Massachusetts Code — 138
Browse 130 sections in division 138 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Definitions
- § 2. Manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
- § 2A. Sale, manufacture or possession of powdered alcohol prohibited; exceptions
- § 3. Manufacture and storage of alcoholic beverages for private use
- § 4. Licensing boards; appointments; membership
- § 5. Terms of office of licensing board; removal; review; notice; fee
- § 6. Chairman of licensing board; quorum; vacancies
- § 7. Offices of licensing board; salaries; expenses
- § 8. Limitation of Sec. 7
- § 9. Records of licensing boards; quarterly reports; sworn statements
- § 10. Cities exempt from operation of six preceding sections; residency requirement of board or commission members
- § 10A. Annual report of local licensing authorities to commission
- § 10B. Authority to declare office of member of board vacant
- § 11. Questions to be placed on ballot at biennial state election
- § 11A. Submission of question at special and regular municipal elections; petition; taverns
- § 12. Licenses authorizing sale of beverages to be drunk on premises; veterans' organizations, corporations, etc.; suspension or revocation; hours of sale; liqueurs and cordials; liquor legal liability insurance requirement
- § 12A. Renewal of licenses to conduct restaurant; investigations
- § 12B. Operation of premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages; nudity
- § 12C. Annual caterer's license for sale of alcoholic beverages at private catering event; written notice; penalties for violation
- § 12D. Licenses for wine and malt beverage; fees
- § 13. Licensing of railroad or car and airline corporations; vessel owners and operators; shipping companies and ship chandlers
- § 14. Special licenses to managers of indoor or outdoor activities; fees
- § 14A. License for sale of wine, malt beverages and distilled spirits at auction; fee; time for auction; sample wine, malt beverages and distilled spirits tastings
- § 15. Licensing authorizing sale of beverages not to be drunk on premises; applications; approval; price lists; renewals; fees; hours of sales; samples
- § 15A. Application for licenses; statement of beneficial interests; corporate stock transfers; filing notation; publication of notice; hearing; plan of premises; transfers; notice to abutting property owners; complaints; appeals; cancellation of licenses
- § 15F. Special license for sale of alcoholic beverages produced by farmer-winery, farmer-brewer or farmer-distillery for off-premises consumption at indoor or outdoor agricultural event
- § 16. Dilution, changing or tampering with alcoholic beverages; suspension of license; prima facie evidence
- § 16A. Renewal of annual licenses; number limitation; rejection of application; appeal
- § 16B. Time within which application for licenses shall be granted or dismissed; notice of approval; number of applications
- § 16C. Licenses for premises located near schools or churches
- § 17. Number of licenses quotas; licenses for wines and malt beverages per population unit; additional licenses; estimates of increased population; decrease in quota due to loss in population; determination of population of city or town
- § 17A. Grant of additional licenses for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk on premises
- § 17B. Grant of additional licenses for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk off premises
- § 17C. Grant of additional licenses under former law for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk on premises
- § 18. Wholesalers' and importers' licenses; compounding, blending, warehousing, and shipping of alcoholic beverages; fees; records
- § 18A. Licenses for agents or brokers of foreign manufacturers and importers; records; fees
- § 18B. Issuance of certificates of compliance to licensees authorized to export or sell alcoholic beverages to domestic licensees; information concerning shipments; issuance of certificates to immediate family; cancellation and revocation of certificates
- § 18C. License to import alcoholic beverages in connection with manufacture of food products; fees
- § 19. Licenses to manufacture alcoholic beverages; sale by manufacturer; blending of alcoholic beverages; marks to identify manufacturer; records of manufacturer; fees
- § 19A. Permits for salesmen to solicit orders for alcoholic beverages
- § 19B. Farmer-winery licenses; hearing; appeal; notices to interested parties; operation of winery; records; fees
- § 19C. Farmer-brewery licenses; hearing; appeal; notices to interested parties; operation of brewery; records; fees
- § 19D. Pub brewery licenses; hearings; records; fees
- § 19E. Farmer-distillery licenses; applicants; requirements; evidentiary hearings; written notice of applications; schools and churches; fees
- § 19F. Direct wine shipper licenses; regulation and enforcement by commission
- § 19G. Tenant brewer license; applications; importation of raw materials; record keeping and reporting; fees
- § 19H. License to sell for on-premises consumption alcoholic beverages produced by person holding Sec. 19B, 19C or 19E license
- § 20. Storage permits; special warehouse permits; special seasonal permits; fees; rules and regulations
- § 20A. Storage permits for public warehousemen
- § 21. Liability of manufacturer, winegrower, farmer-brewer, wholesaler, importer and licensee for excise; fines; administration of tax
- § 22. Transportation of alcoholic beverages; permits; fees; railroads or vessels; trucking businesses; production of permit upon demand
- § 22A. Permits to holders or former holders of licenses authorizing sales to licensees; fees; excises; permits for researchers
- § 23. Nature of licenses and permits; status as property rights; refusal to issue or reissue, revocation, etc.; refund of fee; transfers; death, receivership or bankruptcy of licensee; expiration; pledging for loans
- § 23A. Suspension of license or permit for violation of fair trade laws
- § 23B. Retention of license where premises of licensee taken by public authority; transfer application; reservation of license; rebate of fee; renewal application
- § 24. Promulgation of regulations by commission; approval
- § 25. Lending or borrowing money or receipt of credit by licensees
- § 25A. Discrimination in prices and discounts prohibited
- § 25B. Filing of schedules; inspection
- § 25C. Filing of schedule of minimum consumer prices; verification; filing and effective dates; inspection; rules and regulations
- § 25D. Price discrimination
- § 25E. Refusal to sell brand name alcoholic beverages to wholesalers as unfair trade practice; exception for good cause; discontinuance notice and procedure
- § 25F. Provision of free wine, malt beverages, liqueurs, cordials and alcoholic beverages for tastings; limits; requirements
- § 26. Issuance of license and permit to aliens; appointment of local manager or principal representative by foreign corporations
- § 27. Crediting of fees for licenses and permits to general fund; payment of fees for licenses and permits granted by local authorities into local treasuries
- § 28. Sale of alcoholic beverage to churches, religious societies, hospitals, homes for aged people and to manufacturers of food products
- § 29. Use and sale of alcoholic beverages by registered pharmacists; prescriptions; prescription books; sales in original sealed packages
- § 30. Issuance of certificate of fitness to registered pharmacist; fee; revocation
- § 30A. Registered pharmacists' licenses to sell alcoholic beverages without prescription; hours of sales
- § 30B. Kinds of licenses issued to druggists under Sec. 30A; transfers
- § 30C. Termination of druggist's license upon cessation of business
- § 30D. Certificate of purchaser; sales of alcoholic beverages by retail pharmacists licensed under Sec. 30A
- § 30E. Record book of registered pharmacists of sales of alcoholic beverages; form of certificate
- § 30F. Inspection of books, certificates and prescriptions
- § 30G. Illegal sale of alcoholic beverages in name of registered pharmacist
- § 30H. Possession or transportation of alcoholic beverages not authorized to be sold as prima facie evidence of violation of chapter
- § 32. Hawking or peddling of alcoholic beverages
- § 33. Sales and delivery of alcoholic beverages on election days, Sundays and legal holidays
- § 33A. Sales of alcoholic beverages by on-premise licensees on Sundays and certain legal holidays; sales between 1:00 A.M. and 2:00 A.M.
- § 33B. Sales of alcoholic beverages by on-premise licensees on Sundays and certain legal holidays; sales between 10:00 A.M. and 12:00 noon
- § 34. Sale, delivery or furnishing alcoholic beverages to persons under twenty-one years of age; employment of persons under eighteen years of age
- § 34A. Persons under twenty-one years; purchase or attempt to purchase alcoholic beverages
- § 34B. Liquor purchase identification cards
- § 34C. Minors; operation of motor vehicle containing alcoholic beverage; suspension of driver's license
- § 34D. Posting notices of penalties for driving while under influence and driving while drinking from open container of alcohol
- § 34E. Immunity from prosecution under Secs. 34, 34A or 34C for persons seeking medical assistance for alcohol-related incapacitation
- § 35. Sales of alcoholic beverages outside limits of reservations or boulevards
- § 36. Analysis of alcoholic beverages by department of state police
- § 37. Certificate accompanying sample of beverages to be analyzed; contents
- § 38. Forms of commission
- § 39. Tampering with samples of alcoholic beverages
- § 40. Analysis of alcoholic beverages by court order; fee
- § 41. Delivery of alcoholic beverages as prima facie evidence of sale
- § 42. Issuance of search warrant
- § 43. Search of dwelling house
- § 44. Sufficiency of complaint and warrant
- § 45. Search of premises; seizure of alcoholic beverages
- § 46. Searches and seizures without warrant
- § 47. Notice to keeper of alcoholic beverages to appear and answer complaint; forfeiture of seized beverages
- § 48. Notice; contents; service
- § 49. Postponement of trial
- § 50. Admission of claimant of alcoholic beverages as party to trial; forfeiture of alcoholic beverages unlawfully kept; sale of motor vehicle held to be implement or container of alcoholic beverages
- § 51. Disposition of forfeited alcoholic beverages and vessels
- § 52. Return of alcoholic beverages not forfeited; order; endorsement
- § 53. Forfeiture and disposition of implements and furniture
- § 54. Cost of proceedings
- § 55. Appeal
- § 56. Arrest without warrant of persons found in act of illegally manufacturing or selling alcoholic beverages; seizures
- § 57. Notification of licensing authorities of conviction of holder of license, permit or certificate
- § 58. Notice of conviction of tenant to owner of building used for illegal keeping or sale
- § 59. Forms used in prosecutions
- § 60. Common nuisances
- § 61. Buildings used by clubs for selling and distributing alcoholic beverages as common nuisances
- § 62. Penalties for violations of chapter
- § 63. Entry of licensing authorities upon licensed premises; taking of samples
- § 63A. Hindering or delaying investigator, inspector or agent of commission
- § 64. Suspension or revocation of license; hearing; notice; disqualification; surrender of license; refunds; special gaming establishment contract vendor alcoholic beverage license and special gaming establishment self-owned vendor alcoholic beverage license
- § 64A. Sale of alcohol to person under 21 or intoxicated person; sanctions; liability insurance
- § 64B. Insurance policy required by licensing authority; disclosure to insurer; proof of new insurance
- § 65. Delivery of license upon suspension, revocation, cancellation or forfeiture
- § 66. Separability of provisions of chapter
- § 67. Appeals on refusal to grant or revocation of license; hearing; notice of approval; revocation by commission; reappeal
- § 68. Sales or deliveries of alcoholic beverages in times of riot or great public excitement
- § 69. Sale or delivery to intoxicated persons
- § 70. Issuance of license or permit upon payment of fee; bond
- § 71. Effective date of rules; approval of governor
- § 76. Licenses for manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol for mechanical, manufacturing or chemical purposes; fees
- § 77. Cancellation of license upon cessation of licensed business
- § 78. Book entries at time of sale of alcohol; form
- § 79. Issuance of special gaming establishment contract vendor alcoholic beverage license or a special gaming establishment self-owned vendor alcoholic beverage license