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Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XX. Alcoholic Beverages § 243.033.Caterer's license

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) A caterer's license may be issued as a supplementary license to a caterer that holds a quota retail package license, a quota retail drink license, an NQ1 license, an NQ2 license, or a limited restaurant license.

(2) The caterer's license may be issued as a primary license to a caterer in any wet territory or in any moist territory under KRS 242.1244 for the premises that serves as the caterer's commissary and designated banquet hall. No primary caterer's license shall authorize alcoholic beverage sales at a premises that operates as a restaurant. The alcoholic beverage stock of the caterer shall be kept under lock and key at the licensed premises during the time that the alcoholic beverages are not being used in conjunction with a catered function.

(3) The caterer's license shall authorize the caterer to:

(a) Purchase and store alcoholic beverages in the manner prescribed in KRS 243.088, 243.250, and 244.260;

(b) Transport, sell, serve, and deliver alcoholic beverages by the drink at locations away from the licensed premises or at the caterer's designated banquet hall in conjunction with the catering of food and alcoholic beverages for a customer and the customer's guests, in:

1. Cities and counties established as moist territory under KRS 242.1244 if the receipts from the catering of food at any catered event are at least seventy percent (70%) of the gross receipts from the catering of both food and alcoholic beverages;

2. Precincts established as moist territory if the receipts from the catering of food at any catered event are at least ten percent (10%) of the gross receipts from the catering of both food and alcoholic beverages. This subparagraph shall supersede any conflicting provisions of KRS Chapters 241 to 244;

3. Wet cities and counties in which quota retail drink licenses are not available if the receipts from the catering of food at any catered event are at least fifty percent (50%) of the gross receipts from the catering of both food and alcoholic beverages; or

4. All other wet territory if the receipts from the catering of food at any catered event are at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the gross receipts from the catering of both food and alcoholic beverages;

(c) Receive and fill telephone orders for alcoholic beverages in conjunction with the ordering of food for a catered event; and

(d) Receive payment for alcoholic beverages served at a catered event on a by-the-drink, cash bar, or by-the-event basis. The caterer may bill the customer for by-the-function sales of alcoholic beverages in the usual course of the caterer's business.

(4) A caterer licensee shall not cater alcoholic beverages at locations for which retail alcoholic beverage licenses or special temporary licenses have been issued. A caterer licensee may cater a charitable or nonprofit fundraising event for which a special temporary alcoholic beverage auction license has been issued under KRS 243.036.

(5) A caterer licensee shall not cater alcoholic beverages on Sunday except in territory in which the Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages is permitted under the provisions of KRS 244.290 and 244.480.

(6) The location at which alcoholic beverages are sold, served, and delivered by a caterer, pursuant to this section, shall not constitute a public place for the purpose of KRS Chapter 222. If the location is a multi-unit structure, only the unit or units at which the function being catered is held shall be excluded from the public place provisions of KRS Chapter 222.

(7) The caterer licensee shall post a copy of the licensee's caterer's license at the location of the function for which alcoholic beverages are catered.

(8) All restrictions and prohibitions applying to a quota retail drink licensee and an NQ4 retail malt beverage drink licensee not inconsistent with this section shall apply to the caterer licensee.

(9) The caterer licensee shall maintain records as set forth in KRS 244.150 and in administrative regulations promulgated by the board.

(10) Notwithstanding subsection (3)(b) of this section, a caterer may serve alcoholic beverages to guests who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older at a private event in dry territory if:

(a) The alcoholic beverages were lawfully purchased in a wet or moist territory:

1. By an individual; or

2. At the caterer's licensed premises in wet or moist territory; and

(b) The alcoholic beverages are not sold in dry territory to guests at the private residence or private event regardless of whether the venue is a public place.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XX. Alcoholic Beverages § 243.033.Caterer's license - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xx-alcoholic-beverages/ky-rev-st-sect-243-033/

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