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Utah Code Title 32B. Alcoholic Beverage Control Act § 32B-17-201. Commission's power to issue liquor transport license

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

(1)(a) A person who is not a retail licensee shall obtain a liquor transport license issued by the commission in accordance with this chapter before the person may:

(i) pickup liquor on behalf of a retail licensee and deliver the liquor to a retail licensee or a central receiving and distribution center; or

(ii) if the person is a central receiving and distribution center:

(A) pickup liquor on behalf of an airport licensee and deliver the liquor to the central receiving and distribution center's premises; or

(B) receive, screen, store, or deliver alcoholic product as part of the central receiving and distribution center's operations.

(b) A violation of Subsection (1)(a) is a class A misdemeanor.

(2) The commission may issue a liquor transport license for:

(a) the pickup of liquor on behalf of a retail licensee and the delivery of the liquor to the retail licensee or a central receiving and distribution center; or

(b) the receipt, screening, storage, and distribution of alcoholic product by a central receiving and distribution center.

(3) In accordance with this chapter, a liquor transport license entitles the holder to:

(a)(i) pickup liquor from a package agency or state store on behalf of a retail licensee using the retail licensee's funds; and

(ii) transport and deliver the liquor directly to:

(A) the retail licensee; or

(B) if the retail licensee is an airport licensee, a central receiving and distribution center; or

(b) if the holder is a central receiving and distribution center:

(i)(A) pickup liquor from a package agency or state store on behalf of an airport licensee using the airport licensee's funds; and

(B) transport the liquor directly to the central receiving and distribution center's premises for screening, storage, and delivery to the airport licensee;

(ii) receive at the central receiving and distribution center's premises:

(A) liquor purchased by or on behalf of an airport licensee and delivered to the central receiving and distribution center by the airport licensee or a liquor transport licensee; or

(B) beer delivered to the central receiving and distribution center for an airport licensee by a beer wholesaler licensee or a small brewer;

(iii) screen and store alcoholic product picked up or received by the central receiving and distribution center; and

(iv) transport and deliver the alcoholic product to the airport licensee.

(4) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a retail licensee from picking up liquor purchased by the retail licensee and transporting the liquor to the retail licensee's licensed premises in accordance with the other provisions of this title.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 32B. Alcoholic Beverage Control Act § 32B-17-201. Commission's power to issue liquor transport license - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-32b-alcoholic-beverage-control-act/ut-code-sect-32b-17-201/

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