Oklahoma Statutes
Title 37A. Alcoholic Beverage
§37A-7-102. Definitions.

As used in this act:

1. "Cocktail" or "mixed drink" means any beverage obtained by combining ingredients alcoholic in nature, whether brewed, fermented, or distilled, with ingredients nonalcoholic in nature, such as fruit juice, lemonade, cream or a carbonated beverage;
2. "Single-serve wine" means a bottle or sealed container, containing seven (7) fluid ounces, or less, of wine;
3. "Original container" means, for the purposes of this act only, a container that is filled, sealed and secured with a tamper-evident lid or cap by the original manufacturer of the mixed drink or by a mixed beverage licensee's or caterer licensee's employee at the mixed beverage licensee's or caterer licensee's location;
4. "Sealed container" means a rigid container that contains a mixed drink, is new, has never been used, has a secured lid or cap designed to prevent consumption without removal of the lid or cap and is tamper evident. Sealed container does not include a container with a lid with sipping holes or openings for straws or a container made of plastic, paper or polystyrene foam; and
5. "Tamper evident" means a lid or cap that has been sealed with tamper-evident covers, including, but not limited to, wax dip or heat-shrink wrap.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 429, § 2. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 373, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.

Structure Oklahoma Statutes

Oklahoma Statutes

Title 37A. Alcoholic Beverage

§37A-1-101. Short title - Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.

§37A-1-102. Policy and scope of act.

§37A-1-103. Definitions.

§37A-1-104. Creation and purpose of ABLE Commission - Members - Interim licenses.

§37A-1-105. Commission member qualifications – Organization.

§37A-1-106. Exercise of police power.

§37A-1-107. Commission powers and duties.

§37A-1-108. Commission Director - Powers and duties.

§37A-1-109. Powers and authority of peace officers.

§37A-1-110. Restrictions on Commission members and employees – Penalties.

§37A-1-111. State officers and employees - Involvement in alcoholic beverage business - State lodges.

§37A-1-112. Good standing with Oklahoma Tax Commission required.

§37A-2-101. Annual license fees - Administrative fees.

§37A-2-102. See the following versions:

§37A-2-102.1. Charitable Collaboration Brewer License.

§37A-2-102v1. Brewer license - Small brewer license - Small brewer self-distribution license.

§37A-2-102v2. Brewer license - Small brewer license - Small brewer self-distribution license.

§37A-2-103. Distiller license.

§37A-2-104. Winemaker license.

§37A-2-105. Winemaker self-distribution license.

§37A-2-106. Rectifier license.

§37A-2-107. Wine and spirits wholesaler license.

§37A-2-108. Beer distributor license.

§37A-2-109. Retail spirits license - Retail wine license - Retail beer license.

§37A-2-110. See the following versions:

§37A-2-110v1. Mixed beverage license.

§37A-2-110v2. Mixed beverage license.

§37A-2-111. Bottle club license.

§37A-2-112. Caterer license.

§37A-2-113. Caterer license - Rules and restrictions.

§37A-2-114. Special event license - Public event licenses.

§37A-2-115. Special event licenses - Rules and restrictions.

§37A-2-116. Hotel beverage license.

§37A-2-117. Hotel beverage license - Rules and restrictions.

§37A-2-118. Airline/railroad/commercial passenger vessel beverage license.

§37A-2-119. Airline/railroad/commercial passenger vessel beverage license - Qualifying licensee.

§37A-2-120. Wholesaler's agent license.

§37A-2-121. Employee license.

§37A-2-122. Industrial license.

§37A-2-123. Carrier license.

§37A-2-124. Private carrier license.

§37A-2-125. Bonded warehouse license.

§37A-2-126. Storage license.

§37A-2-127. Sacramental wine supplier license.

§37A-2-128. On-premises beer and wine license.

§37A-2-129. Charitable auction or charitable alcoholic beverage event license.

§37A-2-130. Mixed beverage/caterer combination license.

§37A-2-131. Small farm winery license.

§37A-2-132. Brewpub license - Brewpub self-distribution license.

§37A-2-133. Licensees authorized to deliver, and bottle club or mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public event, charitable event or special event licensees - Responsibility for violations.

§37A-2-134. Additional hours license.

§37A-2-135. Manufacturer's license - Nonresident seller license.

§37A-2-136. Manufacturer's agent license.

§37A-2-137. Restriction against additional licenses or permits outside of this Act.

§37A-2-138. Mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, special event, public event or airline/railroad/commercial vessel licensees - Restrictions on purchasing alcoholic beverages.

§37A-2-139. Bottle club, mixed beverage or beer and wine establishment - Minimum distance from schools or churches.

§37A-2-140. Personal use permit.

§37A-2-141. Applicants for certain licenses to publish a notice of intention to apply.

§37A-2-142. Information to be furnished by license applicants.

§37A-2-143. Information to be furnished by corporate applicants.

§37A-2-143.1. Promulgation of rules for employee license payment plans.

§37A-2-144. Information to be furnished by limited liability company applicants.

§37A-2-145. Eligibility of persons pardoned for a felony.

§37A-2-146. Grounds to deny wine and spirits wholesaler, beer distributor, retail spirits, retail wine or retail beer license.

§37A-2-147. Grounds to deny mixed beverage, beer and wine, bottle club, public event, caterer, retail wine or retail beer license.

§37A-2-148. Grounds to revoke or suspend licenses.

§37A-2-149. Written notice of denial, suspension or revocation of licenses.

§37A-2-150. Hearing for aggrieved person.

§37A-2-151. Commission authority to conduct initial hearing.

§37A-2-152. Appeal from order of Commission - District court appeal - Supreme Court appeal.

§37A-2-153. Nature of licenses - Deceased, bankrupt or incompetent licensees - Application to transfer license.

§37A-2-154. Display of license.

§37A-2-155. Sale or transfer of financial interest in a licensed premises by mixed beverage or on-premises beer and wine licensees.

§37A-2-156. Restrictions on licenses and ownership interest in package stores - Spousal interests - Package store sales.

§37A-2-157. Winery self-distribution - Report to Commission on sales - Notice of exceeding production limit – Fines.

§37A-2-158. Suspension of licenses by Governor in cases of natural disaster or civil disturbance.

§37A-2-159. Complimentary beverage license.

§37A-2-160. Satellite tasting room license.

§37A-2-161. Curbside pickup and delivery.

§37A-3-101. Personal use, possession and making of alcoholic beverages - Exemptions for dentists, physicians, drugstores, churches and military reservations - Restrictions on retail sales and shipping for out-of-state businesses.

§37A-3-102. Commission authority to promulgate rules.

§37A-3-103. Filing of rules by Commission - Notice of license applicants to be sent to municipalities or county commissioners, county sheriff, district attorney and chief of police.

§37A-3-104. Beer kegs - Identification seals – Record keeping required for sales - Violations – Penalties.

§37A-3-105. Wineries - Shipping to other states - Monthly report of shipments.

§37A-3-106. Direct Wine Shipper's Permit – Requirements.

§37A-3-107. Scope of statutory regulation for sales and distribution of designated brands of beer.

§37A-3-108. Licensed distributor agreement required for licensed brewers or cider manufacturers - Rights to distribute low-point beer - Assignment to distribute beer brand - Brand extensions.

§37A-3-109. Transportation of beer only by marked conveyance owned or leased by licensed distributor.

§37A-3-110. Licensed beer distributor - Sales and distribution restrictions.

§37A-3-111. Termination of distribution agreement - Requirements - Immediate termination - Transfer of brand to successor brewer.

§37A-3-112. Operation and maintenance conditions for brew pubs.

§37A-3-113. Small brewers - Sales to licensed distributors or retailers - Direct sales to consumers.

§37A-3-114. Resale of beer restrictions for retailers - Violations – Penalties.

§37A-3-115. Withdrawal of beer from retailer's stock.

§37A-3-116. Sale of alcoholic beverages bottled or made in a foreign country to licensed wine and spirits wholesalers – Violations.

§37A-3-116.1. Manufacturers without a designated wholesaler - Posting requirements.

§37A-3-116.2. Designated wholesalers or beer distributors - Posting requirements.

§37A-3-116.3. Wholesalers - Electronic publishing of price catalog.

§37A-3-116.4. Top brand products – Offered to all wholesalers without discrimination.

§37A-3-117. Sale of alcoholic beverages packaged with nonalcoholic promotional items.

§37A-3-118. Retail sales of alcoholic beverages - Minimum price markup – Exceptions.

§37A-3-119. Business interests and acts prohibited for manufacturer, wine and spirits wholesaler, beer distributor, person authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to a wholesaler and others.

§37A-3-120. Business interests prohibited for beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public event or bottle club licensees.

§37A-3-121. Business interests in mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public event or bottle club prohibited for manufacturer, wine and spirits wholesaler, beer distributor and others.

§37A-3-122. Business interests in interactive entertainment facilities.

§37A-3-123. Sale of alcoholic beverages to wholesalers, beer distributors or retailers - Unlawful to discriminate in price – Violations.

§37A-3-124. Voter approval at county special elections or a general election required for sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays or by individual drink for on-premises consumption.

§37A-3-125. Restrictions on time of sales of alcoholic beverages on-premises - Days which may be not authorized for sales of alcoholic beverages.

§37A-3-126. Bottle clubs - Restrictions on hours to dispense, serve or consume alcoholic beverages.

§37A-3-127. Bottle clubs - Membership cards - Alcoholic beverages - Nonalcoholic beverages – Violations – Penalties.

§37A-4-101. Municipal authority to enact ordinances.

§37A-4-102. Mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public event or bottle club licensee - Municipal or county proceeding to suspend or revoke license.

§37A-4-103. Municipal zoning authority.

§37A-4-104. Municipal occupational tax.

§37A-4-105. County occupational tax.

§37A-4-106. Enforcement of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.

§29-4-110. Fishing licenses.

§37A-5-101. Excise tax on alcoholic beverages.

§37A-5-102. Intent of excise tax.

§37A-5-103. Excise tax exemptions.

§37A-5-104. Distribution of excise tax revenue.

§37A-5-105. Total gross receipts tax for on-premises beer and wine, mixed beverage, caterer, public event or special event license.

§37A-5-106. Gross receipt tax revenue - General Revenue Fund.

§37A-5-107. Mixed beverage tax permit - Violations – Penalties.

§37A-5-108. Promulgation of rules to implement reporting method of taxing - Payment of excise tax on beer.

§37A-5-109. Credit or refund for money paid for stamps.

§37A-5-110. Excise tax payments by brewers and beer distributors - Monthly itemized and verified report - Violations – Penalties.

§37A-5-111. Wine and spirits wholesaler and other importers - Monthly itemized and verified report - Violations – Penalties.

§37A-5-112. Distributor permit - Wholesaler permit - Permit applications.

§37A-5-113. Furnishing of permits prior to selling or purchasing alcoholic beverages - Itemized and verified record of monthly sales or purchases.

§37A-5-114. Unpaid taxes - Contraband - Violations - Penalties - Application of Uniform Tax Procedure Code.

§37A-5-115. Power and authority of ABLE Commission or Oklahoma Tax Commission employees to enter and examine licensed premises.

§37A-5-116. Hearing to determine whether taxes are unpaid - Order to confiscate and forfeit.

§37A-5-117. Sale of forfeited alcoholic beverage.

§37A-5-118. Possession of alcoholic beverage for which excise tax has not been paid - Misdemeanor - Suspension or revocation of license.

§37A-5-119. Alcoholic beverages other than beer - Sealed cases required.

§37A-5-120. Licensees required to keep books and records.

§37A-5-121. Nonresident seller license - Monthly itemized and verified report of shipments and sales.

§37A-5-122. Manufacturer and brewer subject to licensing - Monthly itemized and verified report.

§37A-5-124. Bond required for manufacturers, brewers, importers, brokers and others.

§37A-5-125. Information required at time of sale, transit and delivery of alcoholic beverages - Violations – Penalties.

§37A-5-126. Record keeping for all alcoholic beverages imported, purchased, received, manufactured, produced, sold, delivered or otherwise disposed of.

§37A-5-127. County excise boards - Yearly revenue estimates.

§37A-5-128. Alcoholic Beverage Control Fund - Alcoholic Beverage Governance Revolving Fund.

§37A-5-129. Oklahoma Viticulture and Enology Center Development Revolving Fund.

§37A-5-130. Authority to promulgate rules on labeling of alcoholic beverages.

§37A-5-131. Alcoholic beverage not labeled in conformity with rules.

§37A-5-132. Brand label required - Application for registration of brand label - Form – Fees.

§37A-5-132.1. Charitable collaboration beer – Transfer of alcohol products between breweries without taxation.

§37A-5-133. Refilling of containers prohibited - Infused drinks requirements.

§37A-5-134. Mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public event or special event license holders - Bond required for gross receipts tax liability.

§37A-5-135. Monthly report required for mixed beverage tax permit holders and others - Calculation of gross receipts tax - Delinquent taxes - Monthly report required for licensed wholesalers - Audit authority.

§37A-5-136. Tax discount for mixed beverage tax permit holders.

§37A-5-137. Possession of alcoholic beverage containers not listed on an invoice - Contraband – Penalties.

§37A-6-101. Prohibited acts - Violations – Penalties.

§37A-6-102. Prohibited acts of licensees.

§37A-6-102.1. Serving of tasting flights.

§37A-6-103. Prohibited acts of retail spirits licensees.

§37A-6-104. Prohibited acts of wholesaler licensees.

§37A-6-105. Prohibited acts of mixed beverage, public event, special event or on-premises beer and wine licensees.

§37A-6-106. Prohibited acts of bottle club licensees.

§37A-6-107. Prohibited acts of special event or caterer licensees.

§37A-6-108. Prohibited acts of holders of retail wine or retail beer licenses.

§37A-6-109. Prohibited acts of mixed beverage, beer and wine, bottle club, caterer, charitable event, public event or special event licensees or employee, manager, operator or agent thereof.

§37A-6-110. Prohibited acts on or about commercial premises where intoxicating beverages are dispensed or consumed.

§37A-6-111. Authority to remove persons while making arrests.

§37A-6-112. Damaging or destroying information required on original containers or cases - Misdemeanor.

§37A-6-113. Unlawful to possess alcoholic beverages with intent to sell without procuring a license.

§37A-6-114. Age restrictions for premises with a lounge or bar area for selling or distributing alcoholic beverages - Admission charge in determining purpose – Exceptions.

§37A-6-115. Operation of whiskey still with intent to produce alcoholic beverages - Distiller business without distiller's license – Penalties.

§37A-6-116. False or fraudulent return in connection with any tax imposed by Act – Penalties.

§37A-6-117. Engaging in activities or performing transactions or acts without proper license – Penalties.

§37A-6-118. Unlawful selling, delivering, possessing and buying alcoholic beverages – Penalties.

§37A-6-119. Persons under 21 - Misrepresentation of age to induce persons to sell or serve alcoholic beverages - Entering or attempting to enter package store or bar area - Penalties - Substance abuse prevention program.

§37A-6-120. Selling, furnishing or giving alcoholic beverages to persons under 21 - Penalties.

§37A-6-121. Knowingly selling, furnishing or giving alcoholic beverages to insane, mentally deficient or intoxicated persons – Penalties.

§37A-6-122. Payment of federal tax for liquor dealers prima facie evidence.

§37A-6-123. Selling alcoholic beverages during unauthorized day or hours – Penalties.

§37A-6-124. Permitting a person to be drunk or intoxicated on licensed premises – Penalties.

§37A-6-125. Violations of Act with no specific penalty – Penalties.

§37A-6-126. Arrest of license holders - Notice to ABLE Commission - Circumstances for immunity from prosecution.

§37A-6-127. Purpose of issuing search warrants – Forfeiture.

§37A-6-128. Order to show cause for witnesses before Commission – Penalties.

§37A-6-129. Powdered alcohol - Unlawful use, purchase, sale or possession.

§37A-7-101. Short title - Oklahoma Cocktails To Go Act of 2021.

§37A-7-102. Definitions.

§37A-7-103. Requirements.

§37A-7-104. Third-party delivery services not permitted .

§37A-7-105. Delivery or carry out not permitted in certain situations.

§37A-7-106. Licensee responsibility for violations.

§37A-7-107. Authorized licensees.