Chapter 138 - ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS
- Section 138:1 - Definitions
- Section 138:2 - Manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
- Section 138:2A - Sale, manufacture or possession of powdered alcohol
- Section 138:3 - Manufacture and storage of alcoholic beverages for private use
- Section 138:4 - Licensing boards; appointments; membership
- Section 138:5 - Terms of office of licensing board; removal; review; notice; fee
- Section 138:6 - Chairman; quorum; vacancies
- Section 138:7 - Offices of board; salaries; expenses
- Section 138:8 - Limitation of sec. 7
- Section 138:9 - Records; quarterly reports; sworn statements
- Section 138:10 - Cities exempt from operation of six preceding sections; residency requirement of board or commission members
- Section 138:10A - Annual report of local licensing authorities to commission
- Section 138:10B - Authority to declare office of member of board vacant
- Section 138:11 - Questions to be placed on ballot at biennial state election
- Section 138:11A - Submission of question at special and regular municipal elections; petition; taverns
- Section 138:12 - Licenses authorizing sale of beverages to be drunk on premises; licenses to farmer-winery to serve wine on premises of winery located on premises of farm; veterans' organizations, corporations, etc.; suspension or revocation; hours of sale; liqueurs and cordials; legal liability insurance requirement
- Section 138:12 1/2 - Sale of mixed drinks for off-premises consumption
- Section 138:12A - Renewal of licenses to conduct restaurant; investigations
- Section 138:12B - Operation of premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages; nudity
- Section 138:12C - Annual caterer's license for sale of alcoholic beverages at private catering events; penalties for violation
- Section 138:13 - Licensing of railroad or car and airline corporations, vessel owners and operators, shipping companies and ship chandlers
- Section 138:14 - Special licenses to managers of indoor or outdoor activities; fees
- Section 138:14A - License to sell wine, malt beverages and distilled spirits at auctions
- Section 138:15 - Licensing authorizing sale of beverages not to be drunk on premises; applications; approval; price lists; renewals; fees; hours of sales; samples
- Section 138:15A - Application for licenses; statement of beneficial interests; corporate stock transfers; filing notation; publication of notice; hearing; plan of premises; transfers; notice to abutting property owners; complaints; appeals; cancellation of licenses
- Section 138:15F - Special license for sale of wine by farmer-winery for off-premises consumption at agricultural event
- Section 138:16 - Dilution, changing or tampering with alcoholic beverages; suspension of license; prima facie evidence
- Section 138:16A - Renewal of annual licenses; number limitation; rejection of application; appeal
- Section 138:16B - Time within which application for licenses shall be granted or dismissed; notice of approval; number of applications
- Section 138:16C - Licenses for premises near schools or churches
- Section 138:16D - [Repealed]
- Section 138:17 - Number of licenses; quotas; licenses for wines and malt beverages per population unit; additional licenses; estimates of increased population; decrease in quota due to loss in population; determination of population of city or town
- Section 138:17A - Grant of additional licenses for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk on premises
- Section 138:17B - Grant of additional licenses for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk off premises
- Section 138:17C - Grant of additional licenses under former law for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk on premises
- Section 138:18 - Wholesalers' and importers' licenses; compounding, blending, warehousing, and shipping of alcoholic beverages; fees; records
- Section 138:18A - Licenses for agents or brokers of foreign manufacturers and importers; records; fees
- Section 138:18B - Issuance of certificates of compliance to licensees authorized to export or sell alcoholic beverages to domestic licensees; information concerning shipments; issuance of certificates to immediate family; cancellation and revocation of certificates
- Section 138:18C - License to import alcoholic beverages for use in the manufacture of food products
- Section 138:19 - Licenses to manufacture alcoholic beverages; sale by manufacturer; blending of alcoholic beverages; marks to identify manufacturer; records of manufacturer; fees
- Section 138:19A - Permits for salesmen to solicit orders for alcoholic beverages
- Section 138:19B - Farmer-winery licenses; hearing; appeal; notices to interested parties; operation of winery; records; fees
- Section 138:19C - Farmer-brewery licenses; hearing; appeal; notices to interested parties; operation of brewery; records; fees
- Section 138:19D - Pub brewery licenses; hearings; records; fees
- Section 138:19E - Farmer-distillery licenses; applicants; requirements; evidentiary hearings; written notice of applications; schools and churches; fees
- Section 138:19F - [Effective Until 11/6/2024] Direct wine shipper licenses; regulation by commission
- Section 138:19F - [Effective 11/6/2024] Direct wine shipper licenses; regulation by commission
- Section 138:19G - Tenant brewer licenses
- Section 138:19H - Licenses for persons holding any combination of farmer-winery, farmer-brewery or farmer-distillery licenses
- Section 138:20 - Storage permits; special warehouse permits; special seasonal permits; fees; rules and regulations
- Section 138:20A - Storage permits for public warehousemen
- Section 138:21 - Liability of manufacturer, winegrower, farmer-brewer, wholesaler, importer and licensee for excise; fines; administration of tax
- Section 138:22 - Transportation of alcoholic beverages; permits; fees; railroads or vessels; trucking businesses; production of permit upon demand
- Section 138:22A - Permits to holders or former holders of licenses authorizing sales to licensees; fees; excises
- Section 138:23 - Nature of licenses and permits; status as property rights; refusal to issue or reissue, revocation, etc.; refund of fee; transfers; death, receivership or bankruptcy of licensee; expiration; pledging for loans
- Section 138:23A - Suspension of license or permit for violation of fair trade laws
- Section 138:23B - Retention of license where premises of licensee taken by public authority; transfer application; reservation of license; rebate of fee; renewal application
- Section 138:24 - Promulgation of regulations by commission; approval
- Section 138:25 - Lending or borrowing money or receipt of credit by licensees
- Section 138:25A - Discrimination in prices and discounts prohibited
- Section 138:25B - Filing of schedules; inspection
- Section 138:25C - Filing of schedule of minimum consumer prices; verification; filing and effective dates; inspection; rules and regulations
- Section 138:25D - Price discrimination
- Section 138:25E - Refusal to sell brand name alcoholic beverages to wholesalers as unfair trade practice; exception for good cause; discontinuance notice and procedure
- Section 138:25E 1/2 - Termination of right of licensed wholesaler to distribute malt beverages
- Section 138:25E 3/4 - Provisions of sec. 25E 1/2 not severable
- Section 138:25F - Tastings
- Section 138:26 - Issuance of license and permit to aliens; appointment of local manager or principal representative by foreign corporations
- Section 138:27 - Crediting of fees for licenses and permits to general fund; payment of fees for licenses and permits granted by local authorities into local treasuries
- Section 138:28 - Sale of alcoholic beverage to churches, religious societies, hospitals, homes for aged people and to manufacturers of food products
- Section 138:29 - Use and sale of alcoholic beverages by registered pharmacists; prescriptions; prescription books; sales in original sealed packages
- Section 138:30 - Issuance of certificate of fitness to registered pharmacist; fee; revocation
- Section 138:30A - Registered pharmacists' licenses to sell alcoholic beverages without prescription; hours of sales
- Section 138:30B - Kinds of licenses issued to druggists under sec. 30A; transfers
- Section 138:30C - Termination of druggist's license upon cessation of business
- Section 138:30D - Purpose of sale of alcoholic beverages; certificate of purchaser
- Section 138:30E - Record book of registered pharmacists of sales of alcoholic beverages; form of certificate
- Section 138:30F - Inspection of books, certificates and prescriptions
- Section 138:30G - Illegal sale of alcoholic beverages in name of registered pharmacist
- Section 138:30H - Possession or transportation of alcoholic beverages not authorized to be sold as prima facie evidence of violation of chapter
- Section 138:32 - Hawking or peddling of alcoholic beverages
- Section 138:33 - Sales and delivery of alcoholic beverages and election days, Sundays and legal holidays
- Section 138:33A - Sales of alcoholic beverages by on-premise licensees on Sundays and certain legal holidays; sales between 1:00 A.M. and 2:00 A.M
- Section 138:33B - Sales of alcoholic beverages by on-premise licensees on Sundays and certain legal holidays; sales between 11:00 A.M. and 12:00 noon
- Section 138:34 - Sale, delivery or furnishing alcoholic beverages to persons under twenty-one years of age; employment of persons under eighteen years of age
- Section 138:34A - Persons under twenty-one years; purchase or attempt to purchase alcoholic beverages
- Section 138:34B - Liquor purchase identification cards
- Section 138:34C - Persons under 21 years of age; operation of motor vehicles containing alcoholic beverages
- Section 138:34D - Posting notices of penalties for driving while under influence and driving while drinking from open container of alcohol
- Section 138:34E - Persons under age of 21 seeking medical assistance for alcohol-related incapacitation
- Section 138:35 - Sales of alcoholic beverages outside limits of reservations or boulevards
- Section 138:36 - Analysis of alcoholic beverages by department of state police
- Section 138:37 - Certificate accompanying sample of beverages to be analyzed; contents
- Section 138:38 - Forms of commission
- Section 138:39 - Tampering with samples of alcoholic beverages
- Section 138:40 - Analysis of alcoholic beverages by court order; fee
- Section 138:41 - Delivery of alcoholic beverages as prima facie evidence of sale
- Section 138:42 - Issuance of search warrant
- Section 138:43 - Search of dwelling house
- Section 138:44 - Sufficiency of complaint and warrant
- Section 138:45 - Search of premises; seizure of alcoholic beverages
- Section 138:46 - Searches and seizures without warrant
- Section 138:47 - Notice to keeper of alcoholic beverages to appear and answer complaint
- Section 138:48 - Notice; contents; service
- Section 138:49 - Postponement of trial
- Section 138:50 - Admission of claimant of alcoholic beverages as party to trial; forfeiture of alcoholic beverages unlawfully kept; sale of motor vehicle held to be implement or container of alcoholic beverages
- Section 138:51 - Disposition of forfeited alcoholic beverages and vessels
- Section 138:52 - Return of alcoholic beverages not forfeited; order; endorsement
- Section 138:53 - Forfeiture and disposition of implements and furniture
- Section 138:54 - Cost of proceedings
- Section 138:55 - Appeal
- Section 138:56 - Arrest without warrant of persons found in act of illegally manufacturing or selling alcoholic beverages; seizures
- Section 138:57 - Notification of licensing authorities of conviction of holder of license, permit or certificate
- Section 138:58 - Notice of conviction of tenant to owner of building used for illegal keeping or sale
- Section 138:59 - Forms used in prosecutions
- Section 138:60 - Common nuisances
- Section 138:61 - Buildings used by clubs for selling and distributing alcoholic beverages as common nuisances
- Section 138:62 - Penalty
- Section 138:63 - Entry of licensing authorities upon licensed premises; taking of samples
- Section 138:63A - Hindering or delaying investigator, inspector or agent of commission
- Section 138:64 - Modification, suspension or revocation of license; hearing; notice; disqualification; surrender of license; refunds
- Section 138:64A - Sale of alcohol to person under 21 or intoxicated person; sanctions
- Section 138:64B - Insurance policy required by licensing authorities; disclosure to insurer; proof of new insurance
- Section 138:65 - Delivery of license upon suspension, revocation, cancellation or forfeiture
- Section 138:66 - Separability of provisions of chapter
- Section 138:67 - Appeals on refusal to grant or revocation of license; hearing; notice of approval; revocation by commission; reappeal
- Section 138:68 - Sales or deliveries of alcoholic beverages in times of riot or great public excitement
- Section 138:69 - Sale or delivery to intoxicated persons
- Section 138:70 - Issuance of license or permit upon payment of fee; bond
- Section 138:71 - Effective date of rules; approval of governor
- Section 138:76 - Licenses for manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol for mechanical, manufacturing or chemical purposes; fees
- Section 138:77 - Cancellation of license upon cessation of licensed business
- Section 138:78 - Book entries at time of sale of alcohol; form
- Section 138:79 - Gaming establishment contract vendor alcoholic beverage license; special gaming establishment self-owned vendor alcoholic beverage license