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Chapter 311

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 311

Liquor Control Law

311.010Title of law 311.015Purpose clause 311.020Definition of intoxicating liquor 311.025Missouri bourbon and Missouri bourbon whiskey labels, use of name, criteria 311.028Ozark Highlands spirits, qualification as, requirements — Single Malt, qualification as — Ozark Highlands map 311.030Definition of person 311.040Application of law 311.050License required 311.055License to manufacture not required, personal or family use — limitation — removal from premises permitted, when — inapplicability, when 311.060Qualifications for licenses — resident corporation and financial interest defined — revocation, effect of, new license, when 311.061Stock ownership not deemed financial interest, when 311.070Financial interest in retail businesses by certain licensees prohibited, exceptions — penalties — definitions — activities permitted between wholesalers and licensees — certain contracts unenforceable — installation of nonrefrigeration dispensing accessories — contributions to certain organizations permitted, when — sale of Missouri wines only, license issued, when 311.071Special events, not-for-profit organizations, contributions of money permitted, when 311.075Financial interests in distillery in close proximity to a recreational resort 311.080Sale of liquor prohibited near schools and churches, exceptions 311.082Labeling of kegs sold at retail for off-premise consumption, procedures 311.084Entertainment district special licensee — definitions — application, fee, requirements 311.085License for sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink in unincorporated areas of county — sale of malt liquor and light wines by drink and in package, annual fee (first class charter counties)311.086Portable bars, entertainment district special license — definitions — issuance, procedure (Kansas City)311.088Special permit for sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink from 6 a.m. to 3 a.m. the following day — limit on number of permits per year — fee (Kansas City)311.089Sunday liquor sales by the drink, permitted when (St. Louis City, Kansas City)311.090Sale of liquor by the drink, cities, requirements 311.091Boat or vessel, liquor sale by drink, requirements, fee 311.092Liquor by the drink on vessels regularly moored in city of St. Louis 311.095Resorts, seasonal resort restaurants, restaurants, sale of liquor by the drink, resort defined — temporary license, new businesses, when 311.096Common eating and drinking area, defined — licenses for sale of liquor by the drink not for consumption on premises — fees — extended hours for convention trade areas 311.099Controlled access liquor cabinet system for qualified establishments — definitions — license — employees, requirements — temporary license, when — sales to establishment, requirements 311.100Sale by drink defined 311.101Unfinished bottles of wine may be carried out of a restaurant bar, when — transportation permitted — wineries, unfinished bottles of wine may be removed, when — transportation permitted — definition of winery 311.110Election to determine whether liquor may be sold by drink — procedure 311.130Form of ballot 311.140Result of election — favorable vote 311.150Result of election — unfavorable vote 311.160Question may be resubmitted, when — manner 311.170Local option provisions applicable only to sales for consumption on premises 311.174Convention trade area, Kansas City, North Kansas City, Jackson County, liquor sale by drink, extended hours for business, requirements, fee 311.176Convention trade area, St. Louis City, liquor sale by drink, extended hours for business, requirements, fee — resort defined 311.178Convention trade area, St. Louis County, liquor sale by drink, extended hours for business, requirements, fee — resort defined — special permit for liquor sale by drink (Miller, Morgan, and Camden counties)311.179St. Louis Lambert International Airport and Kansas City International Airport, special permit, fee 311.180Manufacturers, wholesalers, solicitors — license fees — wholesalers, sale to gaming commission licensees, allowed 311.181Wholesaler's license to sell malt liquor, geographical area limitation — exception — requirements 311.182Exclusive areas for wholesales — violation of area limitations by wholesalers or brewers, penalties 311.185Shipments of alcohol to residents permitted, when 311.190Wine or brandy manufacturer's license, fee — use of materials produced outside state, limitation, exception — what sales may be made, when 311.191Vintage wine, definition — sale of vintage wine through auction, authorized sellers — licenses to auction — auction conducted, where, no consumption, issuance period, fee — shipment out of state — tastings — auctioneer subject to regulations — penalty 311.192Wine manufacturer defined 311.193Vintage wine, municipalities may sell by sealed bids — issuance of license, restrictions — consumption on premises prohibited, when — shipping — wine tastings — violations, penalty 311.195Microbrewery, defined — license, fee — retail license allowed, procedure — sale to wholesalers allowed, when — certain exemptions, when 311.196Consumption off the premises, sale of beer permitted for restaurant bar without an on-site brewery, when 311.197Samples, furnishing and acceptance of, when 311.198Portable refrigeration units, lease to retail licensee, when — requirements — duration of lease — rulemaking authority — expiration date 311.200Licenses — retail liquor dealers — fees — applications 311.201Draft beer, sale of 32 to 128 fluid ounces dispensed on premises for consumption off premises — requirements 311.202Sale of retailer-packaged alcoholic beverages to customers in containers for off-premises consumption, when — requirements 311.2026Sale of intoxicating liquor at 2026 FIFA World Cup Tournament — requirements — expiration date 311.205Self-dispensing of beer permitted, when 311.210Application — remittance, made to whom, powers of supervisor 311.211Fishing skills contest, ticket sales to participants on premises not ground to deny license 311.212Licenses, suspension or revocation of, violations occurring more than three years prior, not valid grounds 311.218Fourth of July celebrations, temporary permits for wine and malt liquor for certain organizations, fee 311.220Counties and cities may charge for licenses — amount — display of license 311.230Application for license to manufacture or sell made to supervisor 311.240Period of license — federal license required — contents of license — renewals 311.250Licenses nontransferable — exceptions 311.260More than five licenses by any one person prohibited, exception 311.265Retailer going out of business in debt to wholesaler, procedure — new license prohibited 311.270License for sale of malt liquor only — certain restrictions — penalty for violation 311.275Wholesale-solicitors registration required — primary American source of supply, defined — vintage wine registration — approval of application, when 311.280Unlawful for licensed retailer to purchase from other than licensed wholesaler — prohibited acts 311.290Time fixed for opening and closing premises — closed place defined — penalty 311.293Sunday sales, package liquor licensee allowed, hours, fee — city or county may also charge fee, limitations — exception 311.294Wine and malt beverages, permit to allow tasting on premises — limitations 311.297Alcohol samples for tasting on and off licensed retail premises, when 311.298Certain holidays, sale by the drink on Sunday allowed 311.299Warning sign displayed, liquor licenses — violations 311.300Persons eighteen years of age or older may sell or handle intoxicating liquor, when 311.310Sale to minor — certain other persons, misdemeanor — exceptions — permitting drinking or possession by a minor, penalty, exception — defenses 311.315Manufacturing a false identification, offense of — penalty 311.320Misrepresentation of age by minor to obtain liquor — use of altered driver's license, passport or I.D. cards, penalties 311.325Purchase or possession by minor, penalty — container need not be opened and contents verified, when — consent to chemical testing deemed given, when — burden of proof on violator to prove not intoxicating liquor — section not applicable to certain students, requirements 311.326Expungement of record permitted, when 311.328Identification, acceptable forms 311.329Reproduction or alteration of identification card, penalty 311.330Unauthorized liquors prohibited on premises licensed for sale by drink, exceptions 311.332Wholesale price regulation, discrimination prohibited — delivery to certain organizations for nonresale purposes, allowed when — donation permitted, when 311.333Wholesalers, returns of alcoholic beverages to, supervisor to regulate — wholesaler pricing to be made available to retailers, when 311.335Liquor sales by wholesalers, delivery price — delayed shipment — sale of close-out merchandise permitted, when 311.338Violation of wholesale price regulations, misdemeanor — suspension of license 311.340Mixing liquor with drugs prohibited 311.355Manufacturer rebate coupons by wholesalers, regulation of 311.360Misrepresentation of brand of liquor unlawful, penalty — exceptions 311.370Liquor in storage — report to supervisor, when — contents of report 311.373Beer required to be in possession of licensed wholesaler prior to sale at retail 311.380Warehouse receipts — unlawful to sell or give away — penalty 311.390Duty of carriers to furnish certain information — penalty for failure — proceedings 311.400Unclaimed shipments of liquor may be sold 311.401Repossessed liquor, sale by lending institution, when — no license required 311.410Transportation of intoxicating liquor into or through state, when permitted 311.420Transporter's license — fee — bond — qualifications — certain carriers exempt 311.430Revocation of transporter's license 311.440Transporter's license to be exhibited to officers, when 311.450Bill of lading to accompany transported alcoholic liquors — contents — inspection 311.460Violation of sections 311.410 to 311.450, penalty 311.480Eating places, drinking of intoxicating liquor on premises, license required, when, hours — regulations — penalties — exceptions 311.482Temporary permit for sale by drink may be issued to certain organizations, when, duration — collection of sales taxes, notice to director of revenue 311.483Festivals, temporary permit to sell liquor by the drink, procedure 311.485Temporary location for liquor by the drink, caterers — permit and fee required — other laws applicable 311.486Special license, drink at retail for consumption on the premises, when — duration of license — fees 311.487Annual license for beer and wine sales at state fair, issued when, fee — subject to laws of municipality 311.490Ingredients of beer — intoxicating malt liquor 311.500Inspection of breweries — by whom 311.510Inspection of malt liquors — duty of supervisor — product samples not required for approval 311.520Fee for inspecting and gauging malt liquors — invoice requirements — rulemaking authority 311.530Inspection of beer — exported out of state 311.540Liquor inspection, labeling and gauging — requirements 311.550Additional revenue charges — fines and penalties 311.553Monthly returns and payment of additional charges required — failure to pay, penalty 311.554Privilege of selling wine, additional revenue charges — purpose — Missouri wine and grape fund created — limitation on use of revenue 311.555Bond — failure to file — forfeiture 311.557License, revocation 311.561Charges, how paid and collected 311.580Possession of illegal or untaxed liquor prohibited — manufacturers, blenders and wholesalers excepted, when 311.600Unlawful to sell unlabeled liquor — penalty 311.610Supervisor of liquor control — appointment, bond, duties, assistants — minimum compensation provided 311.615Division of liquor control established, duties 311.620Qualification and requirements of agent, assistant, deputy, or inspector 311.630Peace officers — authorized to make arrests for certain violations — method of selection — duty of supervisor 311.640Supervisor — employees not permitted to have interest in liquor business 311.650Offices of supervisor 311.660Powers of supervisor — regulations — subpoenas 311.665Sales and use tax must be paid to renew license — statement required 311.670Failure of supervisor and employees to perform duties 311.680Disorderly place, warning, probation, suspension or revocation of license, when, notice — civil penalties — meet and confer opportunity, when 311.685Civil actions permitted, when 311.691Review by administrative hearing commission 311.710Additional complaints — by whom made — procedure 311.720License automatically revoked upon conviction — exceptions 311.722Alcohol and tobacco control, minors not to be used in enforcement, exceptions — standards — minors immune from liability, when 311.730Fees paid into general revenue fund and division of alcohol and tobacco control fund 311.735Division of alcohol and tobacco control fund created, use of moneys 311.740Maintaining public nuisance — penalty 311.750Action to enjoin nuisance — procedure 311.760Penalty for violation of terms of injunction 311.770Duty of prosecuting attorney — failure to perform 311.780List of complaints, revocations, suspensions to prosecuting attorneys — attorney general, when 311.790Prosecution of violations, by whom — fees and expenses 311.800Attorney general may direct prosecuting attorneys to conduct prosecutions 311.810Search warrants, how issued — search and seizure — procedure — arrests — disposition of perishable products 311.820Search of vehicles for contraband liquor — use of evidence found 311.830Transported liquor and vehicle to be seized as contraband, when 311.840Action to forfeit seized liquor as contraband — notice — intervention — judgment — appeal — sale of forfeited liquor — liability of officers — prosecutor's duties 311.850Action to replevin seized liquor, limitations, procedure — damages — appeals — sale of seized liquor — duties of prosecuting officials 311.860Fees and mileage of officers executing search warrants 311.868Fines for violations by manufacturers and distillers to supersede other penalties 311.870Execution on default by corporation in payment of fine 311.880Violation a misdemeanor — penalty 311.915Special permit for festivals — limit on shipment in state — excise taxes — duration of permit 311.950Entertainment facilities, purchase through mobile applications — identification required — rulemaking authority