Tennessee § 57-3-811 - Hours for selling or giving away wine.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 57-3-811 — Hours for selling or giving away wine., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 57-3-811. Hours for selling or giving away wine.
No retail food store shall sell, give away, or otherwise dispense wine except between the hours of eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) and eleven o'clock p.m. (11:00 p.m.) on Monday through Saturday and between ten o'clock a.m. (10:00 a.m.) and eleven o'clock p.m. (11:00 p.m.) on Sunday. Acts 2014, ch. 554, § 1; 2018, ch. 783, §§ 3, 4; 2018, ch. 783, §§ 3, 4. Amendments. The 2018 amendment by ch. 783, effective April 20, 2018, rewrote the section which read, “A retail food store licensed to sell wine under this part shall only sell, or give away, wine during the same hours a licensed retailer sells or gives away wine pursuant to § 57-3-406(e) and (h).”; and, effective January 1, 2019, added “and between ten o'clock a.m. (10:00 a.m.) and eleven o'clock p.m. (11:00 p.m.) on Sunday” to the end of the section. Effective Dates. Acts 2018, ch. 783, § 14. April 20, 2018, January 1, 2019.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 57-3-811 ("Hours for selling or giving away wine.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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