In Oklahoma, Car dealerships are closed on Sunday. Selling packaged liquor is prohibited on Sundays. Alcohol sales are prohibited on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
In the United States, most liquor laws are written by individual states rather than at the federal level, meaning that there are different regulations on when shops can sell booze. Blue laws, which restrict certain activities and business operations on Sundays or religious days, are still alive and well in many regions across the United States.
Nearly 75% of voters in the state already support beer, wine, and liquor being regulated the same way. And even more, agree voters should have the opportunity to vote on Sunday liquor sales in their county.
South Carolina has a promising future if we let our local business owners compete. It should be more convenient for consumers to purchase liquor on Sundays (just like wine and beer) instead of crossing state lines, keeping revenue, jobs and opportunity right here in South Carolina.
Some states restrict the sale of liquor to liquor stores, allowing grocery stores to sell only beer and wine. This is the case in Florida as well, despite legislative efforts. In 2017, a bill that would have allowed grocery stores and gas stations to sell hard liquor on shelves next to beer and wine was defeated, with critics arguing that the bill could make it easier for those under 21 to obtain alcohol and that it might impact sales from small liquor businesses. For now, visitors hoping to purchase liquor must do so at a liquor store. Beer and wine, however, are available at grocery stores and gas stations.
Hours of Operation
The closing hour under a standard Consumption or Tavern liquor license is 2 am, Monday through Saturday, and 3 am on Sunday. With a Late Hour Liquor License, those establishments are permitted to remain open until 4 am Monday through Saturday and 5 am on Sunday. The legal opening time for all liquor establishments is 7 am, Monday through Saturday, and 11 am Sunday. Restaurants (or Tavern licensees with a Retail Food License) can begin selling liquor at 9 am on Sunday.
In recent years, Georgia has loosened its restrictions on the sale of alcohol. In 2020, the sate approved a law allowing packaged good retailers to make home deliveries of beer, wine and liquor as long as the alcohol was in "unbroken packages," and the customer paid in advantage and had an ID verified.
Supermarkets and other licensed business establishments may sell beer, low-alcohol liquors, and wine. Liquor must be sold in dedicated liquor stores which may be in a separate part of a grocery or a drug store. Beer must be sold in quantities of 32 or fewer ounces or greater than 1 gallon. Forty- and 64-ounce beverages are illegal.
Missouri law recognizes two types of alcoholic beverage: liquor, which is any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol except "non-intoxicating beer"; and "non-intoxicating beer,"[31] which is beer containing between 0.5% and 3.2% alcohol. Liquor laws[32] apply to all liquor, and special laws apply to "non-intoxicating beer."[31]
Though there is not a ban on selling alcoholic beverages at grocery stores, New Jersey limits each chain to two licenses, so except for a few exceptions, most supermarkets/convenience stores/gas stations/pharmacies do not sell alcoholic beverages. In addition, liquor sales are only permitted in a separate department or attached sister store.
Bars are allowed to off-sale packaged goods.
With the exception of Jersey City and Newark, all municipalities MUST allow off-sales of beer and wine at any time on-sales are permitted. However, since alcoholic beverages are generally only found in package stores, this right is rarely exercised.
Alcoholic beverages by the drink as well as off-sales of beer and wine are permitted 24 hours a day in Atlantic City and Brigantine.
No intoxicating liquor shall be handled by any person under twenty-one years of age, except that a person eighteen years of age or older employed by a permit holder may handle or sell beer or intoxicating liquor in sealed containers in connection with wholesale or retail sales, and any person nineteen years of age or older employed by a permit holder may handle intoxicating liquor in open containers when acting in the capacity of a server in a hotel, restaurant, club, or night club. .[43]
Sara L. Zeigler (Updated September 2017 by David L. Hudson Jr.). 2009. Sunday Blue Laws [electronic resource]. The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University (accessed Apr 01, 2023). -amendment/article/1243/sunday-blue-laws
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