Tennessee § 57-4-107 - Sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises in unincorporated areas of a county.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 57-4-107 — Sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises in unincorporated areas of a county., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 57-4-107. Sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises in unincorporated areas of a county.
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, sales of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted in unincorporated areas of a county that, by local option election in a county-wide referendum, approves the legal sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, if that county has a charter form of government. This section shall apply to any such county that has already approved this referendum prior to June 5, 2009. In addition to the sales of alcoholic beverages authorized pursuant to subsection (a), notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, sales of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted in unincorporated areas of a county that approves the legal sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises by local option election called and held, in accordance with § 57-3-106(g), in portions of the county lying outside municipalities meeting the requirements of § 57-3-106(g)(1). If a county-wide referendum for the legal sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises is approved in a county, the sales of alcoholic beverages are permitted in any municipality that participated in the referendum regardless of the minimum population requirement for a municipality in § 57-3-101. Acts 2009, ch. 351, § 1; 2011, ch. 411, § 1; 2011, ch. 447, § 1; 2017, ch. 147, § 20.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 57-4-107 ("Sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises in unincorporated areas of a county.") 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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