Sunday sales, package liquor licensee allowed, hours, fee
In Missouri, a store that sells packaged alcohol (like a liquor store) can get a special license to also sell on Sundays, from 6:00 a.m. Sunday until 1:30 a.m. Monday. To get this, the store pays an extra $200 per year to the state. The city or county where the store is located can also charge up to $300 more for this Sunday selling privilege. Some businesses that already have certain special permits are not affected by the Sunday closing time rules in this law.
311.293. Sunday sales, package allowed, hours, fee — city or county may also charge fee, limitations — . — 1. Except for any that may apply for a under section 311.089, any person possessing the qualifications and meeting the requirements of this chapter, who is licensed to sell , may apply to the for a special license to sell intoxicating liquor at retail between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sundays and 1:30 a.m. on Mondays. A under this section shall pay to the an additional fee of two hundred dollars a year payable at the same time and in the same manner as its other license fees.
2. In addition to any fee collected section 311.220, a city or county may charge and collect an additional fee not to exceed three hundred dollars from any licensee under this section for the of selling intoxicating liquor at retail between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sundays and 1:30 a.m. on Mondays in such city or county; however the additional fee shall not exceed the fee charged by that city or county for a special license issued pursuant to any of this chapter which allows a licensee to sell for of the licensee on Sundays.
3. The of this section regarding the time of closing shall not apply to any person who possesses a issued under section 311.174, 311.176, or 311.178.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1993 H.B. 63, A.L. 1994 S.B. 474, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1498, A.L. 2021 S.B. 126) (2002) Section specifies only the time when liquor can be sold, and not the type of liquor which can be sold. Ozark Wholesale Beverage Company v. Supervisor of Liquor Control, 80 S.W.3d 491 (Mo.App.W.D.).
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