Georgia Code
Article 2 - Prohibited Acts
§ 3-3-26. Prohibition on Drinking of Alcoholic Beverages on Retail Package Premises; Sampling Permitted; Regulation

For purposes of this subsection, the term “sample” means a small amount of any malt beverage, wine, or distilled spirits.
History. Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 103, § 9; Code 1933, § 5A-513, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1; Ga. L. 2020, p. 615, § 5/HB 879.
The 2020 amendment, effective August 3, 2020, designated the existing provisions as subsection (a); in subsection (a), substituted “Except as provided in this Code section or Chapter 15 of this title, no retail package liquor store” for “No retail dealer” at the beginning and deleted the former last sentence, which read: “This Code section shall not apply with respect to sales pursuant to a license for consumption on the premises.”; and added subsections (b) and (c).

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Georgia Code

Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages

Chapter 3 - Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages Generally

Article 2 - Prohibited Acts

§ 3-3-20. Sale of Alcoholic Beverages on Sundays, Election Days, and Christmas Day

§ 3-3-21. Sales of Alcoholic Beverages Near Churches, School Buildings, or Other Sites

§ 3-3-21.1. Possession of Alcoholic Beverages on the Grounds of a Public School

§ 3-3-22. Sale or Furnishing of Alcoholic Beverages to Intoxicated Persons

§ 3-3-23. Furnishing To, Purchase Of, or Possession by Persons Under 21 Years of Age of Alcoholic Beverages; Identification; Serving, or Handling by Persons Under 21 Years of Age in the Course of Employment; Seller’s Receipt of False Identification;...

§ 3-3-23.1. Procedure and Penalties Upon Violation of Code Section 3-3-23

§ 3-3-24. Dispensing, Serving, Selling, or Taking Orders for Alcoholic Beverages by Persons Under 18 Years of Age

§ 3-3-24.1. “Bouncer” Defined; Admission of Under 21 Year Olds Into Bar

§ 3-3-24.2. Posting of Laws Regarding Sale of Alcoholic Beverages to Underage Persons

§ 3-3-25. Sale of or Furnishing Alcoholic Beverages to Prisoners or Inmates of Places of Confinement; Introduction or Possession of Alcoholic Beverages at Georgia War Veterans Home

§ 3-3-26. Prohibition on Drinking of Alcoholic Beverages on Retail Package Premises; Sampling Permitted; Regulation

§ 3-3-27. Unlawful Manufacture, Transportation, Receipt, Possession, Sale, or Distribution of Alcoholic Beverages; Failure to File Proper Reports or Bonds or Pay Fees; Declaration of Apparatus Used in Unlawful Manufacture of Alcoholic Beverages as Co...

§ 3-3-27.1. Report to the Commissioner of Alcoholic Beverages Transported Into This State

§ 3-3-29. Possession, Sale, or Purchase of Distilled Spirits for Which Taxes Not Paid

§ 3-3-30. Storage and Distribution of Alcoholic Beverages by Corporations Granted the Privilege of Establishing, Operating, and Maintaining Foreign Trade Zones

§ 3-3-31. Legislative Findings

§ 3-3-32. Shipment of Alcoholic Beverages Into State by Nonresident, Without License, Who Is in Business of Selling Alcoholic Beverages in Another State

§ 3-3-33. Vaporized Form of Alcoholic Beverages and Alcohol Vaporizing Devices Prohibited

§ 3-3-34. “Powdered Alcohol” Defined; Prohibition; Exception; Penalty