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No state public intoxication law. Liquor control law [81] covers all beverages containing more than 0.5% alcohol, without further particularities based on percentage. [82] Cities and counties are prohibited from banning off-premises alcohol sales. [83] No dry jurisdictions. State preemption of local alcohol laws which do not follow state law.
Map showing alcoholic beverage control states in the United States. The 17 control or monopoly states as of November 2019 are: [2]. Alabama – Liquor stores are state-run or on-premises establishments with a special off-premises license, per the provisions of Title 28, Code of Ala. 1975, carried out by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
Nevada state law specifically requires each county's board of county commissioners to allow liquor licenses and follow the provisions of state liquor law. [45] As a result, there can be no dry cities or counties in Nevada, except that a few rural jurisdictions are grandfathered into the ability to still be partially or totally dry.
Liquor and wine can only be bought in liquor stores. But no establishment can serve or sell any alcohol between 4:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Sunday mornings. As marijuana becomes more widely ...
Map of alcohol control laws in the United States: Red = dry counties, where selling alcohol is prohibited Yellow = semi-dry counties, where some restrictions apply Blue = no restrictions. In the United States, a dry county is a county whose local government forbids the sale of any kind of alcoholic beverages. Some prohibit off-premises sale ...
Pages in category "Alcohol law in the United States by state" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This was primarily because the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1971 with the passing into law of the 26th amendment. Many states started to lower their minimum purchase age in response, most of this occurring in 1972 or 1973. [2] [3] [4] Twelve states kept their purchase ages at 21 since repeal of Prohibition and never changed them.
The places where alcohol may be sold or possessed, like all other alcohol restrictions, vary from state to state. Some states, like Louisiana, Missouri, and Connecticut, have very permissive alcohol laws, whereas other states, like Kansas and Oklahoma, have very strict alcohol laws. Many states require that liquor may be sold only in liquor stores.