340A.401 LICENSE REQUIRED. Except as provided in this chapter, no person may directly or indirectly, on any pretense or by any device, sell, barter, keep for sale, charge for possession, or otherwise dispose of alcoholic beverages as part of a commercial transaction without having obtained the required license or permit. Rental of or permission to […]
340A.4011 BED AND BREAKFAST FACILITIES; WHEN LICENSE NOT REQUIRED. Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, “bed and breakfast facility” means a place of lodging that: (1) provides not more than eight rooms for rent to no more than 20 guests at a time; (2) is located on the same property as the owner’s […]
340A.402 PERSONS ELIGIBLE. Subdivision 1. Disqualifiers. No retail license may be issued to: (1) a person under 21 years of age; (2) a person who has had an intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor license revoked within five years of the license application, or to any person who at the time of the violation […]
340A.403 3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR LICENSES. Subdivision 1. Issuance by county or city. The governing body of a city or county may issue off-sale or on-sale licenses for the sale of 3.2 percent malt liquor within their respective jurisdictions. Subd. 2. Temporary licenses. (a) A club or charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization may be issued […]
340A.404 INTOXICATING LIQUOR; ON-SALE LICENSES. Subdivision 1. Cities. (a) A city may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to the following establishments located within its jurisdiction: (1) hotels; (2) restaurants; (3) bowling centers; (4) clubs or congressionally chartered veterans organizations with the approval of the commissioner, provided that the organization has been in existence for […]
340A.4041 CULINARY CLASSES; ON-SALE LICENSE. Subdivision 1. License authorized. A city or county may issue a limited on-sale intoxicating liquor license to a business establishment: (1) not otherwise eligible for an on-sale intoxicating liquor license; and (2) that, as part of its business, conducts culinary or cooking classes for which payment is made by each […]
340A.4042 WINE OR MALT LIQUOR EDUCATOR; ON-SALE LICENSE. Subdivision 1. Wine educator license. The commissioner may issue an on-sale license to a person meeting the requirements specified in sections 340A.402 and 340A.409, at an annual cost of $250 per license to a wine educator and $50 per permit for each employee of the wine educator […]
340A.405 INTOXICATING LIQUOR; OFF-SALE LICENSES. Subdivision 1. Cities. (a) A city other than a city of the first class may issue with the approval of the commissioner, an off-sale intoxicating liquor license to an exclusive liquor store, or to a drugstore to which an off-sale license had been issued on or prior to May 1, […]
340A.4055 LICENSES IN INDIAN COUNTRY. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, on-sale or off-sale licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor issued by the governing body of an Indian tribe in accordance with United States Code, title 18, section 1161, to an Indian tribal member or Indian tribal entity for […]
340A.406 INTOXICATING LIQUOR; COMBINATION LICENSES. A city of the fourth class or a statutory city of 10,000 or fewer population may issue an off-sale and on-sale intoxicating liquor license to the same licensee or, in lieu of issuing on-sale and off-sale licenses separately to a licensee, may issue a combination on-sale and off-sale license. A […]
340A.407 COMMON CARRIERS. The commissioner may issue an on-sale license to a person certificated by either the state or the United States of America, or an agency thereof, as a common carrier engaged in the business of transporting persons for hire in interstate or intrastate commerce to sell intoxicating or 3.2 percent malt liquor in […]
340A.408 RETAIL LICENSE FEES. Subdivision 1. 3.2 percent malt liquor. (a) The license fee for an on-sale and off-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor license is the fee set by the county or city issuing the license. (b) One-half of the license fee received by a county for a retail license to sell 3.2 percent malt […]
340A.409 LIABILITY INSURANCE. Subdivision 1. Insurance required. (a) No retail license may be issued, maintained or renewed unless the applicant demonstrates proof of financial responsibility with regard to liability imposed by section 340A.801. The issuing authority must submit to the commissioner the applicant’s proof of financial responsibility. This subdivision does not prohibit a local unit […]
340A.410 LICENSE RESTRICTIONS; GENERAL. Subdivision 1. Counties; town consent. A county may not issue a retail license to sell any alcoholic beverage within an organized town unless the governing body of the town has consented to the issuance of the license. Subd. 2. Counties; recommendation and review of applicants. (a) No county may issue or […]
340A.411 LICENSE RESTRICTIONS; 3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR LICENSES. Subdivision 1. On-sale licenses. On-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor licenses may only be issued to drugstores, restaurants, hotels, clubs, bowling centers, golf courses, and establishments used exclusively for the sale of 3.2 percent malt liquor with the incidental sale of tobacco and soft drinks. Subd. 2. License […]
340A.412 LICENSE RESTRICTIONS; INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSES. Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1989 c 49 s 8] Subd. 2. Investigation of on-sale licenses. (a) The city or county having jurisdiction over on-sale licenses to sell intoxicating liquor shall on initial application for an on-sale license or on application for a transfer of an existing license conduct a preliminary […]
340A.413 RESTRICTIONS ON NUMBER OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSES THAT MAY BE ISSUED. Subdivision 1. On-sale licenses. No on-sale intoxicating liquor license may be issued in any city except as provided in this section in excess of the following limits: (1) in cities of the first class, one license for every 1,500 population, up to 200 […]
340A.414 CONSUMPTION AND DISPLAY PERMITS. Subdivision 1. Permit required. No business establishment or club which does not hold an on-sale intoxicating liquor license may directly or indirectly allow the consumption and display of alcoholic beverages or knowingly serve any liquid for the purpose of mixing with intoxicating liquor without first having obtained a permit from […]
340A.415 LICENSE REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION; CIVIL PENALTY. On a finding that the license or permit holder has (1) sold alcoholic beverages to another retail licensee for the purpose of resale, (2) purchased alcoholic beverages from another retail licensee for the purpose of resale, (3) conducted or permitted the conduct of gambling on the licensed premises […]
340A.416 LOCAL OPTION ELECTION. Subdivision 1. Petition. Upon receipt of a petition signed by 30 percent of the persons voting at the last city election or 200 registered voters residing in the city, whichever is less, a statutory city or home rule charter city of the fourth class shall place before the voters of the […]
