18B-100. Purpose of Chapter. This Chapter is intended to establish a uniform system of control over the sale, purchase, transportation, manufacture, consumption, and possession of alcoholic beverages in North Carolina, and to provide procedures to insure the proper administration of the ABC laws under a uniform system throughout the State. This Chapter shall be liberally […]
18B-101. Definitions. As used in this Chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "ABC law" or "ABC laws" means any statute or statutes in this Chapter or in Article 2C of Chapter 105, and the rules issued by the Commission under the authority of this Chapter. (2) "ABC permit" or "permits" means any written or […]
18B-102. Manufacture, sale, etc., forbidden except as expressly authorized. (a) General Prohibition. – It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, transport, import, deliver, furnish, purchase, consume, or possess any alcoholic beverages except as authorized by the ABC law. (a1) Powdered Alcohol Prohibition. – It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, […]
18B-102.1. Direct shipments from out-of-state prohibited. (a) It is unlawful for any person who is an out-of-state retail or wholesale dealer in the business of selling alcoholic beverages to ship or cause to be shipped any alcoholic beverage directly to any North Carolina resident who does not hold a valid wholesaler’s permit under Article 11 […]
18B-103. Exemptions. All of the following activities shall be permitted: (1) The use of ethyl alcohol for scientific, chemical, pharmaceutical, mechanical, and industrial purposes. (2) The use of ethyl alcohol by persons authorized to obtain it tax free, as provided by federal law. (3) The use of ethyl alcohol in the manufacture and preparation of […]
18B-104. Administrative penalties. (a) Penalties. – For any violation of the ABC laws, the Commission may take any of the following actions against a permittee: (1) Suspend the permittee’s permit for a specified period of time not longer than three years. (2) Revoke the permittee’s permit. (3) For all violations not listed in subdivision (3a) […]
18B-105. Advertising. (a) General Rule. – No person shall advertise alcoholic beverages in this State except in compliance with the rules of the Commission. (b) Rule-making Authority. – The Commission shall have the authority to adopt rules to: (1) Prohibit or regulate advertising of alcoholic beverages by permittees in newspapers, pamphlets, and other print media; […]
18B-106. Alcoholic beverages for use on oceangoing ships. (a) Delivery Permitted. – Alcoholic beverages for use outside the United States on oceangoing vessels shall be delivered as follows: (1) Spirituous liquor may be imported into this State under United States customs bonds, held in United States customs bonded warehouses, and transferred between those warehouses. Spirituous […]
18B-107. Alcoholic beverages for use in air commerce. (a) Purchase and Storage. – The Commission may issue permits authorizing air carriers offering regularly scheduled or chartered flights in foreign, interstate, or intrastate commerce to purchase malt beverages, unfortified wine, and fortified wine from any wholesaler or retailer licensed in this State, and to transport those […]
18B-108. Sales on trains. Alcoholic beverages may be sold on railroad trains in this State upon compliance with Article 2C of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes. Malt beverages, unfortified wine, and fortified wine may be sold and delivered by any wholesaler or retailer licensed in this State to an officer or agent of a […]
18B-109. Direct shipment of alcoholic beverages into State. (a) General Prohibition. – Except as provided in G.S. 18B-1001.1, no person shall have any alcoholic beverage mailed or shipped to him from outside this State unless he has the appropriate ABC permit. (b) Armed Forces Installation and Indian Country Lands. – No person shall have malt […]
18B-110. Emergency. When the Governor finds that an emergency, as that term is defined in G.S. 166A-19.3, exists anywhere in this State, the Governor may (1) Order the closing of all ABC stores; and (2) Order the cessation of all sales, transportation, manufacture, and bottling of alcoholic beverages. The Governor’s order shall apply in those […]
18B-111. Nontaxpaid alcoholic beverages. No person may possess, transport, or sell nontaxpaid alcoholic beverages except as authorized by the ABC law. (1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1262, s. 4.)
18B-112. Tribal alcoholic beverage control. (a) Application of This Chapter. – The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe and sovereign nation, shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter, except for those made applicable by this section. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribe shall adopt by ordinance the provisions […]
