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Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter,...
Section 2 - Manufacture and Sale of Alcoholic Beverages - Section 2. No person shall manufacture, with intent to sell,...
Section 2a - Sale, Manufacture or Possession of Powdered Alcohol Prohibited; Exceptions - Section 2A. No person shall sell, offer for sale, manufacture...
Section 3 - Manufacture and Storage of Alcoholic Beverages for Private Use - Section 3. This chapter shall not apply to the manufacture...
Section 4 - Licensing Boards; Appointments; Membership - Section 4. In each city which is not exempt by...
Section 5 - Terms of Office of Licensing Board; Removal; Review; Notice; Fee - Section 5. The terms of office of the members first...
Section 6 - Chairman of Licensing Board; Quorum; Vacancies - Section 6. The mayor shall designate one member as chairman,...
Section 7 - Offices of Licensing Board; Salaries; Expenses - Section 7. Each city which has such a board shall...
Section 8 - Limitation of Sec. 7 - Section 8. If, at any biennial state election, a city...
Section 9 - Records of Licensing Boards; Quarterly Reports; Sworn Statements - Section 9. Each board shall keep a record of its...
Section 10 - Cities Exempt From Operation of Six Preceding Sections; Residency Requirement of Board or Commission Members - Section 10. The following cities shall be exempt from the...
Section 10a - Annual Report of Local Licensing Authorities to Commission - Section 10A. The local licensing authorities shall file with the...
Section 10b - Authority to Declare Office of Member of Board Vacant - Section 10B. The commission shall have authority to declare the...
Section 11 - Questions to Be Placed on Ballot at Biennial State Election - Section 11. Except as hereinafter provided, the state secretary shall...
Section 11a - Submission of Question at Special and Regular Municipal Elections; Petition; Taverns - Section 11A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...
Section 12 - Licenses Authorizing Sale of Beverages to Be Drunk on Premises; Veterans' Organizations, Corporations, etc.; Suspension or Revocation; Hours of Sale; Liqueurs and Cordials; Liquor Legal Liability Insurance Requirement - Section 12. A common victualler duly licensed under chapter one...
Section 12a - Renewal of Licenses to Conduct Restaurant; Investigations - Section 12A. No license issued under section twelve to conduct...
Section 12b - Operation of Premises Licensed to Sell Alcoholic Beverages; Nudity - Section 12B. In any city or town which accepts the...
Section 12c - Annual Caterer's License for Sale of Alcoholic Beverages at Private Catering Event; Written Notice; Penalties for Violation - Section 12C. (a) The commission may issue an annual caterer's...
Section 13 - Licensing of Railroad or Car and Airline Corporations; Vessel Owners and Operators; Shipping Companies and Ship Chandlers - Section 13. A railroad or car corporation operating any line...
Section 14 - Special Licenses to Managers of Indoor or Outdoor Activities; Fees - Section 14. In a city or town wherein the granting...
Section 14a - License for Sale of Wine, Malt Beverages and Distilled Spirits at Auction; Fee; Time for Auction; Sample Wine, Malt Beverages and Distilled Spirits Tastings - Section 14A. The licensing authority in any city or town...
Section 15 - Licensing Authorizing Sale of Beverages Not to Be Drunk on Premises; Applications; Approval; Price Lists; Renewals; Fees; Hours of Sales; Samples - Section 15. The local licensing authorities in any city or...
Section 15a - Application for Licenses; Statement of Beneficial Interests; Corporate Stock Transfers; Filing Notation; Publication of Notice; Hearing; Plan of Premises; Transfers; Notice to Abutting Property Owners; Complaints; Appeals; Cancellation... - Section 15A. All applications for an original license under sections...
Section 15f - Special License for Sale of Wine Produced by Farmer-Winery for Off-Premises Consumption at Indoor or Outdoor Agricultural Event - Section 15F. Notwithstanding any other provision of chapter 138, in...
Section 16 - Dilution, Changing or Tampering With Alcoholic Beverages; Suspension of License; Prima Facie Evidence - Section 16. Any person holding a license under section twelve,...
Section 16a - Renewal of Annual Licenses; Number Limitation; Rejection of Application; Appeal - Section 16A. Licenses issued under section twelve or fifteen shall...
Section 16b - Time Within Which Application for Licenses Shall Be Granted or Dismissed; Notice of Approval; Number of Applications - Section 16B. Applications for licenses or permits authorized to be...
Section 16c - Licenses for Premises Located Near Schools or Churches - Section 16C. Premises, except those of an innholder and except...
Section 17 - Number of Licenses Quotas; Licenses for Wines and Malt Beverages per Population Unit; Additional Licenses; Estimates of Increased Population; Decrease in Quota Due to Loss in Population; Determination of Population of City or Town - Section 17. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the...
Section 17a - Grant of Additional Licenses for Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Drunk on Premises - Section 17A. In any city or town which accepts the...
Section 17b - Grant of Additional Licenses for Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Drunk Off Premises - Section 17B. In any city or town which accepts the...
Section 17c - Grant of Additional Licenses Under Former Law for Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Drunk on Premises - Section 17C. Any city or town, which has accepted the...
Section 18 - Wholesalers' and Importers' Licenses; Compounding, Blending, Warehousing, and Shipping of Alcoholic Beverages; Fees; Records - Section 18. The commission may issue to any individual who...
Section 18a - Licenses for Agents or Brokers of Foreign Manufacturers and Importers; Records; Fees - Section 18A. The commission may issue to any individual who...
Section 18b - Issuance of Certificates of Compliance to Licensees Authorized to Export or Sell Alcoholic Beverages to Domestic Licensees; Information Concerning Shipments; Issuance of Certificates to Immediate Family; Cancellation and Revocation of C... - Section 18B. The commission shall issue a certificate of compliance...
Section 18c - License to Import Alcoholic Beverages in Connection With Manufacture of Food Products; Fees - Section 18C. (a) The commission may issue to an individual...
Section 19 - Licenses to Manufacture Alcoholic Beverages; Sale by Manufacturer; Blending of Alcoholic Beverages; Marks to Identify Manufacturer; Records of Manufacturer; Fees - Section 19. (a) The commission may issue to any individual...
Section 19a - Permits for Salesmen to Solicit Orders for Alcoholic Beverages - Section 19A. The commission may annually grant to individual citizens...
Section 19b - Farmer-Winery Licenses; Hearing; Appeal; Notices to Interested Parties; Operation of Winery; Records; Fees - Section 19B. (a) For the purpose of encouraging the development...
Section 19c - Farmer-Brewery Licenses; Hearing; Appeal; Notices to Interested Parties; Operation of Brewery; Records; Fees - Section 19C. (a) For the purpose of encouraging the development...
Section 19d - Pub Brewery Licenses; Hearings; Records; Fees - Section 19D. (a) The commission shall issue a pub brewery...
Section 19e - Farmer-Distillery Licenses; Applicants; Requirements; Evidentiary Hearings; Written Notice of Applications; Schools and Churches; Fees - Section 19E. (a) For the purpose of encouraging the development...
Section 19f - Direct Wine Shipper Licenses; Regulation and Enforcement by Commission - Section 19F. (a) The commission may issue a direct wine...
Section 19g - Tenant Brewer License; Applications; Importation of Raw Materials; Record Keeping and Reporting; Fees - Section 19G. (a) The commission may issue a tenant brewer...
Section 19h - License to Sell for On-Premises Consumption Alcoholic Beverages Produced by Person Holding Sec. 19b, 19c or 19e License - Section 19H. Notwithstanding section 17, a local licensing authority, subject...
Section 20 - Storage Permits; Special Warehouse Permits; Special Seasonal Permits; Fees; Rules and Regulations - Section 20. The commission may grant to any holder of...
Section 20a - Storage Permits for Public Warehousemen - Section 20A. The commission may annually grant to a person...
Section 21 - Liability of Manufacturer, Winegrower, Farmer-Brewer, Wholesaler, Importer and Licensee for Excise; Fines; Administration of Tax - Section 21. Every licensed manufacturer of alcoholic beverages or alcohol...
Section 22 - Transportation of Alcoholic Beverages; Permits; Fees; Railroads or Vessels; Trucking Businesses; Production of Permit Upon Demand - Section 22. Any person may, but only for his own...
Section 22a - Permits to Holders or Former Holders of Licenses Authorizing Sales to Licensees; Fees; Excises; Permits for Researchers - Section 22A. Upon payment of a fee to be fixed...
Section 23 - Nature of Licenses and Permits; Status as Property Rights; Refusal to Issue or Reissue, Revocation, etc.; Refund of Fee; Transfers; Death, Receivership or Bankruptcy of Licensee; Expiration; Pledging for Loans - Section 23. The terms licenses and permits, wherever employed as...
Section 23a - Suspension of License or Permit for Violation of Fair Trade Laws - Section 23A. Whenever the commission makes a finding that a...
Section 23b - Retention of License Where Premises of Licensee Taken by Public Authority; Transfer Application; Reservation of License; Rebate of Fee; Renewal Application - Section 23B. Any holder of a license issued under this...
Section 24 - Promulgation of Regulations by Commission; Approval - Section 24. The commission shall, in accordance with chapter thirty...
Section 25 - Lending or Borrowing Money or Receipt of Credit by Licensees - Section 25. It shall be unlawful for any licensee under...
Section 25a - Discrimination in Prices and Discounts Prohibited - Section 25A. No licensee authorized under this chapter to sell...
Section 25b - Filing of Schedules; Inspection - Section 25B. (a) No brand of alcoholic beverages shall be...
Section 25c - Filing of Schedule of Minimum Consumer Prices; Verification; Filing and Effective Dates; Inspection; Rules and Regulations - Section 25C. (a) No brand of alcoholic beverages shall be...
Section 25d - Price Discrimination - Section 25D. (a) There shall be filed with, and when...
Section 25e - Refusal to Sell Brand Name Alcoholic Beverages to Wholesalers as Unfair Trade Practice; Exception for Good Cause; Discontinuance Notice and Procedure - Section 25E. It shall be an unfair trade practice and...
Section 25e1/2 - Brewery Termination of Right to Distribute - Section 25E1/2. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 25e3/4 - Severability of Section 25e.5 - Section 25E3/4. Notwithstanding section 6 of chapter 4 of the...
Section 25f - Provision of Free Wine, Malt Beverages, Liqueurs, Cordials and Alcoholic Beverages for Tastings; Limits; Requirements - Section 25F. (a) Licensees under sections 18, 19 and 19B...
Section 26 - Issuance of License and Permit to Aliens; Appointment of Local Manager or Principal Representative by Foreign Corporations - Section 26. No license for the sale of alcoholic beverages...
Section 27 - Crediting of Fees for Licenses and Permits to General Fund; Payment of Fees for Licenses and Permits Granted by Local Authorities Into Local Treasuries - Section 27. All fees for licenses and permits authorized to...
Section 28 - Sale of Alcoholic Beverage to Churches, Religious Societies, Hospitals, Homes for Aged People and to Manufacturers of Food Products - Section 28. The holder of a license under section 18,...
Section 29 - Use and Sale of Alcoholic Beverages by Registered Pharmacists; Prescriptions; Prescription Books; Sales in Original Sealed Packages - Section 29. A registered pharmacist in a city or town...
Section 30 - Issuance of Certificate of Fitness to Registered Pharmacist; Fee; Revocation - Section 30. The board of registration in pharmacy may issue...
Section 30a - Registered Pharmacists' Licenses to Sell Alcoholic Beverages Without Prescription; Hours of Sales - Section 30A. A registered pharmacist in a city or town...
Section 30b - Kinds of Licenses Issued to Druggists Under Sec. 30a; Transfers - Section 30B. One or more licenses may be granted annually...
Section 30c - Termination of Druggist's License Upon Cessation of Business - Section 30C. A license issued under section thirty A shall...
Section 30d - Certificate of Purchaser; Sales of Alcoholic Beverages by Retail Pharmacists Licensed Under Sec. 30a - Section 30D. Retail pharmacists licensed under section thirty A shall...
Section 30e - Record Book of Registered Pharmacists of Sales of Alcoholic Beverages; Form of Certificate - Section 30E. Every retail pharmacist licensed under section thirty A...
Section 30f - Inspection of Books, Certificates and Prescriptions - Section 30F. The book, certificates and prescriptions provided for in...
Section 30g - Illegal Sale of Alcoholic Beverages in Name of Registered Pharmacist - Section 30G. A person, not a registered pharmacist, who procures...
Section 30h - Possession or Transportation of Alcoholic Beverages Not Authorized to Be Sold as Prima Facie Evidence of Violation of Chapter - Section 30H. Possession on the licensed premises by any licensee...
Section 32 - Hawking or Peddling of Alcoholic Beverages - Section 32. No holder of a license or permit under...
Section 33 - Sales and Delivery of Alcoholic Beverages on Election Days, Sundays and Legal Holidays - Section 33. (a) No licensee under section 15 shall sell...
Section 33a - Sales of Alcoholic Beverages by On-Premise Licensees on Sundays and Certain Legal Holidays; Sales Between 1:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. - Section 33A. The local licensing authority of any city or...
Section 33b - Sales of Alcoholic Beverages by On-Premise Licensees on Sundays and Certain Legal Holidays; Sales Between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 Noon - Section 33B. The local licensing authority of any city or...
Section 34 - Sale, Delivery or Furnishing Alcoholic Beverages to Persons Under Twenty-One Years of Age; Employment of Persons Under Eighteen Years of Age - Section 34. No person shall receive a license or permit...
Section 34a - Persons Under Twenty-One Years; Purchase or Attempt to Purchase Alcoholic Beverages - Section 34A. Any person under twenty-one years of age who...
Section 34b - Liquor Purchase Identification Cards - Section 34B. Any person who shall have attained age twenty-one...
Section 34c - Minors; Operation of Motor Vehicle Containing Alcoholic Beverage; Suspension of Driver's License - Section 34C. Whoever, being under twenty-one years of age and...
Section 34d - Posting Notices of Penalties for Driving While Under Influence and Driving While Drinking From Open Container of Alcohol - Section 34D. Any establishment which sells alcoholic beverages to be...
Section 34e - Immunity From Prosecution Under Secs. 34, 34a or 34c for Persons Seeking Medical Assistance for Alcohol-Related Incapacitation - Section 34E. (a) A person under 21 years of age...
Section 35 - Sales of Alcoholic Beverages Outside Limits of Reservations or Boulevards - Section 35. No rule or regulation made by the commissioner...
Section 36 - Analysis of Alcoholic Beverages by Department of State Police - Section 36. The analyst or assistant analyst of the department...
Section 37 - Certificate Accompanying Sample of Beverages to Be Analyzed; Contents - Section 37. A certificate shall accompany each sample of beverages...
Section 38 - Forms of Commission - Section 38. The commission shall provide and cause officers of...
Section 39 - Tampering With Samples of Alcoholic Beverages - Section 39. No person shall tamper with samples of alcoholic...
Section 40 - Analysis of Alcoholic Beverages by Court Order; Fee - Section 40. Any court may cause alcoholic beverages which have...
Section 41 - Delivery of Alcoholic Beverages as Prima Facie Evidence of Sale - Section 41. The delivery of alcoholic beverages in or from...
Section 42 - Issuance of Search Warrant - Section 42. If two persons of full age make complaint...
Section 43 - Search of Dwelling House - Section 43. A warrant shall not be issued for the...
Section 44 - Sufficiency of Complaint and Warrant - Section 44. The complaint shall particularly designate the building, structure...
Section 45 - Search of Premises; Seizure of Alcoholic Beverages - Section 45. The officer to whom the warrant is committed...
Section 46 - Searches and Seizures Without Warrant - Section 46. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, city marshal, chief of...
Section 47 - Notice to Keeper of Alcoholic Beverages to Appear and Answer Complaint; Forfeiture of Seized Beverages - Section 47. The court before whom the warrant is returned...
Section 48 - Notice; Contents; Service - Section 48. The notice shall contain a description of the...
Section 49 - Postponement of Trial - Section 49. If, at the time appointed for trial, said...
Section 50 - Admission of Claimant of Alcoholic Beverages as Party to Trial; Forfeiture of Alcoholic Beverages Unlawfully Kept; Sale of Motor Vehicle Held to Be Implement or Container of Alcoholic Beverages - Section 50. At the time and place designated in the...
Section 51 - Disposition of Forfeited Alcoholic Beverages and Vessels - Section 51. Any beverages and vessels so forfeited shall, by...
Section 52 - Return of Alcoholic Beverages Not Forfeited; Order; Endorsement - Section 52. If it is not proved on the trial...
Section 53 - Forfeiture and Disposition of Implements and Furniture - Section 53. All implements of sale and furniture seized under...
Section 54 - Cost of Proceedings - Section 54. If no person appears and is admitted as...
Section 55 - Appeal - Section 55. A claimant whose claim is not allowed as...
Section 56 - Arrest Without Warrant of Persons Found in Act of Illegally Manufacturing or Selling Alcoholic Beverages; Seizures - Section 56. A deputy sheriff, chief of police, deputy chief...
Section 57 - Notification of Licensing Authorities of Conviction of Holder of License, Permit or Certificate - Section 57. Upon the conviction of a holder of a...
Section 58 - Notice of Conviction of Tenant to Owner of Building Used for Illegal Keeping or Sale - Section 58. Upon the conviction of a person of the...
Section 59 - Forms Used in Prosecutions - Section 59. The forms heretofore in use may continue to...
Section 60 - Common Nuisances - Section 60. All alcoholic beverages which are kept for sale...
Section 61 - Buildings Used by Clubs for Selling and Distributing Alcoholic Beverages as Common Nuisances - Section 61. All buildings or places used by clubs for...
Section 62 - Penalties for Violations of Chapter - Section 62. A violation by any person of any provision...
Section 63 - Entry of Licensing Authorities Upon Licensed Premises; Taking of Samples - Section 63. The local licensing authorities or their agents may...
Section 63a - Hindering or Delaying Investigator, Inspector or Agent of Commission - Section 63A. Any person who hinders or delays any authorized...
Section 64 - Suspension or Revocation of License; Hearing; Notice; Disqualification; Surrender of License; Refunds - Section 64. The licensing authorities after notice to the licensee...
Section 64a - Sale of Alcohol to Person Under 21 or Intoxicated Person; Sanctions; Liability Insurance - Section 64A. In any hearing by a licensing authority under...
Section 64b - Insurance Policy Required by Licensing Authority; Disclosure to Insurer; Proof of New Insurance - Section 64B. In any case in which a liquor liability...
Section 65 - Delivery of License Upon Suspension, Revocation, Cancellation or Forfeiture - Section 65. Upon suspension, revocation, cancellation or forfeiture by the...
Section 66 - Separability of Provisions of Chapter - Section 66. In respect to their constitutionality, all the provisions...
Section 67 - Appeals on Refusal to Grant or Revocation of License; Hearing; Notice of Approval; Revocation by Commission; Reappeal - Section 67. Any applicant for a license who is aggrieved...
Section 68 - Sales or Deliveries of Alcoholic Beverages in Times of Riot or Great Public Excitement - Section 68. The mayor of a city and the selectmen...
Section 69 - Sale or Delivery to Intoxicated Persons - Section 69. No alcoholic beverage shall be sold or delivered...
Section 70 - Issuance of License or Permit Upon Payment of Fee; Bond - Section 70. No license or permit under this chapter shall...
Section 71 - Effective Date of Rules; Approval of Governor - Section 71. All rules and regulations made under the provisions...
Section 76 - Licenses for Manufacture, Transportation, and Sale of Alcohol for Mechanical, Manufacturing or Chemical Purposes; Fees - Section 76. The commission may annually grant licenses for the...
Section 77 - Cancellation of License Upon Cessation of Licensed Business - Section 77. The licensing authorities may, after hearing or reasonable...
Section 78 - Book Entries at Time of Sale of Alcohol; Form - Section 78. Every person to whom such a license is...