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USA Statutes : missouri
Title : ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter : Chapter 312 Nonintoxicating Beer
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1. "Commissioner or supervisor" as used in this chapter shall be deemed to refer to the supervisor of liquor control of the state of Missouri, and (or) where not otherwise indicated by the context, his deputy, and (or) any of his duly appointed inspectors.
2. The phrase "nonintoxicating beer" as used in this chapter shall be construed to refer to and to mean any beer manufactured from pure hops or pure extract of hops, and pure barley malt or other wholesome grains or cereals, and wholesome yeast, and pure water, and free from all harmful substances, preservatives and adulterants, and having an alcoholic content of more than one-half of one percent by volume and not exceeding three and two-tenths percent by weight.
3. The phrase "original package" as used in this chapter shall be construed and held to refer to any package containing three, six, twelve, or twenty-four small standard beer bottles, and any package containing three, six or twelve large standard beer bottles, when such bottles contain nonintoxicating beer as defined by this chapter.
4. The word "person" as used in this chapter shall, as the case may require, be deemed to refer to, include, and apply to, any person, firm, company, association, or corporation, to whom or to which any provision of this chapter applies or may apply.
5. The phrase "transportation company" as used in this chapter shall be deemed to refer to and include any individual or individuals, or incorporated or unincorporated company, engaged in the business of transportation, for hire, of goods and merchandise, by use or means of any vessel, railroad car, motor vehicle, airplane, or other means of conveyance, whatsoever, to whom or to which any provision in this chapter applies or may apply. (RSMo 1939 §§ 4977, 4984, 4985)
1. Beer having an alcoholic content of not less than one-half of one percent by volume nor exceeding three and two-tenths percent by weight, is hereby declared to be "nonintoxicating beer", and may be lawfully manufactured and sold, or sold, in this state by any holder of a permit issued by the supervisor of liquor control of this state, authorizing such manufacture and sale, or sale, and may be lawfully transported, sold and consumed, in this state, and may be lawfully shipped into, or out of, this state subject to such inspection fees, and/or taxes, and under such regulations as may be provided by law.
2. All beverages having an alcoholic content of less than one-half of one percent by volume shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter but subject to inspection as provided by sections 196.365 to 196.445, RSMo. (RSMo 1939 § 4950, A. 1949 S.B. 1115)
It shall be unlawful for any person in this state to manufacture, or brew, or sell, any nonintoxicating beer without first having applied for, and secured, a permit from the supervisor of liquor control authorizing such brewing, manufacture and sale, or sale, thereof, and it shall be unlawful for any person or any railroad company, express company, motor bus company, or other transportation company to transport within this state, into this state or out of this state, any nonintoxicating beer without first having ascertained by examination of the packages and containers thereof, that such nonintoxicating beer, if manufactured or brewed in this state, was so manufactured or brewed under a permit of the supervisor of liquor control, authorizing such manufacture or brewing, or if manufactured outside this state, is consigned to a dealer, distributor, or wholesaler in this state holding a permit from the supervisor of liquor control authorizing the sale thereof in this state under the provisions of this chapter. (RSMo 1939 § 4952)
No person shall be granted a permit or license hereunder unless such person is of good moral character and a qualified legal voter and a taxpaying citizen of the county, town, city or village nor shall any corporation be granted a permit or license hereunder unless the managing officer of such corporation is of good moral character and a qualified legal voter and taxpaying citizen of the county, town, city or village; and no person shall be granted a permit or license hereunder whose permit or license as such dealer has been revoked, or who has been convicted, since the ratification of the twenty-first amendment to the Constitution of the United States, of a violation of the provisions of any law applicable to the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating beer, or who employs in his business as such dealer, any person whose permit or license has been revoked or who has been convicted of violating such law since the date aforesaid; provided, that nothing in this section contained shall prevent the issuance of permits or licenses to nonresidents of Missouri or foreign corporations for the privilege of selling to duly licensed wholesalers and soliciting orders for the sale of nonintoxicating beer, to, by or through a duly licensed wholesaler, within this state. (L. 1941 p. 411 § 4952a)
1. No person having a license under the provisions of this chapter to sell nonintoxicating beer at retail shall be granted or permitted to hold a license to sell malt liquor containing alcohol in excess of three and two-tenths percent by weight or any other kind of intoxicating liquor; nor shall any person be granted or permitted to hold a license to sell nonintoxicating beer in, upon or about the premises of any person who is the holder of a license to sell intoxicating liquor.
2. Any person holding a license to sell nonintoxicating beer only who shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of, or suffer the same to be done in, upon or about his premises any malt liquor containing alcohol in excess of three and two-tenths percent by weight, or any other intoxicating liquor of any kind or character, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than two years nor more than five years, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than three months nor more than one year or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by both such fine and jail sentence. (RSMo 1939 § 4993)
1. Neither brewers or manufacturers of nonintoxicating beer, or their employees, officers, agents, subsidiaries or affiliates shall, under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, have any financial interest in the retail business for the sale of such nonintoxicating beer, nor shall they, directly or indirectly, loan, give away or furnish equipment, money, credit or property of any kind, except ordinary commercial credit for such beer sold to such retail dealers.
2. All contracts entered into between such brewers or manufacturers, or their officers, employees, directors or agents, in any way concerning any of their products, obligating such retail dealers to buy or sell only the products of any such brewer or manufacturer or obligating such retail dealers to buy or sell the major part of such products, required by such retail vendors from any such brewer or manufacturer, shall be void and unenforceable in any court in this state, and proof of the execution of such contract shall forfeit the license of both the vendor and the vendee. (RSMo 1939 § 4986)
Before any permit authorized by this chapter, other than a manufacturer's or a wholesaler's permit, may be issued to any applicant therefor, such applicant shall take and subscribe to an oath that he will not, upon or about the premises for which such license is sought, possess, keep, store, secrete, consume, sell, give away or otherwise dispose of, or, upon or about said premises, suffer or permit to be possessed, kept, stored, secreted, consumed, sold, given away or otherwise disposed of, by any person whomsoever; any beer having an alcohol content in excess of three and two-tenths percent by weight, or any other intoxicating liquor whatsoever; and that he will not violate, or, upon said premises, suffer or permit any other person to violate any law of this state, or knowingly allow any other person to violate any law of this state while in or upon such premises. (RSMo 1939 § 4989)
Application for license to manufacture or sell nonintoxicating beer, under the provisions of this chapter, shall be made to the supervisor of liquor control. (RSMo 1939 § 4960, A.L. 1945 p. 1035, A.L. 1967 p. 427)
1. Every application for any permit or license authorized by this chapter and every permit or license issued under authority of this chapter, shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the supervisor of liquor control of the state of Missouri. No such permit or license shall be effective, and no right granted thereby shall be exercised by the permittee or licensee, unless and until he shall have obtained and securely affixed to the permit or license in the space provided therefor an original stamp or other form of receipt, issued by the federal government evidencing the payment by the permittee or licensee to the federal government, for a term to expire with the expiration of the permit or license, of whatever special or occupational tax is, by any law of the United States then in effect, required to be paid by a dealer in fermented malt liquors. Within ten days from the issuance of said federal stamp or receipt, the permittee or licensee shall file with the supervisor of liquor control a photostat copy thereof, or such numbered duplicate thereof or indented stub therefrom as the federal government may have issued to the taxpayer with the original.
2. Any licensee or permittee under this chapter, having in his possession or upon the premises mentioned in such license or permit a federal excise or occupational tax stamp or receipt evidencing the payment to the federal government of a special tax for being a dealer in liquor other than malt liquor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. No license or permit authorized by this chapter shall be issued to any person having in his possession or on the premises to be licensed a federal excise or occupational tax stamp or receipt, designating such person or premises as a person or place for dealing in intoxicating liquors other than malt liquors, or evidencing the payment of a tax for being a dealer in liquor other than malt liquors. The license of any person licensed under this chapter, who shall have in his possession or on the licensed premises, a federal excise or occupational tax stamp or special tax receipt, designating such person and premises as the person and place for dealing in intoxicating liquors, or evidencing the payment of a tax for being a dealer in liquor other than malt liquors, shall be revoked by the supervisor.
4. In any prosecution for violation of this section, evidence that the defendant has in his possession or on said premises a federal excise or occupational tax stamp or receipt, designating such person or such licensed place as the person or place for dealing in intoxicating liquors other than malt liquors, or evidencing, the payment of a tax for being a dealer in liquors other than malt liquors, shall be deemed prima facie evidence that such person has kept or secreted in or about the licensed premises intoxicating liquor containing alcohol in excess of three and two-tenths percent by weight. (RSMo 1939 § 4959, A.L. 1945 p. 1035)
1. Before any permit required by this chapter shall be issued, the annual fee required therefor shall be paid into the state treasury, or to the director of revenue if provided by law, and the receipt for such payment filed in the office of the supervisor of liquor control. Annual fees required for permits authorized by this chapter shall be as follows:
(1) For a permit authorizing the manufacture, and the sale by the manufacturer, of nonintoxicating beer brewed or manufactured in this state, two hundred and fifty dollars;
(2) For a permit authorizing the sale in this state by any distributor or wholesaler, other than the manufacturer or brewer thereof, of nonintoxicating beer, fifty dollars;
(3) For a permit authorizing the sale of nonintoxicating beer for consumption on premises where sold, twenty-five dollars;
(4) For a permit authorizing the sale of nonintoxicating beer by grocers and other merchants and dealers, for sale in the original package direct to consumers, but not for resale, fifteen dollars;
(5) For the privilege of selling to duly licensed wholesalers and soliciting orders for the sale of nonintoxicating beer, fifty dollars.
2. The provisions of this section are subject to and limited by the provisions of sections 311.181 and 311.182, RSMo.
3. The licenses prescribed in this section for the privilege of selling nonintoxicating beer by a wholesaler shall allow such wholesaler to sell nonintoxicating beer to licensees licensed by the gaming commission to sell beer or alcoholic beverages pursuant to section 313.840, RSMo.
(RSMo 1939 § 4954, A.L. 1945 p. 1035, A.L. 1985 H.B. 369, A.L. 1994 S.B. 651)
Effective 5-24-94
A separate permit or license shall be required for each place of business. Every permit or license issued shall expire with the thirtieth day of June next succeeding the date of such permit or license. Applications for renewal of permits or licenses must be filed with the supervisor of liquor control on or before the first day of May of each calendar year. Of the annual license tax required in this chapter to be paid for any permit or license, the applicant shall pay as many twelfths as there are months (part of a month counted as one month) remaining from the date of the permit or license, to, but not including, the next succeeding first day of July. (RSMo 1939 § 4953, A. 1949 S.B. 1115)
All applications for all licenses mentioned in this chapter shall be made to the supervisor of liquor control and shall be accompanied by a proper remittance made payable to the director of revenue. The supervisor of liquor control shall have the power and duty to determine whether each application for such license shall be approved or disapproved. Upon disapproval of any application for a license, the supervisor of liquor control shall so notify the applicant in writing, setting forth therein the grounds and reasons for disapproval, and shall return therewith the applicant's remittance. Upon approval of any application for a license, the supervisor of liquor control shall issue to the applicant the appropriate license and contemporaneously with such issuance shall file a notice of the issuance of such license together with the applicant's remittance in payment of the same with the director of revenue. The director of revenue shall immediately issue a receipt in duplicate for such payment, one copy of which shall be filed with the supervisor of liquor control and one copy retained by the director of revenue. (L. 1945 p. 1057 § 4950a)
(1960) Since statute does not require hearing on application to renew license for sale of 3.2 beer but vests in supervisor sole discretion whether to issue or refuse license, his action in refusing license would be sustained if the information on which he acted showed that he acted reasonably and not arbitrarily or capriciously. Pinzino v. Supervisor of Liquor Control (Mo.), 334 S.W.2d 20.
No license issued under this chapter shall be transferable or assignable. (RSMo 1939 § 4988)
The county commission in each county of this state or the corresponding authority in the city of St. Louis is hereby authorized to make a charge for licenses issued to retail dealers in nonintoxicating beer, the charge in each instance to be determined by the county commission or the corresponding authority in the city of St. Louis by order of record, but said charge shall in no event exceed the amount provided for in section 312.100 for state purposes. The board of aldermen, city council or other proper authorities of incorporated cities, towns and villages including the city of St. Louis may charge for licenses issued to manufacturers, brewers, wholesalers, and retailers of nonintoxicating beer within their limits, which charge for licenses shall not exceed one and one-half times the amount charged for a state license, and provide for the collection thereof, make and enforce ordinances for the regulation and control of the sale of nonintoxicating beer within their limits not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, and provide penalties for the violation thereof. No municipal corporation shall increase any occupation tax which it now levies upon any holder of any permit required by this chapter in excess of the amount of such tax imposed upon merchants and dealers in the same or similar lines of business and not holding any such permit. (RSMo 1939 § 4954, A.L. 1945 p. 1035)
(1957) City ordinance prohibiting sales by any wholesalers to retailers who are delinquent in payment of accounts to any wholesaler held valid and not in conflict with either the liquor control law or the nonintoxicating beer law. Passler v. Johnson (Mo.), 304 S.W.2d 903.
A permit to brew or manufacture and sell nonintoxicating beer in this state shall be construed to authorize the sale, by the holder of such permit, of nonintoxicating beer to distributors or wholesalers for resale to retailers only, and/or the sale of nonintoxicating beer by the holders of such permits, direct to retailers. A permit authorizing any distributor or wholesaler to sell nonintoxicating beer in this state shall be construed to authorize the sale thereof only to holders of permits authorizing the sale of nonintoxicating beer to consumers, not for resale, but shall not be construed to authorize the sale by any such distributor or wholesaler of nonintoxicating beer direct to consumers. (RSMo 1939 § 4955)
No person, except a duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler, shall possess nonintoxicating beer within the state of Missouri unless the same has been acquired from some person holding a duly authorized license to sell the same under this chapter, or unless the nonintoxicating beer is had or kept with the written or printed permission of the supervisor of liquor control. (RSMo 1939 § 4987, A.L. 1945 p. 1057, A.L. 1965 p. 504)
It shall be the duty of each holder of a permit authorizing the manufacture and sale, or the sale, of nonintoxicating beer, on or before the fifth day of each calendar month, to file in the office of the supervisor of liquor control, a sworn statement showing the amount of nonintoxicating beer manufactured and sold, or sold, and to whom sold, during the next preceding calendar month, and it shall be the duty of each holder of a permit authorizing the sale of nonintoxicating beer for consumption and not for resale, on or before the fifth day of each month, to file in the office of the supervisor of liquor control, a sworn statement showing the amount of nonintoxicating beer purchased and from whom purchased, and the amount of nonintoxicating beer sold, during the next preceding calendar month. Every such statement shall be signed and sworn to by the holder of such permit if an individual, or by some authorized officer of the holder if a corporation. (RSMo 1939 § 4966)
1. Every railroad company, express company, airplane company, motor transportation company, steamboat company, or other transportation company who shall transport into, out of, or within this state any nonintoxicating beer, whether brewed or manufactured within this state or outside this state, shall, when requested by the supervisor of liquor control furnish such supervisor a duplicate of the bill of lading covering or receipt for such nonintoxicating beer, showing the name of the brewer or manufacturer, and the name and address of the consignor and consignee, and the date and place received, and the destination and quantity of nonintoxicating beer received from such manufacturer, or brewer, or other consignor, for shipment from any point within or without this state, to any point within this state.
2. Any such railroad company, express company, airplane company, motor transportation company, steamboat company, or other transportation company failing to comply with the requirements of this chapter, shall forfeit and pay to the state of Missouri, the sum of fifty dollars for each and every such failure, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the supervisor of liquor control and the director of revenue are each hereby authorized and empowered to call upon the prosecuting attorneys of the respective counties or the circuit attorneys or the attorney general to bring any proceeding hereunder at the relation of the supervisor of liquor control or the director of revenue, as the case may be, to the use of the state of Missouri, for such recovery. (RSMo 1939 § 4975, A.L. 1945 p. 1057)
The supervisor of liquor control shall keep a record of the names and places of business of all persons engaged in the brewing or manufacturing and (or) in the sale of nonintoxicating beer. He shall also keep a record of all nonintoxicating beer brewed or manufactured and sold, and the amount thereof, by each brewer or manufacturer, or sol{d by each dealer other than a brewer or manufacturer, and a record of all inspection fees, permit fees and forfeitures collected, and of all expenses incurred in the collection thereof and shall make a full, true and complete report of the same to the governor, and the general assembly on or before the fifteenth day of January of each odd numbered year. (RSMo 1939 § 4965)
It shall be unlawful for any person in this state, engaged in the brewing or manufacture of nonintoxicating beer, to use any substance, material or chemical in the brewing or manufacture thereof, other than pure hops or pure extract of hops, and pure barley malt or other wholesome grains or cereals, and wholesome yeast and pure water. (RSMo 1939 § 4980)
CROSS REFERENCE: Ingredients of beer, RSMo 311.490
1. It shall be the duty of the supervisor of liquor control to inspect, or to cause to be inspected, all nonintoxicating beer brewed or manufactured and sold, or sold, in this state, and he shall determine whether such nonintoxicating beer has been made from pure hops or pure extract of hops and pure barley malt, or other wholesome grains or cereals, and wholesome yeast and pure water, and whether the package or packages containing such nonintoxicating beer have been correctly stamped to show that the same has been made from pure hops or pure extract of hops and pure barley malt, or other wholesome grains or cereals, and wholesome yeast and pure water.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, the supervisor of liquor control shall not require product samples and shall not require the testing of product samples to determine alcohol content prior to granting approval for the sale of any such nonintoxicating beer product in the state of Missouri if the supervisor of liquor control is provided with a copy of a certificate of label approval issued by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms which verifies the alcohol content of the product. (RSMo 1939 § 4961, A.L. 1945 p. 1057, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1631)
CROSS REFERENCE: Inspection of breweries, RSMo 311.500
1. Inspection of nonintoxicating beer may be made by samples of quantities in the original vats before such nonintoxicating beer is placed in bottles, barrels or kegs, or, in the case of nonintoxicating beer manufactured or brewed in another state and shipped into this state, from samples taken from each shipment thereof.
2. Any manufacturer or brewer who, after the inspection of any nonintoxicating beer in bulk, shall change the ingredients thereof, or increase the alcoholic content thereof, or any distributor or wholesaler who shall substitute, in any shipment of nonintoxicating beer, any beer or other liquid for sale as nonintoxicating beer, having any other ingredients therein than those contained in the samples submitted for inspection, or having an alcoholic content in excess of three and two-tenths percent by weight, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one year or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by both such fine and jail sentence. (RSMo 1939 § 4962)
As a charge for the inspection of nonintoxicating beer, the director of revenue shall collect one dollar and eighty-six cents per barrel of nonintoxicating beer manufactured or brewed in this state for sale in this state, or manufactured or brewed in another state and shipped or transported into this state for sale subject to the provisions of this chapter. (RSMo 1939 § 4956, A.L. 1945 p. 1657, A.L. 1961 p. 43, A.L. 1969 4th Ex. Sess. S.B. 2)
Effective 1-1-71
1. Payment of the charges provided by section 312.230 shall be made by the manufacturer (including one who bottles nonintoxicating beer) as to all nonintoxicating beer produced or imported by the manufacturer for sale or use for beverage purposes within this state, by the out-state solicitor who imports into this state nonintoxicating beer manufactured or produced outside of this state for sale or use for beverage purposes within this state and by the wholesale dealer who imports or receives nonintoxicating beer manufactured or produced without the United States for sale or use for beverage purposes within this state. Each manufacturer, out-state solicitor and wholesale dealer on or before the fifteenth day of each calendar month shall file with the supervisor of liquor control, on forms prescribed and furnished by the supervisor, a written report in duplicate, under oath, in such form as is required by the supervisor to enable him to compute, and assure the accuracy of, the charges due on all sales and importations of nonintoxicating beer occurring during the preceding month. Payment of the charges in the amount disclosed by the report by bank draft, money order, certified check or cashier's check payable to the department of revenue shall accompany the report to the supervisor of liquor control.
2. If the supervisor of liquor control deems it necessary in order to ensure the payment of the charges imposed by this law, he may require returns to be made more frequently than and covering periods of less than a month. The return shall contain such further information as the supervisor of liquor control may reasonably require. Each such manufacturer, out-state solicitor or wholesale dealer shall pay to the director of revenue, with the filing of such return, the tax imposed by this law, as so reported during the period covered by such return.
3. In case of failure to pay any charges as required under section 312.230 on or before the date prescribed therefor, there shall be added to the amount of charge an amount equal to one percent per business day of the deficiency, not to exceed twenty-five percent of the deficiency, and in addition interest on the deficient charge and penalty at the rate of one percent a month or fraction of a month from the date the deficient charge became due until paid. (L. 1961 p. 43, A.L. 1989 S.B. 429, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1180)
Every manufacturer, including one who bottles nonintoxicating beer, as to all nonintoxicating beer produced or imported by the manufacturer for sale or use for beverage purposes within this state, and the out-state solicitor who imports into this state nonintoxicating beer manufactured or produced outside this state for sale or use for beverage purposes within this state, and the wholesale dealer who imports or receives nonintoxicating beer manufactured or produced without the United States for sale or use for beverage purposes within this state and who, therefore, shall be liable for payment of charges as provided by section 312.233, shall also file with the supervisor of liquor control a bond in an amount not less than one thousand dollars and not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars on a form to be approved by, and with a surety satisfactory to, the supervisor of liquor control. Such bond shall be conditioned upon the manufacturer, out-state solicitor or wholesale dealer paying to the director of revenue all moneys becoming due from such manufacturer, out-state solicitor or wholesale dealer under this law. The supervisor of liquor control shall fix the penalty of the bond in each case, taking into consideration the amount of nonintoxicating beer expected to be sold and used by such manufacturer, out-state solicitor or wholesale dealer, and the penalty fixed by the supervisor shall be sufficient in the supervisor's opinion, to protect the state of Missouri against failure to pay any amount due under this law, but the amount of the penalty fixed by the supervisor shall not exceed twice the amount of tax liability of a monthly return. In no event shall the amount of such penalty be less than one thousand dollars. Failure by any licensed manufacturer, out-state solicitor or wholesale dealer to keep a satisfactory bond in effect with the supervisor or to furnish additional bond to the supervisor when required hereunder by the supervisor to do so shall be grounds for the revocation or suspension of such manufacturer's, out-state solicitor's or wholesale dealer's license by the supervisor. If a manufacturer, out-state solicitor or wholesale dealer fails to pay any amount due under this law, his bond with the supervisor shall be deemed forfeited, and the department of revenue may institute a suit in its own name on such bond. (L. 1961 p. 43 § 312.233, A.L. 1967 p. 426)
After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the supervisor may revoke or suspend the license of any manufacturer, out-state solicitor or wholesale dealer who fails to comply with the provisions of sections 312.233 and 312.235. No new or renewal license shall be granted to a person who fails to comply with sections 312.233 and 312.235. (L. 1961 p. 43 § 312.233)
Any person who sells, or offers for sale, any nonintoxicating beer within this state, which has not first been inspected and labeled as required by the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by both the fine and jail sentence. (RSMo 1939 § 4972, A.L. 1945 p. 1057, A.L. 1965 p. 504)
Nonintoxicating beer brewed or manufactured in this state for shipment and sale outside of this state shall be exempt from the inspection fees by this chapter required to be collected for the inspection of nonintoxicating beer brewed or manufactured for sale in this state, but shall be inspected by the supervisor of liquor control as required by this chapter. (RSMo 1939 § 4957)
The supervisor of liquor control, his assistants, deputies, special agents, agents and inspectors, shall have the authority to inspect all premises covered by permit or license issued under this chapter to see that provisions of this chapter are being obeyed. (L. 1945 p. 1035 § 4951a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, or offer for sale, in this state, any nonintoxicating beer except the same shall be sold or offered for sale in the original bottle, or in the original package containing bottles, bearing the original label and full name of the brewer or manufacturer thereof, both upon the label on the bottle, and upon the cap or cork of such bottle, or in the case of the sale of nonintoxicating beer on draught, except the same be drawn from the original keg or barrel having stamped on the ends thereof the full name of the manufacturer or brewer of the nonintoxicating beer therein contained. (RSMo 1939 § 4963)
1. It shall be the duty of every manufacturer or brewer manufacturing or brewing any nonintoxicating beer in this state, and of every manufacturer or brewer, distributor or wholesaler, outside of this state shipping any nonintoxicating beer into this state for sale in this state at wholesale or retail, to cause every bottle, barrel, keg, and other container of such nonintoxicating beer to have on the label thereon in plain letters and figures "alcoholic content not in excess of 3.2% by weight", or "alcoholic content not in excess of 4% of volume"; provided, however, that any container of nonintoxicating beer which has an alcoholic content not in excess of 2.5% of volume shall be labeled as follows: "alcoholic content not in excess of 2.0% by weight", or "alcoholic content not in excess of 2.5% of volume"; or "alcohol content less than 2% by weight".
2. Any beer not so labeled shall be deemed to have an alcoholic content in excess of three and two-tenths percent by weight, and the sale thereof in this state shall be subject to all the regulations and penalties provided by law for the sale of beer having an alcoholic content in excess of three and two-tenths percent by weight. Any person who shall sell any beer, regardless of the alcoholic content thereof, as nonintoxicating beer in, or out of, any bottle, barrel, keg or other container, not so labeled as required by this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (RSMo 1939 § 4994, A.L. 1985 H.B. 141)
1. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter and acts amendatory thereto, the prosecuting attorneys of the respective counties and the circuit attorneys, or at the request of the governor the attorney general, shall investigate and prosecute all violations of any provision of this chapter; and shall represent the supervisor of liquor control in any and all legal matters arising under this chapter. When requested by the governor, the attorney general, or his assistants, shall in the enforcement of this chapter, have the power to sign indictments or information and conduct prosecutions in any county or city within this state.
2. Whenever any tax, fee or other charge, as authorized by this chapter shall be due, suit may be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction by the prosecuting attorney of the county, or at the request of the director of revenue, by the attorney general, in the name of the state at the relation of the director of revenue, to recover such tax, fee or other charge, and in any such suit all persons, associations or corporations interested may be made parties and service may be had on both residents and nonresidents in the same manner as provided by law in civil actions. (RSMo 1939 § 4990, A.L. 1945 p. 1057)
The fees, taxes, and forfeitures collected by the director of revenue under the provisions of this chapter, shall be paid into the state treasury and become a part of the ordinary revenue fund. (RSMo 1939 § 4982, A.L. 1945 p. 1057)
1. Whenever requested to carry out any of the duties as required by the laws relating to the manufacturing, transportation, sale and inspection of nonintoxicating beer the attorney general may, in his discretion, direct the circuit attorney of the city of St. Louis or the prosecuting attorney of any county in which any violation of the laws relating to the manufacturing, transportation, sale and inspection of nonintoxicating beer shall have been violated to conduct prosecutions and institute suits as required by the laws pertaining thereto.
2. The supervisor of liquor control shall, at least once each month, transmit a list of all complaints made to or by him against licensees for alleged violations of the laws of this state relating to the manufacturing, transportation, sale and inspection of nonintoxicating beer, to the circuit attorney of the city of St. Louis and to the prosecuting attorney of every county in which said violations are alleged to have occurred, together with a list showing all revocations and suspensions of licenses within such county ordered by the supervisor of liquor control, together with a brief statement of the facts pertaining to each case, and it shall be the duty of the supervisor of liquor control at the time of transmitting each such list and statement to transmit to the attorney general a duplicate thereof for the information of the attorney general in carrying out and enforcing the provisions of the laws relating to the manufacturing, transportation, sale and inspection of nonintoxicating beer.
3. It shall be the duty of the circuit attorney of the city of St. Louis and the prosecuting attorney of every county to transmit to the supervisor of liquor control, at least once in every three months, a written report of the action, if any, taken by such circuit or prosecuting attorney on each complaint contained on the list so transmitted to him. (RSMo 1939 § 4991, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
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If the supervisor of liquor control, his deputy, or any inspector appointed by him and assigned thereto, shall fail to perform any of the duties required of him by this chapter, or shall in any manner violate any of the provisions of this chapter, for which no other punishment is prescribed he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition to such punishment, shall forfeit his office or position and shall not thereafter for a period of four years, be eligible to reappointment or to appointment to any other office in this state. (RSMo 1939 § 4964)
The supervisor of liquor control shall have the authority to suspend or revoke for cause all such licenses and to make the following regulations, without limiting the generality of provisions empowering the supervisor of liquor control as in this chapter set forth, as to the following matters, acts, and things:
(1) Fix and determine the nature, form, and capacity of all packages used for containing nonintoxicating beer of any kind to be kept or sold under this chapter;
(2) Prescribe an official seal and label and determine the manner in which such seal or label shall be attached to every package of nonintoxicating beer so sold under this chapter (this includes prescribing different official seals or different labels for the different classes, varieties or brands of nonintoxicating beer);
(3) Prescribe all forms, applications, and licenses and such other forms as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter;
(4) Prescribe the terms and conditions of the licenses issued and granted under this chapter;
(5) Prescribe the nature of the proof to be furnished and conditions to be observed in the issuance of duplicate licenses in lieu of those lost or destroyed;
(6) Establish rules and regulations for the conduct of the business carried on by each specific licensee under the license, and such rules and regulations if not obeyed by every licensee shall be grounds for the revocation or suspension of the license;
(7) The right to examine books, records, and papers of each licensee, and to hear and determine complaints against any licensee;
(8) To issue subpoenas and all necessary processes and require the production of papers, to administer oaths, and to take testimony;
(9) Prescribe all forms of labels to be affixed to all packages containing nonintoxicating beer of any kind; and
(10) To make such other rules and regulations as are necessary and feasible for carrying out the provisions of this chapter as are not inconsistent with this chapter. (L. 1945 p. 1035 § 4996b)
CROSS REFERENCES: License for sale of malt liquors to permit sale of nonintoxicating beer, RSMo 311.200 Malt liquor license holder not to sell other intoxicating liquors, RSMo 311.270 Rules to be filed with secretary of state before being effective, Chap. 536, RSMo
Whenever it shall be shown, or whenever the supervisor of liquor control has knowledge that a dealer licensed hereunder, has not at all times kept an orderly place or house, or has violated any of the provisions of this chapter, said supervisor of liquor control shall revoke or suspend the license of said dealer, but the dealer must have ten days' notice of the application to revoke or suspend his license prior to the order of revocation or suspension issuing, with full right to have counsel to produce witnesses in his behalf in such hearing and to be advised in writing of the grounds upon which his license is sought to be revoked or suspended. (RSMo 1939 § 4996, A.L. 1945 p. 1035)
1. In addition to the penalties and proceedings for revocation of licenses provided for in nonintoxicating beer law, and without limiting them, proceedings for the suspension or revocation of any license authorizing the sale of nonintoxicating beer at retail may be brought in the circuit court of any county in this state or in the city of St. Louis, in which the licensed premises are located and such proceedings may be brought by the sheriff or any peace officer of that county or by any eight or more persons who are taxpaying resident citizens of the county or city, for any of the following offenses:
(1) Knowingly selling, giving or otherwise supplying nonintoxicating beer to any person while such person is in an intoxicated condition;
(2) Knowingly permitting any prostitute, degenerate or dissolute person to frequent the licensed premises;
(3) Permitting on the licensed premises any disorderly conduct, breach of the peace, or any lewd, immoral or improper entertainment, conduct or practices;
(4) Selling, offering for sale, possessing or permitting the consumption on the licensed premises of any kind of alcoholic liquors, the sale, possession or consumption of which is not authorized under his license; provided, that said taxpaying citizens shall submit in writing, under oath, by registered United States mail to the supervisor of liquor control a joint complaint, stating the name of the licensee, the name under which the licensee's business is conducted and the address of the licensed premises, setting out in general the character and nature of the offense or offenses charged, together with the names and addresses of the witnesses by whom proof thereof is expected to be made; and provided, that after a period of thirty days after the mailing of such complaint to the supervisor of liquor control the person therein complained of shall not have been cited by the supervisor to appear and show cause why his license should not be suspended or revoked then they shall file with the circuit clerk of the county or city in which the premises are located a copy of the complaint on file with the supervisor of liquor control.
2. If, pursuant to the receipt of such complaint by the supervisor of liquor control, the licensee appears and shows cause why his license should not be suspended or revoked at a hearing held for that purpose by the supervisor and either the complainants or the licensee consider themselves aggrieved with the order of the supervisor then, after a request in writing by either the complainants or the licensee, the supervisor shall certify to the circuit clerk of the county or city in which the licensed premises are located a copy of the original complaint filed with him, together with a copy of the transcript of the evidence adduced at the hearing held by him. Such certification by the supervisor shall not act as a supersedeas of any order made by him. Upon receipt of such complaint, whether from the complainant directly or from the supervisor of liquor control, the court shall set a date for an early hearing thereon and it shall be the duty of the circuit clerk to cause to be delivered by registered United States mail to the prosecuting attorney of the county or to the circuit attorney of the city of St. Louis and to the licensee copies of the complaint and he shall, at the same time, give notice of the time and place of the hearing. Such notice shall be delivered to the prosecuting attorney or to the circuit attorney and to the licensee at least fifteen days prior to the date of the hearing.
3. The complaint shall be heard by the court without a jury and if there has been a prior hearing thereon by the supervisor of liquor control then the case shall be heard de novo and both the complainant and the licensee may produce new and additional evidence material to the issues. If the court shall find upon the hearing that the offense or offenses charged in the complaint have been established by the evidence, the court shall order the suspension or revocation of the license but, in so doing, shall take into consideration whatever order, if any, may have been made in the premises by the supervisor of liquor control. If the court finds that to revoke the license would be unduly severe, then the court may suspend the license for such period of time as the court deems proper.
4. The judgment of the court in no event shall be superseded or stayed during pendency of any appeal therefrom.
5. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney to prosecute diligently and without delay any such complaints coming to him by virtue of this section.
6. The jurisdiction herein conferred upon the circuit courts to hear and determine complaints for the suspension or revocation of licenses in the manner provided in this section shall not be exclusive and any authority conferred upon the supervisor of liquor control to revoke or suspend licenses shall remain in full force and effect, and the suspension or revocation of a license as herein provided shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other revocation or suspension provided by this chapter.
7. Costs accruing because of such hearings in the circuit court shall be taxed in the same manner as criminal costs. (L. 1943 p. 614 § 4996a, A. 1949 S.B. 1115)
It shall be unlawful for any person holding a permit authorizing the sale of nonintoxicating beer in the original package to allow such original package to be broken, or to allow any of such nonintoxicating beer to be consumed, in or upon the premises described in such permit. (RSMo 1939 § 4981)
CROSS REFERENCE: Liquor in original package not to be consumed on premises, RSMo 311.200
No person or his employee shall sell or supply nonintoxicating beer or permit same to be sold or supplied to a habitual drunkard or to any person who is under or apparently under the influence of alcoholic beverages. Nonintoxicating beer shall not be given, sold or otherwise supplied to any person under the age of twenty-one years, but this shall not apply to the supplying of nonintoxicating beer to a person under said age for medicinal purposes only, or by the parent or guardian of such person or to the administering of said nonintoxicating beer to said person by a physician. (L. 1945 p. 1032 § 4995a)
(1953) An information under this section is required only to charge that a sale of nonintoxicating beer to a minor was made. It is not necessary to negative all the exceptions in this statute as a part of the indictment. State v. Henry (A.), 254 S.W.2d 307.
(1953) To convict one of violating this statute the state must prove that the beverage sold was nonintoxicating beer as defined by the statute. The fact that the liquid was served in brown bottles or the fact that it bore a Budweiser label does not prove alcoholic content of the liquid sold. State v. Henry (A.), 254 S.W.2d 307.
(1954) Where evidence did not show alcoholic content of beverage sold to minor as beer it was insufficient to support conviction. State v. Maupin (A.), 268 S.W.2d 39.
1. Any person of the age of seventeen years and under the age of twenty-one years who represents that he has attained the age of twenty-one for the purpose of purchasing, asking for or in any way receiving nonintoxicating beer, shall, upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. Any person under the age of seventeen years who represents that he has attained the age of twenty-one years for the purpose of purchasing, asking for or in any way receiving nonintoxicating beer, shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of chapter 211, RSMo. (L. 1957 p. 26)
1. Any person under the age of twenty-one years who purchases or attempts to purchase, or has in his possession, any nonintoxicating beer as defined in section 312.010, is guilty of a misdemeanor. For purposes of prosecution under this section or any other provision of this chapter involving an alleged illegal sale or transfer of nonintoxicating beer to a person under twenty-one years of age, a manufacturer-sealed container describing that there is nonintoxicating beer therein need not be opened or the contents therein tested to verify that there is nonintoxicating beer in such container. The alleged violator may allege that there was not nonintoxicating beer in such container, but the burden of proof of such allegation is on such person, as it shall be presumed that such a sealed container describing that there is nonintoxicating beer therein contains nonintoxicating beer.
2. For purposes of determining violations of any provisions of this chapter or of any rule or regulation of the supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control, a manufacturer-sealed container describing that there is nonintoxicating beer therein need not be opened or the contents therein tested to verify that there is nonintoxicating beer in such container. The alleged violator may allege that there was not nonintoxicating beer in such container, but the burden of proof of such allegation is on such person, as it shall be presumed that such a sealed container describing that there is nonintoxicating beer therein contains nonintoxicating beer. (L. 1959 H.B. 248 § 2, A.L. 1963 p. 426, A.L. 1994 S.B. 693, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298)
CROSS REFERENCE: Nonintoxicating beer container need not be opened or tested to prove nonintoxicating beer, burden of proof on offender, RSMo 311.325
No person having a license under the provisions of this chapter shall sell, give away or permit the consumption of any nonintoxicating beer in any quantity between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., upon or about his or her premises, and any person violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by both such fine and jail sentence. (RSMo 1939 § 4995, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298)
Any permit issued under the provisions of this chapter authorizing the sale of nonintoxicating beer for consumption on the premises described in such permit, shall be construed to authorize the sale of such nonintoxicating beer by the bottle, by the glass, on draught, and in the original package. (RSMo 1939 § 4970)
Any person holding a permit under this chapter to sell nonintoxicating beer at retail, who shall have or keep or secrete in or about the premises described in and covered by his permit any intoxicating liquor of any kind or character, or any manufacturer or wholesale distributor who shall sell intoxicating liquor containing alcohol in excess of three and two-tenths percent by weight to any retail distributor holding a license or permit for the sale of nonintoxicating beer only, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one year or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by both such fine and jail sentence. (RSMo 1939 § 4958)
(1971) In prosecution for keeping intoxicating liquor on premises licensed for nonintoxicating beer although defendant denied any interest in the bottles of intoxicants, since possession was an essential element of the offense, the state was precluded from denying that defendant had the requisite possessory interest to challenge the admission of the intoxicants as evidence. State v. Russo (A.), 470 S.W.2d 164.
(1971) Liquor department agents had a right to be on premises licensed for sale of nonintoxicating beer and as bottles of intoxicants were in plain view of agent leaning over the bar, intoxicants were not a product of unlawful search and seizure and trial court did not err in admitting them as evidence. State v. Russo (A.), 470 S.W.2d 164.
It shall be the duty of every holder of a permit to manufacture and sell, or to sell, nonintoxicating beer, to use every precaution to prevent any person on the premises described in such permit, from pouring into, mixing with, or adding to, such nonintoxicating beer, any alcohol or other liquid, or any alcohol cube or cubes, or other ingredient or ingredients, that will increase, or tend to increase, the alcoholic content of such nonintoxicating beer. And any such permit holder who shall knowingly permit any person on the premises described in such permit, to pour into, mix with, or add to, such nonintoxicating beer, any alcohol, or other liquid, or any alcohol cube or cubes, or other ingredient or ingredients, that will increase, or tend to increase, the alcoholic content of such nonintoxicating beer, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition thereto, shall forfeit such permit and shall not thereafter, for a period of one year, be entitled to hold a permit authorizing the manufacture and sale, or the sale, of nonintoxicating beer in this state. (RSMo 1939 § 4976)
Any person who shall, in this state, brew or manufacture, or who shall sell, any nonintoxicating beer as defined in this chapter, without first having obtained a permit or license from the supervisor of liquor control authorizing the brewing or manufacturing and sale, or the sale, of nonintoxicating beer; or who, having obtained such permit or license, shall fail or refuse to promptly thereafter obtain and securely affix to such permit or license the federal excise or special tax stamp or receipt, as in this chapter required, shall upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and jail sentence. (RSMo 1939 § 4953, A. 1949 S.B. 1115)
Any person in this state holding a license under the provisions of this chapter who shall pour into, mix with, or add to, any nonintoxicating beer, as in this chapter defined, any alcohol or other liquid, or any alcohol cube or cubes, or any other ingredient or ingredients, that will increase, or tend to increase, the alcoholic content of such nonintoxicating beer on the licensed premises where his business is conducted or suffer the same to be done or who shall possess any such mixture on said premises, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one year or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by both such fine and jail sentence. (RSMo 1939 § 4978)
Any person in this state who shall sell or offer for sale any nonintoxicating beer in the original package without a permit as authorized by this chapter; or who shall open any original package containing nonintoxicating beer on the premises where purchased; or who shall drink any nonintoxicating beer purchased in the original package on the premises where purchased; or who shall in any place of business in this state where goods, wares and merchandise, including articles of food and drink served for consumption at the place of sale, are kept or offered for sale, drink any nonintoxicating beer purchased in the original package, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one year or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by both such fine and jail sentence. (RSMo 1939 § 4979)
Any person who shall evade, or attempt to evade, the payment of any permit or inspection fee, required by this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one year or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by both such fine and jail sentence. (RSMo 1939 § 4971)
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 312.060, 312.480, 312.500, or 312.510, or any other provision within this chapter containing a penalty provision of law, any person paying the fee imposed by section 312.230 shall be subject to the penalty provision of subsection 2 of this section with regard only to its manufacturer's license rather than the general or specific penalty provisions of the other provisions within this chapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto. Such manufacturer shall not be subject to any other form of punishment with regard to its manufacturer's license.
2. Any person as defined by subsection 1 of this section violating a provision of law contained in this chapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, shall be fined for the first offense, ten thousand dollars; for the second offense, twenty-five thousand dollars; and for the third and subsequent offenses, fifty thousand dollars. (L. 1984 S.B. 619 § 2, A.L. 1984 S.B. 441 § 2)
It shall be unlawful for any officer, agent, or employee of any incorporated company, or association, acting for such corporation or association, to authorize or permit such corporation to violate any of the provisions of this chapter, and any such officer, agent, or employee so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one year or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by both such fine and jail sentence. (RSMo 1939 § 4973)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, except where the punishment is specifically prescribed by this chapter, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by both such fine and jail sentence. (RSMo 1939 § 4992)
1. Any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter not otherwise defined, shall be a misdemeanor, and any person guilty of violating any of said provisions, and for which violation no other penalty is by this chapter imposed, shall, upon conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and jail sentence.
2. If the person so convicted shall be the holder of any permit or license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, such conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction shall, without further proceeding, action or order by any court or by the supervisor of liquor control, operate to revoke and forfeit as of the date of such conviction such permit and all rights and privileges granted thereby, and the holder of such permit shall not thereafter, for a period of one year after the date of such conviction, be entitled to any permit for any person authorized in this chapter.
3. If the permittee or licensee charged in such proceeding with such violation, be, by final judgment therein, acquitted of said charge, he may apply for and receive a license pursuant to this chapter upon paying therefor the license fee in this chapter required, and by otherwise conforming to all requirements as to such applicants, and with the same right as though he had never held a license under the provisions of this chapter. (RSMo 1939 § 4974)
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