The following are prohibited under this part:
§ 57-5-506. Termination or Modification of Agreement With Wholesaler by Supplier in Not Less Than 30 Days Upon Written Notice — Conditions - A supplier may amend, modify, terminate, cancel, discontinue or fail...
§ 57-5-507. Termination or Modification of Agreement With Wholesaler by Supplier — Prerequisites - Except as provided in §§57-5-505 and57-5-506, a supplier may not...
§ 57-5-508. Termination or Modification of Agreement With Wholesaler by Supplier — Notice - Notice by a supplier of any amendment, modification, termination, cancellation,...
§ 57-5-509. Disputes — Arbitration - Any dispute arising under this part may be settled by...
§ 57-5-511. Waiver of Rights by Wholesaler Prohibited — Voluntary Settlement of Disputes - A wholesaler may not waive any of the rights granted...
Part 6 - Tennessee Responsible Vendor Act of 2006
§ 57-5-601. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 57-5-602. Legislative Intent - It is the intent of the legislature through the provisions...
§ 57-5-603. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 57-5-604. Authority of Commission - The commission shall have the authority to approve all responsible...
§ 57-5-606. Qualification for Responsible Vendor Status - In order to qualify for responsible vendor status, the vendor...
§ 57-5-607. Loss of Certification for Sale to Minor - If a beer board determines that a sale to a...
Chapter 6 - Wholesale Taxes
Part 1 - Wholesale Beer Tax
§ 57-6-101. Short Title - This part shall be known as the “Wholesale Beer Tax...
§ 57-6-102. Part Definitions - For the purposes of this part:
§ 57-6-108. Cash Sales Only to Retailers - In order to effectively collect the tax levied by this...
§ 57-6-111. Exemption of Sales to Armed Forces Installations - The tax levied herein shall not be applicable to any...
§ 57-6-112. Exclusiveness of Tax - Any county or municipality which collects the tax as provided...
§ 57-6-113. Enforcement of Law - Municipal and county officials are given the authority to and...
§ 57-6-115. Damaged or Unaccepted Goods — Tax Liability - When any common carrier transporting beer to a point within...
§ 57-6-116. Expenses of Enforcement of Law Limited - For the purpose of carrying out this part, the commissioner...
§ 57-6-117. Construction of Law — Invalidity - If any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this part...
§ 57-6-118. Effect of Unconstitutionality of Part - In the event this part is declared unconstitutional, it is...
Part 2 - Wholesale Tax on Other Alcoholic Beverages -
Chapter 9 - Disposition
§ 57-9-101. Destruction of Liquor and Paraphernalia - not less than nor more than 3,700 4,700 6,000 7,800...
§ 57-9-102. Arrest of Persons Implicated in Manufacture - It shall be the duty of such officer to make...
§ 57-9-103. Officers to Take Into Possession Intoxicating Liquors Held or Transported Illegally - All sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and police officers of the state...
§ 57-9-104. Officers to File Written Statement About Intoxicants Taken - Every such officer so taking into possession any such intoxicating...
§ 57-9-105. Court Having Jurisdiction - In any county having more than one (1) circuit court,...
§ 57-9-106. Delivery of Seized Liquor to Sheriff - Every officer, other than the sheriff, taking into possession intoxicating...
§ 57-9-107. Sheriff to Keep Intoxicants Until Otherwise Ordered by Court - The sheriff shall safely keep in possession all intoxicating liquors,...
§ 57-9-108. Sheriff's Statement of Intoxicants Held - At each term of the circuit or criminal court, the...
§ 57-9-109. Notice to Owners - The filing of the statement, set out in §57-9-104, shall...
§ 57-9-110. Notice When Name of Owner Unknown - If the name of the person transporting, receiving or possessing...
§ 57-9-111. Claimants of Liquor — Petition - All persons claiming any interest in intoxicating liquors seized in...
§ 57-9-112. Answer to Petition Claiming Ownership - It shall be the duty of the district attorney general...
§ 57-9-113. Petition Claiming Ownership Tried in Summary Manner - The hearing of such petition shall be had in a...
§ 57-9-114. Determination of Claims to Liquor - Where any person claims an interest in any liquor seized...
§ 57-9-116. Report of Sales - All sales of liquor made as directed in §§57-9-115 —57-9-119...
§ 57-9-117. Disposition of Liquor Bearing No Federal Tax Stamp — Destruction of Spoiled Liquor - Should liquor not having a federal stamp on the bottle...
§ 57-9-118. Sheriff's Inventory to Facilitate Credit to Proper Jurisdiction - It shall be the duty of the sheriff to keep...
§ 57-9-119. No Disposition Prior to Time for Filing Claim - The court shall not order the sale or destruction of...
§ 57-9-120. Possession of Liquor Is Prima Facie Evidence of Unlawful Transportation, Reception, and Possession - In proceedings under this part, the possession of intoxicating liquors,...
Part 2 - Unstamped Beverages — Unlicensed Dealers -
Chapter 10 - Alcohol-Related Injuries
§ 57-10-101. Proximate Cause - The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the consumption...
§ 57-10-102. Standard of Proof - Notwithstanding §57-10-101, no judge or jury may pronounce a judgment...