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Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A. Liquors § 710. Advertising signs

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

1. Advertising outside of licensed premises. A person, except wholesale licensees and certificate of approval holders, may not advertise or permit to be advertised, by more than 5 signs, on the outside of any licensed premises, or on any building, ground or premises under that person's control and contiguous or adjacent to the licensed premises:

A. The fact that the licensee has liquor or any brand of liquor for sale;

B. The price at which liquor is sold by the licensee; or

C. Any other advertisement that indicates any reference to liquor other than the name of the licensed premises, an image accompanying the name of the licensed premises or a brand name or image appearing on a patio umbrella in an outside seating area of the licensed premises.

2. Repealed. Laws 2025, c. 230, § D-2, eff. June 10, 2025.

3. Exception. Subsection 1 does not prohibit the display of signs advertising sponsorship of specific sporting events and cultural events or sponsorship of a transportation system for transporting the public as long as the signs are not displayed on a licensed establishment as defined in section 2, subsection 15. Signs on a licensed establishment advertising sponsorship may be displayed with prior bureau approval.

The bureau shall adopt rules implementing this subsection.

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