16-3-304. Closing hours for licensed retail establishments. Except as provided in 16-3-305, all licensed establishments wherein alcoholic beverages are sold, offered for sale, or given away at retail shall be closed each day between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m.; provided, however, that when any municipal incorporation has by ordinance further restricted the hours of sale of alcoholic beverages, then the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited within the limits of any such city or town during the time such sale is prohibited by this code and in addition thereto during the hours that it is prohibited by such ordinance. During such hours all persons except the alcoholic beverage licensee and employees of such licensed establishment shall be excluded from the licensed premises.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 161, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 162, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 242, L. 1973; Sec. 4-303, R.C.M. 1947; amd. and redes. 4-3-304 by Sec. 46, Ch. 387, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 4-3-304; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 347, L. 1985.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 16. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Marijuana
Chapter 3. Control of Liquor, Beer, and Wine
Part 3. Retail Sales Restrictions
16-3-301. Unlawful purchases, transfers, sales, or deliveries -- presumption of legal age
16-3-302. Sale by retailer for consumption on premises
16-3-303. Sale of beer by retailer for consumption off premises
16-3-304. Closing hours for licensed retail establishments
16-3-306. Proximity to churches and schools restricted
16-3-307. Sale of liquor at less than posted price unlawful
16-3-308. Refilling of liquor bottles prohibited
16-3-309. Sales prohibited by ordinance
16-3-310. Lapse of license for nonuse
16-3-311. Suitable premises for licensed retail establishments
16-3-313. Periodic government or tribal-issued identification data destruction
16-3-314. and 16-3-315 reserved
16-3-316. Fundraising events for nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations
16-3-317. through 16-3-320 reserved