A caterer or bar that has a license to sell drinks can get a short-term permit to serve alcohol at a special event somewhere other than their normal location. The permit lasts no more than 168 hours (7 days) and costs $10 per day. The same alcohol laws that apply at their regular location also apply at the event. A licensed caterer can deliver alcohol for catering jobs without needing a separate license in every city, as long as that city allows caterers to deliver alcohol there.
311.485. Temporary location for , s — and fee required — other laws applicable. — 1. The may a to caterers and other persons holding s to sell for the of this chapter who furnish provisions and for use at a particular function, occasion or event at a particular location other than the , but not including a festival as defined in chapter 316. The temporary permit shall be effective for a period not to exceed one hundred sixty-eight hours, and shall authorize the service of alcoholic beverages at such function, occasion or event during the hours at which alcoholic beverages may lawfully be sold or upon licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for . For every permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, the shall pay to the the sum of ten dollars for each day, or fraction thereof, for which the permit is issued.
2. Except as provided in 3 of this section, all provisions of the and the , of the incorporated city, or the of any county, in which is located the premises in which such function, occasion or event is held shall extend to such premises and shall be in force and during all the time that the permittee, its agents, servants, employees, or stock are in such premises. This temporary permit shall allow the sale of in the .
3. to the contrary, any caterer who possesses a valid state and valid local may alcoholic beverages in the course of his or her catering business. A caterer who possesses a valid state and valid local liquor license need not obtain a separate license for each city the caterer in, so long as such city permits any caterer to deliver alcoholic beverages within the city.
4. To assure and control product quality, may, but shall not be required to, give a for intoxicating liquor with an alcohol content of less than five percent delivered and under the catering permit number, but not used, if the removes the product within seventy-two hours of the expiration of the catering permit issued pursuant to this section.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1978 H.B. 978, A.L. 1987 S.B. 150, A.L. 1994 S.B. 474, A.L. 1995 S.B. 43, A.L. 1999 S.B. 81, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1631, A.L. 2005 S.B. 262, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132, A.L. 2011 H.B. 101, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1498)
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