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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...