Iowa Code
Chapter 123 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL
Section 123.10 - Rules.

123.10 Rules.
The administrator, with the approval of the commission and subject to chapter 17A, may adopt rules as necessary to carry out this chapter. The administrator’s authority extends to, but is not limited to, the following:
1. Prescribing the duties of officers, clerks, agents, or other employees of the division and regulating their conduct while in the discharge of their duties.
2. Regulating the management, equipment, and merchandise of state warehouses in and from which alcoholic liquors are transported, kept, or sold and prescribing the books and records to be kept therein.
3. Regulating the purchase of alcoholic liquor generally and the furnishing of the liquor to class “E” liquor control licensees under this chapter, and determining the classes, varieties, and brands of alcoholic liquors to be kept in state warehouses.
4. Prescribing forms or information blanks to be used for the purposes of this chapter.
5. Prescribing the nature and character of evidence which shall be required to establish legal age.
6. Providing for the issuance and electronic distribution of price lists which show the price to be paid by class “E” liquor control licensees for each brand, class, or variety of liquor kept for sale by the division, providing for the filing or posting of prices charged in sales between class “A” beer and class “A” wine permit holders and retailers, as provided in this chapter, and establishing or controlling the prices based on minimum standards of fill, quantity, or alcoholic content for each individual sale of alcoholic beverages as deemed necessary for retail or consumer protection. However, the division shall not regulate markups, prices, discounts, allowances, or other terms of sale at which alcoholic liquor may be purchased by the retail public or liquor control licensees from class “E” liquor control licensees or at which wine may be purchased and sold by class “A” and retail wine permittees, or change, nullify, or vary the terms of an agreement between a holder of a vintner certificate of compliance and a class “A” wine permittee.
7. Prescribing the official seals, labels, or other markings which shall be attached to or stamped on packages of alcoholic liquor sold under this chapter.
8. Prescribing, subject to this chapter, the days and hours during which state warehouses shall be kept open for the purpose of the sale and delivery of alcoholic liquors.
9. Prescribing the place and the manner in which alcoholic liquor may be lawfully kept or stored by the licensed manufacturer under this chapter.
10. Prescribing the time, manner, means, and method by which distillers, vendors, or others authorized under this chapter may deliver or transport alcoholic liquors and prescribing the time, manner, means, and methods by which alcoholic liquor may be lawfully conveyed, carried, or transported.
11. Prescribing, subject to the provisions of this chapter, the conditions and qualifications necessary for the obtaining of licenses and permits and the books and records to be kept and the remittances to be made by those holding licenses and permits and providing for the inspection of the records of all such licensees and permittees.
12. Providing for the issuance of combination licenses and permits with fees consistent with individual license and permit fees as may be necessary for the efficient administration of this chapter.
13. Providing for the issuance of a waiver for an individual of legal age desiring to import alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer in excess of the amount provided in section 123.22, 123.122, or 123.171, as applicable. The waiver shall be limited to those individuals who were domiciled outside the state within one year of the request for a waiver and shall provide that any alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer imported pursuant to the waiver shall be for personal consumption only in a private home or other private accommodation.
14. Prescribing the uniform fee to be assessed against a class “B” beer permittee, class “C” native wine permittee, or liquor control licensee, except a class “E” liquor control licensee, to cover the administrative costs incurred by the division resulting from the failure of the licensee or permittee to maintain dramshop liability insurance coverage pursuant to section 123.92, subsection 2, paragraph “a”.
15. Prescribing the uniform fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars, to be assessed against a licensee or permittee for a contested case hearing conducted by the division or by an administrative law judge from the department of inspections and appeals which results in administrative action taken against the licensee or permittee by the division.
[C35, §1921-f17; C39, §1921.017; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §123.17; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.21]
85 Acts, ch 32, §16, 17; 86 Acts, ch 1122, §7; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §739; 86 Acts, ch 1246, §731, 732; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §204
C2016, §123.10
2016 Acts, ch 1008, §2; 2018 Acts, ch 1060, §6; 2018 Acts, ch 1096, §1, 6, 7; 2019 Acts, ch 113, §3, 4
Former §123.10 transferred to §123.7;
2015 Acts, ch 30, §204

Structure Iowa Code

Iowa Code

Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 123 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL

Section 123.1 - Public policy declared.

Section 123.2 - General prohibition.

Section 123.3 - Definitions.

Section 123.4 - Alcoholic beverages division created.

Section 123.5 - Alcoholic beverages commission created — appointment — removal — vacancies.

Section 123.6 - Commission meetings.

Section 123.7 - Administrator appointed — duties.

Section 123.8 - Duties of commission and administrator.

Section 123.9 - Powers of administrator.

Section 123.10 - Rules.

Section 123.11 - Compensation and expenses.

Section 123.12 - Exemption from suit.

Section 123.13 - Prohibitions on commission members and employees.

Section 123.14 - Alcoholic beverage control law enforcement.

Section 123.15 - Favors from licensee or permittee.

Section 123.16 - Annual report.

Section 123.17 - Beer and liquor control fund — allocations to substance abuse programs — use of civil penalties.

Section 123.18 - Appropriations.

Section 123.19 - Distiller’s certificate of compliance — injunction — penalty.

Section 123.20 - Powers.

Section 123.21 - Rules.

Section 123.22 - State monopoly.

Section 123.23 - Distiller’s certificate of compliance — injunction — penalty.

Section 123.24 - Alcoholic liquor sales by the division — dishonored payments — liquor prices.

Section 123.25 - Consumption on premises.

Section 123.26 - Restrictions on sales — seals — labeling.

Section 123.27 - Sales and deliveries prohibited.

Section 123.28 - Restrictions on transportation.

Section 123.29 - Patent and proprietary products and sacramental wine.

Section 123.30 - Liquor control licenses — classes.

Section 123.31 - Liquor control licenses — application contents.

Section 123.32 - Action by local authorities and division on applications for liquor control licenses, native distilled spirits licenses, and wine and beer permits.

Section 123.33 - Records.

Section 123.34 - Expiration of licenses, permits, and certificates of compliance — seasonal, fourteen-day, and five-day licenses and permits — fees.

Section 123.35 - Simplified renewal procedure — class “E” procedure.

Section 123.36 - Liquor control license fees — Sunday sales.

Section 123.37 - Exclusive power to license and levy taxes — disputed taxes.

Section 123.38 - Nature of permit or license — surrender — transfer.

Section 123.38A - Confidential investigative records.

Section 123.39 - Suspension or revocation of license or permit — civil penalty.

Section 123.40 - Effect of revocation.

Section 123.41 - Manufacturer’s license — alcoholic liquor.

Section 123.42 - Broker’s permit.

Section 123.43 - Class “A” native distilled spirits license — application and issuance — fees.

Section 123.43A - Native distilleries.

Section 123.44 - Gifts prohibited.

Section 123.45 - Limitations on business interests.

Section 123.46 - Consumption or intoxication in public places — notifications — chemical tests — expungement.

Section 123.46A - Delivery of alcoholic beverages by retailers.

Section 123.47 - Persons under eighteen years of age, persons eighteen, nineteen, or twenty years of age, and persons twenty-one years of age and older.

Section 123.47A - Persons age eighteen, nineteen, and twenty — penalty.

Section 123.47B - Parental and school notification — persons under eighteen years of age.

Section 123.48 - Seizure of false or altered driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card.

Section 123.49 - Miscellaneous prohibitions.

Section 123.50 - Criminal and civil penalties.

Section 123.50A - Alcohol compliance employee training program.

Section 123.51 - Advertisements for alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer.

Section 123.52 - Prohibited sale.

Section 123.53 - Beer and liquor control fund — allocations to substance abuse — use of civil penalties.

Section 123.54 - Appropriations.

Section 123.55 - Annual report.

Section 123.56 - Native wines.

Section 123.57 - Examination of accounts.

Section 123.58 - Auditing.

Section 123.59 - Bootlegging — penalties.

Section 123.60 - Nuisances.

Section 123.61 - Penalty.

Section 123.62 - Injunction.

Section 123.63 - Temporary writ.

Section 123.64 - Notice.

Section 123.65 - Scope of injunction.

Section 123.66 - Trial of action.

Section 123.67 - General reputation.

Section 123.68 - Contempt.

Section 123.69 - Trial of contempt action.

Section 123.70 - Injunction against bootlegger.

Section 123.71 - Conditions on injunction proceeding.

Section 123.72 - Order of abatement of nuisance.

Section 123.73 - Use of abated premises.

Section 123.74 - Fees.

Section 123.75 - Proceeds of sale.

Section 123.76 - Abatement of nuisance.

Section 123.77 - Abatement before judgment.

Section 123.78 - Existing liens.

Section 123.79 - Abatement bond a lien.

Section 123.80 - Attested copies filed.

Section 123.81 - Forfeiture of bond.

Section 123.82 - Procedure.

Section 123.83 - Method of trial.

Section 123.84 - Judgment.

Section 123.85 - Appeal.

Section 123.86 - County attorney to prosecute.

Section 123.87 - Prompt service.

Section 123.88 - Evidence.

Section 123.89 - Counts.

Section 123.90 - Penalties generally.

Section 123.91 - Second and subsequent conviction.

Section 123.92 - Civil liability for dispensing or sale and service of any alcoholic beverage (Dramshop Act) — liability insurance — underage persons.

Section 123.93 - Limitation of action.

Section 123.94 - Inurement of action prohibited.

Section 123.95 - Premises must be licensed — exception as to conventions and social gatherings.

Section 123.97 - Covered into general fund.

Section 123.98 - Labeling shipments.

Section 123.99 - False statements.

Section 123.100 - Packages in transit.

Section 123.101 - Record of shipments.

Section 123.102 - Inspection of shipping records.

Section 123.103 - Record and certification upon delivery.

Section 123.104 - Unlawful delivery.

Section 123.105 - Immunity from damage.

Section 123.106 - Federal statutes.

Section 123.107 - Unnecessary allegations.

Section 123.108 - Second conviction defined.

Section 123.109 - Record of conviction.

Section 123.110 - Proof of sale.

Section 123.111 - Purchaser as witness.

Section 123.112 - Peace officer as witness.

Section 123.113 - Judgment lien.

Section 123.114 - Enforcement of lien.

Section 123.115 - Defense.

Section 123.116 - Right to receive alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer.

Section 123.117 - Delivery to sheriff.

Section 123.118 - Destruction.

Section 123.119 - Evidence.

Section 123.120 - Attempt to destroy.

Section 123.121 - Venue.

Section 123.122 - Beer certificate, permit, or license required — exception for personal use.

Section 123.123 - Effect on liquor control licensees.

Section 123.124 - Beer permits — classes.

Section 123.125 - Issuance of beer permits.

Section 123.126 - High alcoholic content beer — applicability.

Section 123.126A - Canned cocktails — applicability — manufacture.

Section 123.127 - Class “A” and special class “A” beer permit application and issuance.

Section 123.128 - Class “B” beer permit application.

Section 123.129 - Class “C” beer permit application.

Section 123.130 - Authority under class “A” and special class “A” beer permits.

Section 123.131 - Authority under class “B” beer permit.

Section 123.132 - Authority under class “C” beer permit.

Section 123.133 - Sale on trains — bond.

Section 123.134 - Beer permit fees — Sunday sales.

Section 123.135 - Brewer’s certificate of compliance — penalties.

Section 123.136 - Barrel tax.

Section 123.137 - Report of barrel sales — penalty.

Section 123.138 - Records required — keg identification sticker.

Section 123.139 - Separate locations — class “A” or special class “A” beer permit.

Section 123.140 - Separate locations — class “B” or “C” beer permit.

Section 123.141 - Keeping liquor where beer is sold.

Section 123.142 - Unlawful sale and importation.

Section 123.143 - Distribution of funds.

Section 123.144 - Bottling beer.

Section 123.145 - Labels on bottles, barrels, etc.— conclusive evidence.

Section 123.146 - Importation of beer for personal use.

Section 123.150 - Sunday sales before New Year’s Day.

Section 123.151 - Posting notice on drunk driving laws required.

Section 123.153 - Definitions.

Section 123.154 - Project — revenue bonds.

Section 123.155 - Proceedings.

Section 123.156 - Bonds not debt of state.

Section 123.157 - Anticipatory notes.

Section 123.158 - Notice.

Section 123.159 - Exemption from taxation.

Section 123.160 - Bonds as investments.

Section 123.161 - Independent authorization.

Section 123.162 - Limitation.

Section 123.171 - Wine certificate, permit, or license required — exceptions for personal use.

Section 123.172 - Effect on liquor control licensees.

Section 123.173 - Wine permits — classes — authority.

Section 123.173A - Charity beer, spirits, and wine auction permit.

Section 123.173B - Charity beer, spirits, and wine event permit.

Section 123.174 - Issuance of wine permits.

Section 123.175 - Class “A” or retail wine permit application and issuance.

Section 123.176 - Native wines.

Section 123.177 - Authority under class “A” wine permit.

Section 123.178 - Authority under class “B” wine permit.

Section 123.178A - Authority under class “B” native wine permit.

Section 123.178B - Authority under class “C” native wine permit.

Section 123.179 - Permit fees.

Section 123.180 - Vintner’s certificate of compliance — wholesale and retail restrictions — penalties.

Section 123.181 - Prohibited acts.

Section 123.182 - Labels — point of origin — conclusive evidence.

Section 123.183 - Wine gallonage tax and related funds.

Section 123.184 - Report of gallonage sales — penalty.

Section 123.185 - Records required.

Section 123.186 - Federal regulations adopted as rules — penalties.

Section 123.187 - Direct shipment of wine — permit and requirements.

Section 123.188 - Wine carrier — permit and requirements.