Liquor Control Law | Midpage4301.01Liquor control definitions4301.011General Assembly finding - sole and exclusive regulation of alcohol4301.02Division of liquor control organization4301.021Superintendent of liquor control powers4301.022Liquor control commission4301.03Liquor control commission rules4301.04Liquor control commission powers4301.041Minimum percentage mark-up for sales at retail of beer4301.042Pricing practices rules for beer sales4301.05Liquor control commission not to exercise executive or administrative duties or powers4301.06Division of liquor control publications and hearings4301.07Liquor control commission members4301.08Bond of liquor control commission, superintendent, employees4301.10Division of liquor control powers and duties4301.101Superintendent of liquor control rules4301.102Administration, collection, and enforcement of county sports facility liquor tax4301.11Leases of state liquor stores4301.12Custody, safekeeping, and deposit of funds4301.13Rules for dealing in and distributing and selling bottled wine4301.14Rules for equitable distribution of supplies of spirituous liquor4301.15Violating rules for equitable distribution4301.16Accounting for moneys received from the sale of liquor4301.17State liquor stores or agencies4301.171Tasting samples of spirituous liquor4301.172Agency store hours of sale4301.18Purchase, manufacture, blend, or bottle spirituous liquor division of liquor control4301.19Sale of spirituous liquor by division of liquor control4301.20Exemptions from liquor control law4301.201Homemade beer and wine4301.21Rules for sale of beer or intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises4301.22Rules for sales of beer and intoxicating liquor under all classes of permits and from state liquor stores4301.23Sales of sacramental wine for religious rites4301.24Rules for manufacturers and wholesale distributors4301.241Sales area or territory for B-1 permit holder to be brand distributor4301.242Manufacturers and wholesale distributors - permitted conduct4301.243Giving things of value in connection with purchase of alcoholic beverage4301.244Beer not intoxicating liquor4301.245Use of social media for advertising4301.246Gifts of glassware4301.25Suspension or revocation of liquor permit4301.251Emergency suspension of retail beer or liquor permits and retail sales of spirituous liquor4301.252Option of paying forfeiture rather than suspending operations4301.253Training program4301.26No-fault cancellation of permits4301.27Revoking or cancelling permits4301.28Appeals to liquor control commission4301.29Seizure of beer, intoxicating liquor or alcohol4301.30Deposit and distribution of fees4301.31Jurisdiction - immunity4301.32Local option privilege4301.321Local option sale of beer or intoxicating liquor by class C or D permit at particular premises4301.322Local option where status of portion of precinct or residence district is inconsistent with remainder4301.323Conditions for exercising privilege of local option at a particular location4301.324Local option - community facility4301.33Local option petition4301.331Local option - premises adjudged a nuisance4301.332Local option petition where status of portion of precinct or residence district is inconsistent with remainder4301.333Local option petition contesting a particular location4301.334Local option petition contesting community facility4301.34Petition requirements4301.35Election and form of ballots on four question election4301.351Election and form of ballots on Sunday sales4301.352Election and form of ballots concerning particular permit premises4301.353Election and form of ballots where status of portion of precinct or residence district is inconsistent with remainder - no Sunday issues4301.354Election and form of ballots where status of portion of precinct or residence district is inconsistent with remainder - Sunday issues4301.355Election and form of ballots contesting a particular location4301.356Election and form of ballots contesting community facility4301.36Effect of four question election4301.361Effect of Sunday sales election4301.362Effect of particular permit premises election4301.363Effect of election where status of portion of precinct or residence district is inconsistent with remainder - no Sunday issues4301.364Effect of election where status of portion of precinct or residence district is inconsistent with remainder - Sunday issues4301.365Effect of election concerning particular location4301.366Effect of election concerning community facility4301.37Local option elections effective for four years4301.39Notification and results of local option elections4301.391Operation inconsistent with results of local option election4301.40Local option elections not to affect or prohibit certain permits4301.401Permits issued in premises located in annexed territory valid4301.402Golf course, hotel, motel, or lodge owned by state, conservancy district, park district or political subdivision not affected4301.403U.S. Christopher Columbus quincentenary jubilee commission exhibition premises exemptions4301.404Center for preservation of wild animals exemptions4301.41Refund of permit fee upon cancellation4301.42Tax on sale of beer in sealed bottles and cans4301.421Tax levies to finance sports facilities4301.422Retail sellers liable for county tax4301.423Crediting and distribution of tax receipts4301.424Tax levies to finance construction or renovation of sports facility4301.43Tax on sale and distribution of wine and mixed beverages4301.432Tax on sale and distribution of vermouth, sparkling and carbonated wine and champagne, and other wine4301.433Out-of state wine bottlers to furnish invoices4301.44Administration of alcoholic beverage taxes4301.441Disclosure of information provided by department of taxation4301.45Seizure of beer or intoxicating liquors transported or possessed illegally4301.46Credit of moneys received4301.47Record retention4301.48False entries on invoices or containers prohibited4301.49Prevention or hindrance of inspection4301.50Distribution or sale of beverages without tax prohibited4301.52Seizure of wine, mixed beverage, or beer upon which tax has not been paid4301.53Search warrants - seizure of property4301.54Retaliatory tax on liquor products sold in, delivered, or shipped into Ohio4301.55Retaliatory tax on liquor products transported, manufactured or warehoused in Ohio4301.56List of permit holders furnished to tax commissioner for administration of liquor taxes4301.57Fines and forfeited bonds4301.58Permits required4301.59False or fraudulent statement in warehouse receipts4301.60Illegal transportation of beer, intoxicating liquor, or alcohol prohibited4301.61Transaction scans to check the validity of driver's or commercial driver's license or identification card4301.611Transaction scan as affirmative defense where age of purchaser is element of crime4301.62Opened container of beer or intoxicating liquor prohibited at certain premises4301.63Purchase of beer or intoxicating liquor by persons under twenty-one prohibited4301.631Purchase or consumption low-alcohol beverage by persons under eighteen prohibited4301.633Furnishing false information to obtain beer or intoxicating liquor for person under twenty-one4301.634Furnishing false information to obtain beer or intoxicating liquor by person under twenty-one4301.635Compliance check4301.636Manufacture, transfer, sell, or distribute false identification card or driver's license4301.637Warning cards as to underage persons and person carrying firearms4301.638Modification on other sections not intended4301.639False identification accepted in good faith4301.64Prohibition against consumption of beer or intoxicating liquor in motor vehicle4301.65Sale, purchase, or use of alcohol vaporizing device prohibited4301.66Obstructing inspection or search of premises prohibited4301.67Illegal possession of spirituous or intoxicating liquor or beer prohibited4301.68Sale of liquor in diluted, refilled, or partly refilled containers prohibited4301.69Underage persons offenses concerning4301.691Alternate prohibitions if federal mandate relating to a national uniform drinking age of twenty-one is no longer in force4301.70Violations not otherwise specified4301.71Sale of powdered or crystalline alcohol4301.72Liquor taxes are lien on property of permit holder4301.74Violation of nuisance injunction4301.77Providing social security numbers4301.80Community entertainment district application4301.81Application for revitalization district designation4301.82Designated outdoor refreshment areas4301.83Waiver to serve alcohol at major event4301.99Penalty4301.991Notice of conviction or acquittal of liquor control violations