2025 Session Last amended: 2009 session

§ 340A.401 — License Required

Plain-Language Summary

This section establishes the authority of cities and counties to issue local retail liquor licenses, including on-sale and off-sale licenses for bars, restaurants, and liquor stores.

340A.401 LICENSE REQUIRED.

Except as provided in this chapter, no person may directly or indirectly, on any pretense or by any device, sell, barter, keep for sale, charge for possession, or otherwise dispose of alcoholic beverages as part of a commercial transaction without having obtained the required license or permit. Rental of or permission to use a public facility is not a commercial transaction for the purposes of this chapter.

History:

1985 c 305 art 6 s 1; 1987 c 152 art 1 s 1; 1995 c 198 s 7; 1996 c 418 s 3; 2009 c 120 s 5

History: History: 1985 c 305 art 6 s 1; 1987 c 152 art 1 s 1; 1995 c 198 s 7; 1996 c 418 s 3; 2009 c 120 s 5

Practical Notes

Local governments control who can sell alcohol in their communities. You must get a license from your city or county before you can sell alcohol at the retail level.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes