Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
311.480. Eating places, drinking of intoxicating liquor on premises, license required, when, hours — regulations — penalties — exceptions. — 1. It shall be unlawful for any person operating any premises where food, beverages or entertainment are sold or provided for compensation, who does not possess a license for the sale of intoxicating liquor, to permit the drinking or consumption of intoxicating liquor in the premises, without having a license as in this section provided.
2. Application for such license shall be made to the supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control on forms to be prescribed by him or her, describing the premises to be licensed and giving all other reasonable information required by the form. The license shall be issued upon the payment of the fee required in this section. A license shall be required for each separate premises and shall expire on the thirtieth day of June next succeeding the date of such license. The license fee shall be sixty dollars per year and the applicant shall pay five dollars for each month or part thereof remaining from the date of the license to the next succeeding first of July. Applications for renewals of licenses shall be filed on or before the first of May of each year.
3. The drinking or consumption of intoxicating liquor shall not be permitted in or upon the licensed premises by any person under twenty-one years of age, or by any other person between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day of the week. Licenses issued hereunder shall be conditioned upon the observance of the provisions of this section and the regulations promulgated thereunder governing the conduct of premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink. The provision of this section regulating the drinking or consumption of intoxicating liquor between certain hours and on Sunday shall apply also to premises licensed under this chapter to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink. In any incorporated city having a population of more than twenty thousand inhabitants, the board of aldermen, city council, or other proper authorities of incorporated cities may, in addition to the license fee required in this section, require a license fee not exceeding three hundred dollars per annum, payable to the incorporated cities, and provide for the collection thereof; make and enforce ordinances regulating the hours of consumption of intoxicating liquors on premises licensed hereunder, not inconsistent with the other provisions of this law, and provide penalties for the violation thereof. No person shall be granted a license hereunder unless such person is of good moral character and a qualified legal voter and a taxpaying citizen of the county, town, city or village, nor shall any corporation be granted a license hereunder unless the managing officer of such corporation is of good moral character and a qualified legal voter and taxpaying citizen of the county, town, city or village.
4. Any premises operated in violation of the provisions of this section, or where intoxicating liquor is consumed in violation of this section, is hereby declared to be a public and common nuisance, and it shall be the duty of the supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control and of the prosecuting or circuit attorney of the City of St. Louis, and the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the premises are located, to enjoin such nuisance.
5. Any person operating any premises, or any employee, agent, representative, partner, or associate of such person, who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this section, or any of the laws or regulations herein made applicable to the conduct of such premises, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
6. The supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control is hereby empowered to promulgate regulations necessary or reasonably designed to enforce or construe the provisions of this section, and is empowered to revoke or suspend any license issued hereunder, as provided in this chapter, for violation of this section or any of the laws or regulations herein made applicable to the conduct of premises licensed hereunder.
7. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the sale or delivery of any intoxicating liquor during any of the hours or on any of the days specified in this section by a wholesaler licensed under the provisions of section 311.180 to a person licensed to sell the intoxicating liquor at retail.
8. No intoxicating liquor may be served or sold on any premises used as a polling place on election day.
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(L. 1945 p. 1032 § 4895a, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1979 S.B. 192, A.L. 1981 S.B. 126, A.L. 1987 S.B. 150, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132, A.L. 2021 S.B. 126)
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.