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Liquor Control Law

Missouri · Liquor Control Law · §§ 311.010 to 311.950 · 158 sections

Overview

The Liquor Control Law governs the manufacture, distribution, and sale of intoxicating liquor in Missouri, defining the key terms and establishing a licensing system that reaches manufacturers, wholesalers, solicitors, and retailers, with license fees and qualification requirements — including residency, corporate ownership, and restrictions on holding financial interests across tiers of the industry. It sets detailed conditions for sale by the drink, with separate provisions for restaurants, resorts, boats and vessels, airports, entertainment districts, convention trade areas, and specified cities, along with rules on permitted hours, Sunday sales, keg labeling, and proximity to schools and churches. The act also preserves local control through a local option election procedure — prescribing the ballot form and the consequences of a favorable or unfavorable vote — applicable to sales for consumption on the premises.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 12 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 731 F.3d 799 - Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc. v. Division of Alcohol & Tobacco Control

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