South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act

Section 61-6-185. Protest of issuance or renewal of license; attendance at hearing; court costs and other penalties. - (A) A person residing in the county in which a...

Section 61-6-190. License tax. - The department must not issue any license until the applicant...

Section 61-6-195. Retail dealer must certify purchases from wholesaler. - The department must not issue or renew a retail dealer's...

Section 61-6-500. Consumption and possession of alcoholic beverages in publicly-owned auditoriums, coliseums, or armories. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authorities in...

Section 61-6-505. Temporary retail liquor license upon purchase or acquisition of retail business. - (A) A person who purchases or acquires by lease, inheritance,...

Section 61-6-700. Food service establishments. - An establishment which offers meals to the public must be...

Section 61-6-710. Special food manufacturer's license. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person who...

Section 61-6-720. Licensing of bakeries using alcoholic beverages as ingredients; fee; restrictions. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person who...

Section 61-6-900. Death of licensee. - In the event of a licensee's death, except in the...

Section 61-6-910. Qualifications for license. - The department must refuse to issue any license under this...

Section 61-6-920. Suspension or revocation of license. - The department may suspend or revoke a license issued under...

Section 61-6-930. Revocation of wholesaler's license. - The department must revoke the license of a wholesaler if...

Section 61-6-940. Indebtedness of retailer to wholesaler. - The department must immediately revoke a retail license to sell...

Section 61-6-950. Sale of alcoholic liquors by former licensee. - Alcoholic liquors owned by or in possession of a licensee...

Section 61-6-1035. Sampling of wines. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 61-6-1500, the sampling of wines...

Section 61-6-1095. Definitions - For the purposes of this subarticle: (A) "Micro-distillery" means a...

Section 61-6-1100. Restrictions upon manufacturers. - A manufacturer may not own or operate more than one...

Section 61-6-1110. Manufacturer's license; fee. - The department may issue a manufacturer's license to a person...

Section 61-6-1120. Micro-distillery licenses; fee. - (A) The department may issue a micro-distillery license to a...

Section 61-6-1130. Tastings and sales of alcoholic liquors; remission of taxes; maintenance of records. - (A) A micro-distillery or manufacturer desiring to offer tastings and...

Section 61-6-1140. Tastings and retail sales on licensed premises; limitations. - A holder of a valid micro-distillery or manufacturer license issued...

Section 61-6-1150. Tastings and retail sales; additional limitations and requirements. - Authorization by this section of sales and tastings at licensed...

Section 61-6-1155. Micro-distilleries; on-premises consumption of liquors. - (A)(1) In addition to alcoholic liquor production or manufacturing and...

Section 61-6-1160. Violation of provisions of subarticle; penalties. - Except as otherwise provided in this title: (A) a person...

Section 61-6-1300. Restrictions upon wholesalers. - No wholesaler may: (1) sell, barter, exchange, give, transfer, or...

Section 61-6-1310. Separate store or warehouse. - A wholesaler must, for the purpose of conducting his business...

Section 61-6-1320. Monthly statements. - A wholesaler must file with the department, on or before...

Section 61-6-1500. Restrictions upon retail dealers; unlawful practices; penalties. - (A) A retail dealer may not: (1) sell, barter, exchange,...

Section 61-6-1505. Retail dealer may be licensed to cash checks. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retailer dealer may...

Section 61-6-1510. Separate store or place of business; advertising encouraging underage drinking. - A retail dealer must maintain a separate store or place...

Section 61-6-1530. Signs required to be posted. - A retail dealer must have posted in his place of...

Section 61-6-1540. Nonalcoholic merchandise. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), no other goods,...

Section 61-6-1550. Carriers engaged in interstate travel. - The restrictive provisions of this article relating to retail dealers...

Section 61-6-1555. Purchase and use of beer, wine, and alcoholic liquor directly from wholesaler by airline companies; penalties. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an airline company may...

Section 61-6-1560. Discounts on alcoholic liquors or nonalcoholic items. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retail dealer,...

Section 61-6-1600. Nonprofit organizations; time when sale of alcoholic beverages prohibited. - (A) A nonprofit organization which is licensed by the department...

Section 61-6-1610. Food service establishments or places of lodging; Sunday and other time restrictions on sale of alcoholic beverages; refilling bottles. - (A) Except on Sunday, it is lawful to sell and...

Section 61-6-1620. Possession or consumption of alcoholic liquors on premises open to public. - (A) This article authorizes the possession or consumption of alcoholic...

Section 61-6-1630. License restriction; retail dealer; liquor by the drink licensee. - A person licensed to sell alcoholic liquor by the drink...

Section 61-6-1636. Purchasing and sale of alcoholic liquor by the drink. - (A) A person licensed by this article for sale and...

Section 61-6-1637. Substituting brands of alcoholic liquor. - A person licensed pursuant to this article, including his agent,...

Section 61-6-1640. Sampling of wine, cordials, and distilled spirits. - Notwithstanding the provisions of this subarticle or any other provision...

Section 61-6-1650. Samples of wine in excess of sixteen and one-half percent alcohol, cordials, or distilled spirits. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a producer or wholesaler...

Section 61-6-1800. License required. - No person, corporation, or organization for whose premises a license...

Section 61-6-1810. Applications. - (A) A person making application for a license under subarticle...

Section 61-6-1820. Criteria for license; notice. - The department may issue a license under subarticle 1 of...

Section 61-6-1825. Protest of issuance or renewal of license; attendance at hearing; court costs; penalties. - (A) A person residing in the county in which a...

Section 61-6-1830. Suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal of license. - The department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a...

Section 61-6-2000. Temporary permits for nonprofit organizations; criminal background checks. - (A) In addition to the licenses authorized pursuant to the...

Section 61-6-2005. Temporary retail liquor license upon purchase or acquisition of business. - (A) A person who purchases or acquires by lease, inheritance,...

Section 61-6-2010. Temporary permits upon referendum vote. - (A) In addition to the provisions of Section 61-6-2000, the...

Section 61-6-2015. Temporary permit to sell beer and wine for on-premises consumption; terms; qualifications - (A) A temporary permit to sell beer and wine for...

Section 61-6-2016. Motorsports entertainment, tennis, soccer, or baseball complex, biennial license for purchase and sale for on-premises consumption. - (A) In addition to the other provisions of this chapter,...

Section 61-6-2200. Age of server. - A person may not serve or deliver to a purchaser...

Section 61-6-2220. Sales to intoxicated persons. - A person or establishment licensed to sell alcoholic liquors or...

Section 61-6-2230. Drinking contests or games prohibited; definitions. - (A) A person licensed to sell alcoholic liquors or liquor...

Section 61-6-2300. Definitions. - As used in this subarticle: (1) "Alcoholic beverages" means alcoholic...

Section 61-6-2310. Qualified facilities; hospitality cabinets; notification of approval. - After approval by ordinance by the governing body of the...

Section 61-6-2320. Limitations on alcoholic beverages contained in cabinets. - (A) The type of alcoholic beverages contained in a hospitality...

Section 61-6-2330. Portion of cabinets containing nonalcoholic beverages or food; restrictions. - A hospitality cabinet may be part of another furniture unit...

Section 61-6-2340. Locking of cabinet containing alcoholic beverages; limits on access. - (A) Those portions of a hospitality cabinet containing alcoholic beverages...

Section 61-6-2350. Alcoholic beverage restock and replenishment supplies. - (A) Alcoholic beverages used to restock and replenish a facility's...

Section 61-6-2360. Regulations. - The Department of Revenue shall promulgate regulations to implement this...

Section 61-6-2370. Civil penalties. - In lieu of the punishment provided in Section 61-2-250 and...

Section 61-6-2400. Taxation. - Alcoholic liquors sold by the drink must be taxed pursuant...

Section 61-6-2410. Restaurants with Class A licenses. - A restaurant with a Class A license issued by the...

Section 61-6-2420. Restaurants with Class B licenses. - This article does not authorize a Class B Restaurant to...

Section 61-6-2430. Discounting of prices by wholesale distributor. - A wholesale distributor of alcoholic liquor may discount product price...

Section 61-6-2600. Penalties. - Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person who...

Section 61-6-2610. Further penalties. - A person, corporation, or organization who has in its possession,...

Section 61-6-2800. Applicability. - The provisions of this article are applicable, notwithstanding any other...

Section 61-6-2810. Exemption for South Carolina manufacturers. - A South Carolina manufacturer licensed under the provisions of Article...

Section 61-6-2820. Importation by registered producers. - No person other than a registered producer may ship, move,...

Section 61-6-2830. Registration of brand names. - No alcoholic liquors may be shipped or moved into this...

Section 61-6-2840. Applications for certificates of registration. - (A) A producer must apply to the department on forms...

Section 61-6-2850. Certificates of registration of brand names. - (A) A registered producer, before the shipment of alcoholic liquors...

Section 61-6-2860. Affirmation of corporate policy. - A registered producer of alcoholic liquors must, at the time...

Section 61-6-2870. Biennial certificate of registration. - No person is qualified as a producer representative unless he...

Section 61-6-2880. Interest in wholesale or retail liquor business. - No person having a direct or indirect interest in a...

Section 61-6-2890. Warehouses. - (A) A registered producer may not store alcoholic liquors in...

Section 61-6-2900. Shipment or transfer of imported liquors. - Alcoholic liquors must be shipped or moved from a point...

Section 61-6-2910. Invoices covering shipments into State. - Before shipment into this State, the registered producer must mail...

Section 61-6-2920. Invoices covering shipments out of State or to wholesaler. - Before shipment to a wholesaler in this State or to...

Section 61-6-2930. Contraband liquors. - Alcoholic liquors shipped or moved into this State in violation...

Section 61-6-2940. Issuance of certificates or licenses. - The department, in its discretion, upon due consideration of the...

Section 61-6-2950. Suspension or revocation of certificates or licenses. - Certificates of registration or licenses provided by this article may...

Section 61-6-2960. Audit or examination of records. - The applicant for a certificate or license required by this...

Section 61-6-2965. Relationship with other laws. - Licenses issued under this article are subject to the requirements...

Section 61-6-2970. Monies received. - All monies received by the department under the provisions of...

Section 61-6-2980. Proof-of-purchase promotions. - A producer may redeem by mail proof-of-purchase certificates for nonalcoholic...

Section 61-6-4000. Relationship with other laws. - This article, except Section 61-6-4720, is complementary to and not...

Section 61-6-4010. Unlawful manufacture, possession, or sales. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to: (1) manufacture,...

Section 61-6-4020. Transportation in motor vehicle. - (A) A person who is twenty-one years of age or...

Section 61-6-4025. Possession of unlawfully acquired or manufactured alcoholic liquors in vehicle, vessel, or aircraft. - It is unlawful for a person to keep, store, have...

Section 61-6-4030. Transportation of alcoholic liquors in taxi or other vehicle for hire. - It is unlawful for a person to transport alcoholic liquors...

Section 61-6-4040. Rendering aid in unlawful transportation. - A person who acts as an advance or rear guard...

Section 61-6-4050. Purchase from unlicensed retail dealer. - It is unlawful for a person to purchase or otherwise...

Section 61-6-4060. Storage in place of business. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to store or...

Section 61-6-4070. Transfer to person under the age of twenty-one years. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to transfer or...

Section 61-6-4075. Purchase of alcoholic beverage for minor; penalty. - It is unlawful for a person who purchases alcoholic liquors...

Section 61-6-4080. Sale to person under the age of twenty-one years; penalty; completion of merchant education program. - (A) A person engaged in the sale of alcoholic liquors...

Section 61-6-4085. Charges against seller and minor purchaser; compliance tester exception. - (A) If a person is charged with a violation of...

Section 61-6-4090. Effect of conviction or plea. - If a permittee or licensee, or servant, agent, or employee...

Section 61-6-4100. Distilleries. - It is unlawful for a person in this State to...

Section 61-6-4110. Distilling or manufacturing; violations. - It is unlawful for a person to knowingly permit or...

Section 61-6-4120. Materials used in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors. - It is unlawful to make, manufacture, transport, possess, or knowingly...

Section 61-6-4130. Presence at distillery, prima facie evidence of guilt. - A person found at a distillery or other place where...

Section 61-6-4140. Employment of persons under the age of twenty-one years. - It is unlawful for a person under the age of...

Section 61-6-4150. Sale from vehicle, vessel, or aircraft. - Except as authorized by law, it is unlawful for a...

Section 61-6-4155. Unlawful use of alcohol without liquid device; penalties; exceptions. - (A) As used in this section, "alcohol without liquid device"...

Section 61-6-4157. Powdered or crystalline alcohol; penalties; exceptions. - (A) As used in this section, "powdered or crystalline alcohol"...

Section 61-6-4160. Sunday sales; Christmas Day sales; penalties. - It is unlawful to sell alcoholic liquors on Sunday except...

Section 61-6-4170. Billboards encouraging underage drinking; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to advertise alcoholic...

Section 61-6-4180. Possession of firearm or weapon. - If a person unlawfully manufactures, transports, or sells alcoholic liquors...

Section 61-6-4190. Refusal or frustration of inspection. - A person who, upon demand of an officer or agent...

Section 61-6-4200. Dispossession or attempted dispossession of alcoholic liquors. - A person who dispossesses, rescues, or attempts to dispossess or...

Section 61-6-4210. General penalties. - A person who violates any provision of the ABC Act,...

Section 61-6-4220. Effect of conviction, plea, or bond forfeiture as prior offense. - A conviction, plea of guilty, plea of nolo contendere, or...

Section 61-6-4230. Sentencing. - The trial judge in his discretion may impose sentences under...

Section 61-6-4240. Reports of convictions, pleas, or bond forfeitures. - Clerks of court, magistrates, city recorders, and other public officers...

Section 61-6-4250. Certificates of convictions, pleas, or bond forfeiture. - The clerk of court of each county in the State...

Section 61-6-4260. Effect of conviction, plea, or bond forfeiture upon license. - A conviction, a plea of guilty, a forfeiture of bond,...

Section 61-6-4270. Monetary penalties. - For violations of Articles 3, 5, 7, and 13 of...

Section 61-6-4280. Transferability of licenses or permits. - Licenses and permits are the property of the department, are...

Section 61-6-4290. Suspension of driver's license. - The Department of Public Safety, upon notice that a person...

Section 61-6-4300. Seizure of alcoholic liquors or vehicle, vessel, or aircraft. - If alcoholic liquors are sold from a vehicle, vessel, aircraft,...

Section 61-6-4310. Sale of seized items. - Alcoholic liquors seized by the department, its agents, or by...

Section 61-6-4320. Destruction of alcoholic liquors. - Only those alcoholic liquors which have been manufactured by a...

Section 61-6-4330. Bidding process. - No alcoholic liquors sold under the provisions of this article...

Section 61-6-4340. Confiscation of certain vehicles, vessels, and aircraft. - A vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other chattel found at a...

Section 61-6-4350. Storage of seized chattel. - The respective sheriffs of this State must safely store and...

Section 61-6-4360. Notice of motor vehicle seizure. - (A) If a chattel seized under this article is a...

Section 61-6-4370. Sale of chattel. - If, before the date set for sale of a chattel...

Section 61-6-4380. Proceeds of sale. - If a chattel has been seized by municipal officers, the...

Section 61-6-4390. Actions to recover possession of chattel. - Before sale of a chattel under Section 61-6-4370, the owner,...

Section 61-6-4400. Stay of sale; appraisals. - Upon service upon the sheriff of a proceeding under Section...

Section 61-6-4410. Bonds for immediate possession of chattel. - If the owner or other person claiming an interest in...

Section 61-6-4420. Proof of claim. - In a proceeding brought to recover possession of a chattel...

Section 61-6-4430. Release of seized chattel. - If the claimant is the owner of the chattel and...

Section 61-6-4440. Settlement of claims; joint claimants. - If the claimant in a proceeding under Section 61-6-4390 is...

Section 61-6-4450. Distribution of proceeds. - If delivery is not demanded by the claimant or claimants...

Section 61-6-4460. Clear title. - A person who purchases any chattel at a sale made...

Section 61-6-4470. Proceedings against confiscated alcoholic liquors. - For the purpose of confiscating alcoholic liquors under the ABC...

Section 61-6-4480. Sheriffs' reports of seized chattels. - The sheriff of each county must, upon seizure of or...

Section 61-6-4490. Preemption of field. - Ordinances of political subdivisions of this State prohibiting the acts...

Section 61-6-4500. Municipal court jurisdiction. - Municipal courts must try and determine all cases involving a...

Section 61-6-4510. Municipal police officers. - Municipal police officers have the power of constables to enforce...

Section 61-6-4520. Federal labeling law. - It is unlawful for a person to sell or otherwise...

Section 61-6-4530. Notes of indebtedness. - A note or other evidence of indebtedness contracted in the...

Section 61-6-4540. Search warrants. - Upon affidavit, which may be on information and belief, to...

Section 61-6-4550. Discount prices. - No person who holds a biennial license to sell alcoholic...

Section 61-6-4700. Consumption of alcoholic liquor on premises. - It is unlawful for a person to drink alcoholic liquors...

Section 61-6-4710. Lawful possession or consumption. - (A) A person who is twenty-one years of age or...

Section 61-6-4720. Consumption of alcoholic liquor in public conveyance. - A person who drinks alcoholic liquors in a public conveyance...

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South Carolina Code of Laws Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act

South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act