Liquor Act

Minnesota · Liquor · §§ 340A.101 to 340A.910 · 95 sections

Overview

This act establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework governing the manufacture, importation, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages, administered through a designated liquor control authority. It operates primarily through a licensing system that separates the industry into tiers — manufacturers, brewers, and wholesalers on one side, and retail on- and off-sale establishments on the other — with distinct license classes for smaller and specialized operators such as microdistilleries, brew pubs, farm wineries, taprooms, brew-on-premises and winemaking-on-premises stores, and sacramental wine. Alongside licensing and eligibility standards, it regulates trade practices between the tiers — restricting exclusive contracts, discriminatory pricing, credit extensions, and fraudulent shipments, while requiring brand registration, warehousing permits, and reporting — and provides for suspension and revocation of licenses, with separate treatment for lower-potency products and for licensing in Indian country.

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 193 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 581 NW2D 855 - Lefto v. Hoggsbreath Enterprises, Inc.

Sections covered

Minn. Stat. § 340A.101DEFINITIONS.6 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.201LIQUOR CONTROL AUTHORITY.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.22MICRODISTILLERIES; DISTILLED SPIRIT MANUFACTURERS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.24BREW PUBS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.26BREWER TAPROOMS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.28SMALL BREWER OFF-SALE.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.285GROWLERS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.29OFF-SALE PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SMALL BREWERS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.301MANUFACTURERS, BREWERS, AND WHOLESALERS LICENSES.2 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.302IMPORTERS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.3021IMPORTATION RESTRICTIONS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.303TRANSFERS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.304LICENSE SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.305WAREHOUSING.2 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.3055MANUFACTURER'S WAREHOUSE PERMIT.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.306FRAUDULENT SHIPMENTS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.307UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION.1 cite
Minn. Stat. § 340A.308PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.309EXCLUSIVE CONTRACTS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.310SALES BY WHOLESALERS.1 cite
Minn. Stat. § 340A.311BRAND REGISTRATION.2 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.312JOINT PURCHASES; VOLUME PRICES.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.314SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICES.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.315FARM WINERY LICENSE.1 cite
Minn. Stat. § 340A.316SACRAMENTAL WINE.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.317LICENSING OF BROKERS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.318CREDIT EXTENSIONS RESTRICTED.1 cite
Minn. Stat. § 340A.319REPORTS BY BREWERS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.33BREW ON PREMISES STORE.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.34WINEMAKING ON PREMISES STORE.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.401LICENSE REQUIRED.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.4011BED AND BREAKFAST FACILITIES; WHEN LICENSE NOT REQUIRED.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.402PERSONS ELIGIBLE.1 cite
Minn. Stat. § 340A.4022RETAIL LICENSE NOT PROHIBITED; LOWER-POTENCY HEMP EDIBLES.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.4033.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR LICENSES.1 cite
Minn. Stat. § 340A.404INTOXICATING LIQUOR; ON-SALE LICENSES.7 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.4041CULINARY CLASSES; ON-SALE LICENSE.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.4042WINE OR MALT LIQUOR EDUCATOR; ON-SALE LICENSE.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.405INTOXICATING LIQUOR; OFF-SALE LICENSES.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.4055LICENSES IN INDIAN COUNTRY.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.406INTOXICATING LIQUOR; COMBINATION LICENSES.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.407COMMON CARRIERS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.408RETAIL LICENSE FEES.1 cite
Minn. Stat. § 340A.409LIABILITY INSURANCE.3 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.410LICENSE RESTRICTIONS; GENERAL.3 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.411LICENSE RESTRICTIONS; 3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR LICENSES.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.412LICENSE RESTRICTIONS; INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSES.2 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.413RESTRICTIONS ON NUMBER OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSES THAT MAY BE ISSUED.2 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.414CONSUMPTION AND DISPLAY PERMITS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.415LICENSE REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION; CIVIL PENALTY.1 cite
Minn. Stat. § 340A.416LOCAL OPTION ELECTION.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.417SHIPMENTS INTO MINNESOTA.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.4175WINE FESTIVAL.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.418ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TASTINGS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.419TASTINGS CONDUCTED BY EXCLUSIVE LIQUOR STORE.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.425SERVICE AT CAPITOL.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.501RESPONSIBILITY OF LICENSEE.3 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.502SALES TO OBVIOUSLY INTOXICATED PERSONS.7 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.503PERSONS UNDER 21; ILLEGAL ACTS.32 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.504HOURS AND DAYS OF SALE.4 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.5041AIRPORT COMMISSION; EXTENDED HOURS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.505LICENSEE MAY NOT SELL FOR RESALE.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.506SALES OF ETHYL ALCOHOL AND NEUTRAL SPIRITS PROHIBITED.1 cite
Minn. Stat. § 340A.507REGULATION OF ADVERTISING.1 cite
Minn. Stat. § 340A.5071COUPONS PROHIBITED.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.508TAMPERING OR REFILLING BOTTLES.1 cite
Minn. Stat. § 340A.509LOCAL RESTRICTIONS.1 cite
Minn. Stat. § 340A.510SAMPLES.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.511CERTAIN SIZES MAY BE SOLD.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.512CONTAINERS BROUGHT INTO PREMISES.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.513SALE OF BEER KEGS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.601ESTABLISHMENT OF MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORES.3 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.602CONTINUATION.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.603FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.604SUSPENSION OF OPERATION.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.701FELONIES.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.702GROSS MISDEMEANORS.3 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.703MISDEMEANORS.5 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.7035CONSUMER IMPORTATION; ILLEGAL ACTS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.704SEARCH WARRANTS.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.705PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.1 cite
Minn. Stat. § 340A.706ALCOHOL WITHOUT LIQUID DEVICES PROHIBITED.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.707AUCTION OR RAFFLE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.801CIVIL ACTIONS.65 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.802NOTICE OF INJURY; DISCOVERY BEFORE ACTIONS.21 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.90CIVIL ACTION; INTOXICATION OF PERSON UNDER AGE 21.4 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.901CITATION.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.902DRUNKENNESS NOT A CRIME.4 cites
Minn. Stat. § 340A.904SEIZED LIQUOR.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.905NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.906NONAPPLICABILITY.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.907INSPECTION.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.908LIQUEUR-FILLED CANDY.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.909SALE OF MINNESOTA BEER AT PUBLIC FACILITIES.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.910SEVERABILITY.

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