Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 5 histories
311.200. Licenses — retail liquor dealers — fees — applications. — 1. No license shall be issued for the sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package, not to be consumed upon the premises where sold, except to a person engaged in, and to be used in connection with, the operation of one or more of the following businesses: a drug store, a cigar and tobacco store, a grocery store, a general merchandise store, a confectionery or delicatessen store, nor to any such person who does not have and keep in his or her store a stock of goods having a value according to invoices of at least one thousand dollars, exclusive of fixtures and intoxicating liquors. Under such license, no intoxicating liquor shall be consumed on the premises where sold nor shall any original package be opened on the premises of the vendor except as otherwise provided in this law. For every license for sale at retail in the original package, the licensee shall pay to the director of revenue the sum of one hundred dollars per year.
2. For a permit authorizing the sale of malt liquor, as defined in section 311.490, by grocers and other merchants and dealers in the original package direct to consumers but not for resale, a fee of fifty dollars per year payable to the director of the department of revenue shall be required. The phrase "original package" shall be construed and held to refer to any package containing one or more standard bottles, cans, or pouches of beer. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 311.290, any person licensed pursuant to this subsection may also sell malt liquor at retail between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sundays and 1:30 a.m. on Mondays.
3. For every license issued for the sale of malt liquor, as defined in section 311.490, at retail by drink for consumption on the premises where sold, the licensee shall pay to the director of revenue the sum of fifty dollars per year. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 311.290, any person licensed pursuant to this subsection may also sell malt liquor at retail between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sundays and 1:30 a.m. on Mondays.
4. For every license issued for the sale of malt liquor, as defined in section 311.490, and light wines containing not in excess of fourteen percent of alcohol by weight made exclusively from grapes, berries and other fruits and vegetables, at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold, the licensee shall pay to the director of revenue the sum of fifty dollars per year.
5. For every license issued for the sale of all kinds of intoxicating liquor, at retail by the drink for consumption on premises of the licensee, the licensee shall pay to the director of revenue the sum of three hundred dollars per year, which shall include the sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package.
6. For every license issued to any railroad company, railway sleeping car company operated in this state, for sale of all kinds of intoxicating liquor, as defined in this chapter, at retail for consumption on its dining cars, buffet cars and observation cars, the sum of one hundred dollars per year. A duplicate of such license shall be posted in every car where such beverage is sold or served, for which the licensee shall pay a fee of one dollar for each duplicate license.
7. All applications for licenses shall be made upon such forms and in such manner as the supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control shall prescribe. No license shall be issued until the sum prescribed by this section for such license shall be paid to the director of revenue.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4901, A.L. 1945 p. 1043, A.L. 1945 p. 1061, A. 1949 S.B. 1114, A.L. 1981 S.B. 126, A.L. 1983 H.B. 85, et al., A.L. 1995 S.B. 43, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132, A.L. 2013 S.B. 121, A.L. 2014 S.B. 653, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1304 merged with S.B. 689, A.L. 2016 S.B. 919, A.L. 2021 S.B. 126)
(1954) Operator of drug store which was located within zoning district in city in which the sale of intoxicating liquors was not authorized, held not entitled to a license from the city for sale of such liquor in original packages. State ex rel. Barnett v. Sappington (A.), 266 S.W.2d 774.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XX - Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law
Section 311.010 - Title of law.
Section 311.015 - Purpose clause.
Section 311.020 - Definition of intoxicating liquor.
Section 311.025 - Missouri bourbon and Missouri bourbon whiskey labels, use of name, criteria.
Section 311.030 - Definition of person.
Section 311.040 - Application of law.
Section 311.050 - License required.
Section 311.061 - Stock ownership not deemed financial interest, when.
Section 311.075 - Financial interests in distillery in close proximity to a recreational resort.
Section 311.080 - Sale of liquor prohibited near schools and churches, exceptions.
Section 311.082 - Labeling of kegs sold at retail for off-premise consumption, procedures.
Section 311.089 - Sunday liquor sales by the drink, permitted when (St. Louis City, Kansas City).
Section 311.090 - Sale of liquor by the drink, cities, requirements.
Section 311.091 - Boat or vessel, liquor sale by drink, requirements, fee.
Section 311.092 - Liquor by the drink on vessels regularly moored in city of St. Louis.
Section 311.100 - Sale by drink defined.
Section 311.110 - Election to determine whether liquor may be sold by drink — procedure.
Section 311.130 - Form of ballot.
Section 311.140 - Result of election — favorable vote.
Section 311.150 - Result of election — unfavorable vote.
Section 311.160 - Question may be resubmitted, when — manner.
Section 311.170 - Local option provisions applicable only to sales for consumption on premises.
Section 311.185 - Shipments of alcohol to residents permitted, when.
Section 311.192 - Wine manufacturer defined.
Section 311.197 - Samples, furnishing and acceptance of, when.
Section 311.200 - Licenses — retail liquor dealers — fees — applications.
Section 311.205 - Self-dispensing of beer permitted, when.
Section 311.210 - Application — remittance, made to whom, powers of supervisor.
Section 311.220 - Counties and cities may charge for licenses — amount — display of license.
Section 311.230 - Application for license to manufacture or sell made to supervisor.
Section 311.240 - Period of license — federal license required — contents of license — renewals.
Section 311.250 - Licenses nontransferable — exceptions.
Section 311.260 - More than five licenses by any one person prohibited, exception.
Section 311.290 - Time fixed for opening and closing premises — closed place defined — penalty.
Section 311.294 - Wine and malt beverages, permit to allow tasting on premises — limitations.
Section 311.297 - Alcohol samples for tasting on and off licensed retail premises, when.
Section 311.298 - Certain holidays, sale by the drink on Sunday allowed.
Section 311.299 - Warning sign displayed, liquor licenses — violations.
Section 311.315 - Manufacturing a false identification, offense of — penalty.
Section 311.326 - Expungement of record permitted, when.
Section 311.328 - Identification, acceptable forms.
Section 311.329 - Reproduction or alteration of identification card, penalty.
Section 311.338 - Violation of wholesale price regulations, misdemeanor — suspension of license.
Section 311.340 - Mixing liquor with drugs prohibited.
Section 311.355 - Manufacturer rebate coupons by wholesalers, regulation of.
Section 311.360 - Misrepresentation of brand of liquor unlawful, penalty — exceptions.
Section 311.370 - Liquor in storage — report to supervisor, when — contents of report.
Section 311.373 - Beer required to be in possession of licensed wholesaler prior to sale at retail.
Section 311.380 - Warehouse receipts — unlawful to sell or give away — penalty.
Section 311.400 - Unclaimed shipments of liquor may be sold.
Section 311.401 - Repossessed liquor, sale by lending institution, when — no license required.
Section 311.410 - Transportation of intoxicating liquor into or through state, when permitted.
Section 311.420 - Transporter's license — fee — bond — qualifications — certain carriers exempt.
Section 311.430 - Revocation of transporter's license.
Section 311.440 - Transporter's license to be exhibited to officers, when.
Section 311.450 - Bill of lading to accompany transported alcoholic liquors — contents — inspection.
Section 311.460 - Violation of sections 311.410 to 311.450, penalty.
Section 311.483 - Festivals, temporary permit to sell liquor by the drink, procedure.
Section 311.490 - Ingredients of beer — intoxicating malt liquor.
Section 311.500 - Inspection of breweries — by whom.
Section 311.520 - Fee for inspecting and gauging malt liquors.
Section 311.530 - Inspection of beer — exported out of state.
Section 311.540 - Liquor inspection, labeling and gauging — requirements.
Section 311.550 - Additional revenue charges — fines and penalties.
Section 311.555 - Bond — failure to file — forfeiture.
Section 311.557 - License, revocation.
Section 311.561 - Charges, how paid and collected.
Section 311.600 - Unlawful to sell unlabeled liquor — penalty.
Section 311.615 - Division of liquor control established, duties.
Section 311.620 - Qualification and requirements of agent, assistant, deputy, or inspector.
Section 311.640 - Supervisor — employees not permitted to have interest in liquor business.
Section 311.650 - Offices of supervisor.
Section 311.660 - Powers of supervisor — regulations — subpoenas.
Section 311.665 - Sales and use tax must be paid to renew license — statement required.
Section 311.670 - Failure of supervisor and employees to perform duties.
Section 311.685 - Civil actions permitted, when.
Section 311.691 - Review by administrative hearing commission.
Section 311.710 - Additional complaints — by whom made — procedure.
Section 311.720 - License automatically revoked upon conviction — exceptions.
Section 311.735 - Division of alcohol and tobacco control fund created, use of moneys.
Section 311.740 - Maintaining public nuisance — penalty.
Section 311.750 - Action to enjoin nuisance — procedure.
Section 311.760 - Penalty for violation of terms of injunction.
Section 311.770 - Duty of prosecuting attorney — failure to perform.
Section 311.790 - Prosecution of violations, by whom — fees and expenses.
Section 311.800 - Attorney general may direct prosecuting attorneys to conduct prosecutions.
Section 311.820 - Search of vehicles for contraband liquor — use of evidence found.
Section 311.830 - Transported liquor and vehicle to be seized as contraband, when.
Section 311.860 - Fees and mileage of officers executing search warrants.
Section 311.868 - Fines for violations by manufacturers and distillers to supersede other penalties.
Section 311.870 - Execution on default by corporation in payment of fine.