Oregon Statutes - Chapter 471 - Alcoholic Liquors Generally

• 471.001   Definitions for ORS chapters 471 and 473.
  As used in this chapter and ORS chapter 473: (1) “Alcoholic beverage” and “alcoholic liquor” mean any liquid or solid containing more than one-half of...
• 471.005   [Amended by 1965 c.280 §1; repealed by 1995 c.301 §33]
• 471.010   [Amended by 1979 c.236 §5; repealed by 1995 c.301 §33]
• 471.015   [Amended by 1975 c.207 §1; 1979 c.236 §6; repealed by 1995 c.301 §33]
• 471.017   [1975 c.207 §4; 1995 c.301 §53; repealed by 1999 c.351 §13 (471.159 enacted in lieu of 471.017)]
• 471.020   [Repealed by 1979 c.264 §14]
• 471.022   [1979 c.264 §3; 1995 c.301 §13; repealed by 1999 c.351 §41]
• 471.023   “Cider” defined.
  For the purposes of this chapter, “cider” means an alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of the juice of apples or pears that contains not...
• 471.025   [Repealed by 1995 c.301 §7 (471.406 enacted in lieu of 471.025)]
• 471.027   Short title.
  This chapter and ORS 474.105 and 474.115 shall be known and may be cited as the “Liquor Control Act.” [Amended by 1965 c.165 §1]
• 471.030   Purpose of Liquor Control Act.
  (1) The Liquor Control Act shall be liberally construed so as: (a) To prevent the recurrence of abuses associated with saloons or resorts for the...
• 471.035   Certain products excepted from liquor laws.
  No provision of the Liquor Control Act shall, by reason only that such product contains alcoholic liquor, prevent the sale of any perfume, lotion, tincture,...
• 471.038   Nonbeverage food products.
  (1) Nonbeverage food products described in subsection (6) of this section may be sold at retail by any holder of a license issued by the...
• 471.039   Certain cruise ships exempt from liquor laws.
  (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission may not require the owners, operators and employees of a cruise ship to...
• 471.040   General powers and duties of the commission; rules; delegation.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has the powers and duties specified in this chapter and ORS 474.105 and 474.115, and also the powers necessary...
• 471.045   Liquor laws supersede and repeal inconsistent charters and ordinances.
  The Liquor Control Act, designed to operate uniformly throughout the state, shall be paramount and superior to and shall fully replace and supersede any and...
• 471.105   Purchaser’s qualifications.
  Before being qualified to purchase alcoholic liquor from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, a person must be at least 21 years of age. [Amended by...
• 471.110   [Amended by 1961 c.259 §3; repealed by 1967 c.577 §10]
• 471.115   Limitations on purchasing may be imposed.
  The Oregon Liquor Control Commission may limit the quantity of alcoholic liquor purchased at any one time by any person. It may limit the amount...
• 471.120   [Repealed by 1967 c.577 §10]
• 471.125   [Amended by 1967 c.577 §2; repealed by 1971 c.159 §9]
• 471.130   Requiring statement of age or identification from certain purchasers.
  (1) All licensees and permittees of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, before selling or serving alcoholic liquor to any person about whom there is any...
• 471.135   False statement of age; statement of age as defense.
  (1) No person shall make a written statement of age under ORS 471.130 that is false in whole or in part, or produce any evidence...
• 471.140   [1961 c.687 §2; 1963 c.93 §3; 1971 c.433 §1; repealed by 1979 c.313 §10]
• 471.143   [1963 c.93 §2; 1967 c.569 §1; 1971 c.159 §2; 1979 c.313 §4; repealed by 1979 c.313 §11]
• 471.145   [1961 c.687 §§3,6; 1963 c.93 §4; repealed by 1979 c.313 §11]
• 471.150   [1961 c.687 §7; 1963 c.93 §5; 1967 c.569 §2; 1971 c.159 §3; repealed by 1979 c.313 §11]
• 471.155   Commission’s licensing duties; bonds.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall provide for the licensing of persons and cities within the state to manufacture, distribute, take orders for and...
• 471.157   Licenses issuable.
  The licenses described in this chapter may be issued by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, subject to its regulations and restrictions and the provisions of...
• 471.159   Enclosure of licensed premises.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission may not license a location that does not have defined boundaries. (2) A licensed premises need not be enclosed...
• 471.162   Persons exempted from license requirement.
  (1) Hospitals, sanitariums, convalescent homes, rest homes, retirement homes and facilities for the care of the elderly that have been licensed or registered by the...
• 471.164   Authority of cities and counties over establishments that offer entertainment or serve alcoholic beverages.
  (1) Cities and counties may adopt reasonable time, place and manner regulations of the nuisance aspects of establishments that offer entertainment or serve alcoholic beverages...
• 471.166   Local government recommendations on license issuance and renewal; rules; fees.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission may require that every applicant for issuance or renewal of a license under this chapter acquire a written recommendation...
• 471.168   Certain licensees required to maintain liquor liability insurance or bond.
  (1) For the purpose of providing coverage for injuries suffered by persons by reason of the conduct of intoxicated persons who were served alcoholic beverages...
• 471.175   Full on-premises sales license.
  (1) The holder of a full on-premises sales license may sell by the drink at retail wine, malt beverages, cider and distilled liquor. Except as...
• 471.178   Limited on-premises sales license.
  (1) The holder of a limited on-premises sales license may sell by the drink at retail wine, malt beverages and cider. Except as provided in...
• 471.180   In-room supply of alcoholic beverages by hotel or arena.
  A full or limited on-premises sales license issued to a hotel or arena under the provisions of this chapter authorizes the person to whom the...
• 471.182   Issuance of full or limited on-premises sales license to public passenger carrier.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission may grant a full or limited on-premises sales license to the owner or operator of a licensed public passenger...
• 471.184   Catering and other temporary off-premises service under full or limited on-premises sales license.
  (1) The holder of a full or limited on-premises sales license may cater a temporary event at a location other than the licensed premises if...
• 471.186   Off-premises sales license.
  (1) The holder of an off-premises sales license may sell factory-sealed containers of wine, malt beverages and cider. Containers of malt beverages sold under the...
• 471.190   Temporary sales license; rules.
  (1) The holder of a temporary sales license may sell at retail by the drink wine, malt beverages, cider and distilled liquor. Distilled liquor served...
• 471.200   Brewery-public house license.
  (1) A brewery-public house license allows the licensee: (a) To manufacture on the licensed premises, store, transport, sell to wholesale malt beverage and wine licensees...
• 471.205   [Amended by 1999 c.351 §15; renumbered 471.403 in 1999]
• 471.210   [Amended by 1967 c.359 §693; 1977 c.518 §3; 1979 c.45 §1; 1979 c.264 §5a; 1983 c.691 §1; 1983 c.740 §187; 1985 c.591 §1; 1987 c.511 §1; 1989 c.48 §1; 1995 c.301 §54; 1999 c.351 §21; renumbered 471.155 in 1999]
• 471.213   [1989 c.846 §16; renumbered 471.164 in 1999]
• 471.215   [Amended by 1957 c.223 §1; 1995 c.301 §55; 1999 c.351 §45; renumbered 471.157 in 1999]
• 471.217   [1967 c.173 §2; 1974 c.4 §1; 1977 c.332 §3; repealed by 1979 c.264 §14]
• 471.218   [1997 c.841 §4; 1999 c.351 §22; renumbered 471.168 in 1999]
• 471.220   Brewery license.
  (1) A brewery license shall allow the manufacture, importation, storage, transportation, wholesale sale and distribution to licensees of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, and the...
• 471.223   Winery license.
  (1) A winery license shall allow the licensee: (a) To import, bottle, produce, blend, store, transport or export wines or cider. (b) To sell wines...
• 471.225   [Amended by 1977 c.332 §5; repealed by 1979 c.264 §14]
• 471.227   Grower sales privilege license.
  (1) A grower sales privilege license shall allow the licensee to perform the following activities only for fruit or grape wine or cider where all...
• 471.229   [1989 c.511 §2; 1995 c.188 §3; 1999 c.351 §24; 2003 c.44 §3; 2007 c.854 §1; renumbered 471.282 in 2007]
• 471.230   Distillery license.
  (1) A distillery license shall allow the holder thereof to import, manufacture, distill, rectify, blend, denature and store spirits of an alcoholic content greater than...
• 471.235   Wholesale malt beverage and wine license.
  (1) A wholesale malt beverage and wine license shall allow the importation, storage, transportation, wholesale sale and distribution to licensees of the Oregon Liquor Control...
• 471.240   [Amended by 1955 c.657 §3; 1957 c.223 §2; repealed by 1973 c.395 §10]
• 471.242   Warehouse license.
  (1) A warehouse license shall allow the licensee to store, import, bottle, produce, blend, transport and export nontax paid, bonded wine or wine on which...
• 471.244   Certificates of approval; special certificates of approval.
  (1) No licensee of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall manufacture, import into, or purchase in the State of Oregon for resale therein any malt...
• 471.245   [Amended by 1979 c.236 §7; 1981 c.199 §1; repealed by 1999 c.351 §11]
• 471.250   [Amended by 1965 c.280 §2; 1973 c.395 §2; 1977 c.332 §6; 1981 c.328 §1; 1987 c.608 §6; 1995 c.301 §17a; repealed by 1999 c.351 §8]
• 471.253   [1985 c.649 §4; 1987 c.608 §1; 1989 c.785 §10; 1991 c.545 §2; 1993 c.418 §1; 1993 c.663 §2; 1995 c.35 §2; 1995 c.301 §84; 1995 c.598 §1; 1995 c.599 §3; 1997 c.803 §2; 1999 c.59 §142; 1999 c.351 §26; renumbered 471.200 in 1999]
• 471.255   [Repealed by 1965 c.280 §5]
• 471.257   [1975 c.494 §2; 1987 c.608 §7; 1995 c.301 §17b; repealed by 1999 c.351 §11]
• 471.259   [1985 c.649 §1; 1987 c.608 §8; 1989 c.171 §65; 1995 c.301 §17c; repealed by 1999 c.351 §11]
• 471.260   [Amended by 1973 c.395 §3; 1974 c.4 §3; 1985 c.546 §1; 1987 c.608 §9; 1989 c.178 §1; 1993 c.663 §4; 1995 c.58 §1; 1995 c.103 §4; 1995 c.301 §18; 1995 c.791 §1; 1996 c.18 §1; repealed by 1999 c.351 §8]
• 471.262   [1979 c.172 §2; 1995 c.301 §56; 1999 c.351 §27; renumbered 471.302 in 1999]
• 471.264   [1981 c.200 §1; 1995 c.301 §38; repealed by 1999 c.351 §8]
• 471.265   [Amended by 1967 c.580 §1; 1967 c.614 §§1,2; 1971 c.324 §1; 1973 c.103 §1; 1973 c.395 §4; 1985 c.546 §2; 1987 c.558 §2; 1987 c.608 §2; 1995 c.301 §18a; 1997 c.803 §5; repealed by 1999 c.351 §8]
• 471.267   [1995 c.599 §2; repealed by 1999 c.351 §8]
• 471.270   [Repealed by 1999 c.351 §11]
• 471.272   Manner of shipping or transporting wine or cider.
  (1) Wine or cider may be shipped or transported by a licensee or permit holder described in subsection (2) of this section only by employees...
• 471.274   Wine self-distribution permit.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission may issue a wine self-distribution permit to a United States manufacturer of wine or cider. The commission may issue...
• 471.275   [Amended by 1987 c.608 §10; 1995 c.301 §18b; repealed by 1999 c.351 §8]
• 471.280   [Repealed by 1999 c.351 §11]
• 471.282   Direct shipper permit; fees.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person may sell and ship wine or cider directly to a resident of Oregon only if...
• 471.285   [Amended by 1955 c.657 §4; 1957 c.221 §1; 1989 c.178 §2; 1997 c.249 §170; repealed by 1999 c.351 §11]
• 471.287   [1955 c.657 §8; 1957 c.221 §2; 1975 c.470 §1; 1983 c.228 §1; 1987 c.511 §2; 1989 c.178 §3; 1995 c.301 §86; 1997 c.79 §1; repealed by 1999 c.351 §11]
• 471.289   [1955 c.657 §6; 1957 c.111 §1; 1973 c.131 §1; 1979 c.264 §6; 1995 c.103 §1; 1999 c.351 §68; renumbered 471.244 in 2007]
• 471.290   [Amended by 1955 c.657 §9; 1957 c.111 §2; 1965 c.280 §3; 1967 c.28 §1; 1967 c.448 §1; 1971 c.470 §1; 1973

  c.313 §1; 1973 c.395 §5; 1975 c.494 §3; 1979 c.264 §7; 1981 c.598 §1; 1985 c.360 §1; 1985 c.591 §2; 1985 c.628 §3; 1985 c.649 §2; 1989 c.178 §4; 1989 c.553 §2; 1989 c.740 §3; 1995 c.58 §3; 1995 c.103 §2; 1995 c.301 §57; 1995 c.363 §3; 1997 c.249 §171; 1997 c.284 §3; 1999 c.351 §18; renumbered 471.311 in 1999]

• 471.292   Characteristics of license.
  (1) A license granted under the Liquor Control Act or the Oregon Distilled Liquor Control Act shall: (a) Be a purely personal privilege. (b) Be...
• 471.294   License terms; licenses issued for less than year; determination of fees.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all licenses under this chapter and renewals thereof shall be issued for a period of one year...
• 471.295   [Amended by 1953 c.14 §2; 1979 c.744 §33a; 1979 c.881 §3; 1989 c.785 §8; 1995 c.301 §58; 1997 c.841 §5; 1999 c.351 §46; renumbered 471.313 in 1999]
• 471.297   Temporary letter of authority on change of ownership; fee; revocation.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission may grant a temporary letter of authority for a period not to exceed 90 days on change of ownership...
• 471.300   [Amended by 1953 c.130 §2; repealed by 1957 c.220 §1 (471.301 enacted in lieu of 471.300)]
• 471.301   [1957 c.220 §2 (enacted in lieu of 471.300); 1971 c.470 §2; 1973 c.311 §1; 1977 c.332 §1; 1977 c.360 §2; 1979 c.264 §9; 1995 c.301 §60; 1999 c.351 §48; renumbered 471.292 in 1999]
• 471.302   Temporary letter of authority for off-premises sales license applicant; revocation.
  (1) Upon receiving an application for an off-premises sales license, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission may grant a temporary letter of authority for a period...
• 471.305   Delivery of alcoholic beverages.
  A brewery or a wholesale malt beverage and wine licensee shall deliver malt beverages only to or on a licensed premises. The sale of alcoholic...
• 471.307   [1991 c.273 §2; 1993 c.663 §5; 1999 c.351 §28; renumbered 471.180 in 1999]
• 471.310   Cities as licensees.
  Any city may, without further charter authority, become a licensee under this chapter. [Amended by 1995 c.301 §61; 1999 c.351 §49] (Application for License)
• 471.311   Application for license; rules; fees.
  (1) Any person desiring a license or renewal of a license under this chapter shall make application to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission upon forms...
• 471.312  
  [1989 c.785 §§6,7; 1991 c.734 §39; 1995 c.301 §62; 1999 c.351 §50; renumbered 471.331 in 1999]
• 471.313   Grounds for refusing to issue license.
  The Oregon Liquor Control Commission may refuse to license any applicant under the provisions of this chapter if the commission has reasonable ground to believe...
• 471.315   Grounds for cancellation or suspension of license or imposition of civil penalty.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission may cancel or suspend any license issued under this chapter, or impose a civil penalty in lieu of or...
• 471.316   Mandatory suspension if licensee fails to prevent certain unlawful drug use or sales on premises; civil penalty.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall suspend the license of a licensed premises listed in subsection (4)...
• 471.317   [1975 c.373 §2; 1979 c.236 §8; 1995 c.301 §64; renumbered 471.333 in 1999]
• 471.320   [Amended by 1957 c.220 §3; repealed by 1971 c.734 §21]
• 471.322   Civil penalty in lieu of or in addition to short-term suspension of certain licenses and permits; limits on amount.
  (1) If a license issued under this chapter or a service permit issued under ORS 471.360 is suspended for a period of 30 days or...
• 471.325   [Amended by 1953 c.19 §2; 1957 c.220 §4; 1969 c.205 §1; repealed by 1971 c.734 §21]
• 471.326   Refund of civil penalty if suspension not sustained on judicial review.
  If the action of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission in suspending a license or permit issued under this chapter is not sustained upon judicial review...
• 471.327   Civil penalty in addition to or in lieu of suspending certain other licenses or certificates.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission, in suspending any brewery license, wholesale wine license, wholesale malt beverage license, or certificate of approval, may further impose...
• 471.329   Serious and persistent problems involving noise as grounds for discipline of licensee or applicant.
  (1) For the purpose of determining whether there is a history of serious and persistent problems involving noise under the provisions of ORS 471.313 (5)...
• 471.330   [Amended by 1977 c.215 §1; 1995 c.301 §67; 1999 c.351 §54; renumbered 471.351 in 1999]
• 471.331   Notice to licensee when refusal to renew or suspension or cancellation of license based on adverse neighborhood impact; no stay of order.
  (1) Whenever the Oregon Liquor Control Commission proposes to refuse to renew or to suspend or cancel any license issued under this chapter because of...
• 471.333   Effect of sanitation violations.
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall not refuse to issue, cancel or suspend...
• 471.335  
  [Amended by 1953 c.120 §6; 1974 c.4 §4; 1985 c.592 §3; renumbered 471.404 in 1999]
• 471.340   [Amended by 1983 c.316 §1; 1999 c.351 §69; renumbered 471.442 in 1999]
• 471.341   Mandatory clerk training course for employees of off-premises sales licensees; rules; fees; civil penalty.
  (1) An employee of an off-premises sales licensee who has been found by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to have sold alcoholic beverages to a...
• 471.342   Acquisition and use of age verification equipment in lieu of other penalty.
  Upon finding that a retail licensee, as defined in ORS 471.392, or an employee of a retail licensee has sold alcoholic beverages to a minor,...
• 471.344   Responsible vendor program; rules.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall by rule establish a responsible vendor program. The program shall include a list of positive measures that a...
• 471.345   [Amended by 1999 c.351 §70; renumbered 471.446 in 1999]
• 471.346   Uniform standards for minor decoy operations; rules.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall by rule develop uniform standards for minor decoy operations used to investigate licensees and agents operating stores on...
• 471.350   [Repealed by 1967 c.577 §10]
• 471.351   Examination of books and premises of licensees.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has the right after 72 hours’ notice to the owner or the agent of the owner to make an...
• 471.355   [1971 c.470 §4; 1981 c.199 §3; 1989 c.178 §5; 1995 c.301 §68; 1997 c.79 §2; 1999 c.351 §30; renumbered 471.294 in 1999]
• 471.360   Service permit required; waiver.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 471.375: (a) Any person employed by a licensee of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission who participates in any...
• 471.365   Characteristics of permit; verification of identity of permittee.
  (1) A service permit shall be a purely personal privilege, valid only upon licensed premises, for the period of time stated thereon, and may be...
• 471.370   Expiration.
  Unless sooner suspended or revoked, a service permit issued after November 1, 1981, shall expire on the anniversary date of the permittee’s birthday five years...
• 471.375   Application; requirements; fee.
  (1) Any person who has not had a permit refused or revoked or whose permit is not under suspension may mix, sell or serve alcoholic...
• 471.380   Grounds for refusing to issue permit; request for hearing.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission may refuse to grant a service permit if it has reasonable grounds to believe any of the following to...
• 471.385   Grounds for revoking or suspending permit or imposing civil penalty; responsibility of licensee.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission may revoke or suspend a service permit, or impose a civil penalty in lieu of or in addition to...
• 471.390   Duplicate or new permit; fee.
  (1) If a service permit issued under ORS 471.360 to 471.390 is lost, mutilated or destroyed, the permittee shall apply immediately for a duplicate permit...
• 471.392   Definitions for ORS 471.392 to 471.400.
  For the purposes of ORS 471.392 to 471.400: (1) “Manufacturer or wholesaler” means: (a) A person holding a brewery license issued under ORS 471.220, a...
• 471.394   Prohibition on sales at both wholesale and retail; prohibition on financial connection between retailer and wholesaler.
  (1) Except as provided in ORS 471.396, a person licensed under the provisions of this chapter may not sell alcoholic liquor at both retail and...
• 471.396   Exceptions to prohibition on financial connection between wholesaler and retailer.
  (1) The prohibitions of ORS 471.394 (1) do not apply to persons holding winery licenses, grower sales privilege licenses, brewery-public house licenses, distillery licenses or...
• 471.398   Prohibition of financial assistance from wholesaler to retailer.
  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, a person holding a retail license may not accept directly or indirectly from a manufacturer or wholesaler, and...
• 471.400   Exceptions to prohibition of financial assistance; rules.
  (1) Notwithstanding ORS 471.394 and 471.398, a manufacturer or wholesaler may lease or furnish picnic pumps, cold plates, tubs, refrigerated trailers, refrigerated vans and refrigerated...
• 471.401   Exception from tied house prohibition for sale of advertising to arena.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a manufacturer or wholesaler of alcoholic liquor may purchase advertising space and time from a licensee authorized...
• 471.402   Sample tastings authorized.
  The holder of a brewery license issued under ORS 471.220, a winery license issued under ORS 471.223, a grower sales privilege license issued under ORS...
• 471.403   License required to produce alcoholic liquor; exception.
  (1) No person shall brew, ferment, distill, blend or rectify any alcoholic liquor unless licensed so to do by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. However,...
• 471.404   Importing liquor without license prohibited; exceptions; fee.
  (1) No alcoholic liquor shall be imported into this state by any person not holding a brewery, winery, distillery or wholesaler’s license, except as follows:...
• 471.405   Prohibited sales, purchases, possession, transportation, importation or solicitation in general; forfeiture upon conviction.
  (1) No person shall peddle or deliver alcoholic beverages to or at any place, where, without a license, alcoholic beverages are sold or offered for...
• 471.406   Activities covered by prohibitions on sale of alcoholic beverages.
  Any prohibition on the sale of alcoholic beverages provided for in this chapter includes: (1) Soliciting orders for alcoholic beverages or receiving orders for alcoholic...
• 471.407   Offer of alcoholic beverages as inducement to make purchases.
  Except as specifically provided in this chapter, a person who owns, operates or controls a business establishment that sells food or beverages for consumption at...
• 471.408   Alcoholic liquor may not be given as prize; exception.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, alcoholic liquor may not be given as a prize, premium or consideration for a lottery, contest, game...
• 471.410   Providing liquor to person under 21 or to intoxicated person; allowing consumption by minor on property; mandatory minimum penalties.
  (1) No person shall sell, give or otherwise make available any alcoholic liquor to any person who is visibly intoxicated. (2) No one other than...
• 471.412   Allowing visibly intoxicated person to consume alcoholic beverages; good faith effort; effect on other liability; letters of reprimand.
  (1) No licensee or permittee shall knowingly allow a person to consume or to continue to consume alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises after observing...
• 471.415   [Amended by 1955 c.657 §10; 1957 c.297 §1; repealed by 1995 c.301 §81]
• 471.417   [1985 c.306 §2; 1989 c.471 §1; repealed by 1995 c.301 §81]
• 471.420   [Amended by 1959 c.399 §1; 1971 c.680 §2; repealed by 1979 c.43 §1 and by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 471.425   Misrepresentations by licensee and others; maintenance of disorderly establishment.
  (1) No person shall make false representations or statements to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission in order to induce or prevent action by the commission....
• 471.430   Purchase or possession of alcoholic beverages by person under 21; entry of licensed premises by person under 21; community service and suspension of driving privileges; assessment and treatment.
  (1) A person under the age of 21 years may not attempt to purchase, purchase or acquire alcoholic beverages. Except when such minor is in...
• 471.432   Examination for problem condition involving alcohol upon conviction; treatment program.
  When a person is ordered to undergo assessment and treatment as provided in ORS 471.430, the court shall require the person to do all of...
• 471.435   [Repealed by 1953 c.120 §6]
• 471.440   Manufacture, fermentation or possession of mash, wort or wash; establishment or operation of distillery without license; prima facie evidence.
  (1) No mash, wort or wash fit for distillation or for the manufacture of spirituous alcoholic liquors, shall be made, fermented or possessed within this...
• 471.442   Wine compliance with standards.
  (1) No wine or cider shall be sold or offered for sale within this state unless it complies with the minimum standards fixed pursuant to...
• 471.445   Use of misleading mark or label on container; mixing liquors.
  (1) No licensee shall use or allow the use of any mark or label on the container of alcoholic liquor which is kept for sale,...
• 471.446   Seals on wine and cider containers; improper labeling; injurious or adulterated ingredients.
  (1) No retail licensee shall purchase any wine or cider for resale except in sealed containers, the seals of which shall remain unbroken when it...
• 471.448   Sale of malt beverage as beer.
  Malt beverages may not be labeled or otherwise designated as beer for purposes of retail sale in this state unless the malt beverage contains six...
• 471.450   [Repealed by 1971 c.116 §1]
• 471.452   [Amended by 1979 c.264 §8; 1989 c.178 §6; 1989 c.740 §4; 1989 c.785 §12; repealed by 1995 c.301 §81]
• 471.455   [Amended by 1957 c.297 §2; 1979 c.881 §4; 1981 c.80 §1; repealed by 1995 c.301 §81]
• 471.456   [1979 c.881 §7; 1987 c.511 §3; repealed by 1995 c.301 §81]
• 471.457   [1965 c.277 §1; repealed by 1995 c.301 §81]
• 471.460   [Amended by 1981 c.80 §2; repealed by 1995 c.301 §81]
• 471.463   [1965 c.277 §2; repealed by 1995 c.301 §81]
• 471.465   [Amended by 1955 c.657 §11; 1957 c.297 §3; 1981 c.435 §1; 1987 c.501 §1; repealed by 1995 c.301 §81]
• 471.470   [Amended by 1957 c.297 §4; repealed by 1995 c.301 §81]
• 471.475   Mixing, storing or serving of liquor without license.
  No person who owns, operates or conducts a private or public club or place and who is not in possession of a license issued by...
• 471.478   Sale of kegs of malt beverages; rules; penalty.
  On and after January 1, 1978: (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission by rule shall require the identification of kegs of malt beverages sold directly...
• 471.480   Sale of liquor by certain employees 18 years of age or older.
  (1) Any employee 18 years of age or older of a person who holds an off-premises sales license from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission may...
• 471.482   Sale or service of liquor by employees 18 years of age or older generally; rules.
  (1) The holder of a license issued under this chapter may employ persons 18, 19 and 20 years of age who may take orders for,...
• 471.485   Payment required on or before delivery of liquor.
  No wholesale licensee or agent or employee thereof shall sell or deliver, nor shall any retail licensee purchase or receive any malt beverages, cider or...
• 471.490   Delivery or acceptance of instrument drawn upon insufficient funds or not payable according to terms; use of credit.
  No retail licensee shall deliver any check, order, negotiable instrument or voucher in payment for malt beverages, cider or wine, knowing at the time of...
• 471.495   Report by wholesaler of instruments not paid on presentment required.
  Any wholesale licensee who receives a check, order, negotiable instrument or voucher in payment for malt beverages, cider or wine, who receives an instrument from...
• 471.500   Application of ORS 471.485 to 471.495.
  The provisions of ORS 471.485, 471.490 and 471.495 shall not apply to any common carrier licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. [1971 c.694 §5;...
• 471.501   Brewery or brewery-public house authorized to pay bottle refund in excess of five cents.
  Nothing in this chapter prevents a brewery licensed under ORS 471.220 or a brewery-public house licensed under ORS 471.200 from establishing a refund value for...
• 471.502   [1981 c.917 §2; renumbered 474.105 in 1989]
• 471.503   [1981 c.917 §3; renumbered 474.115 in 1989]
• 471.505   [Repealed by 1983 c.350 §276 (471.506 enacted in lieu of 471.505)]
• 471.506   Petition and election for local option.
  (1) The governing body of a city or a county, when a petition is filed as provided in this section, shall order an election on...
• 471.510   Sales not affected by local option laws.
  ORS 471.506 shall not prohibit the sale of pure alcohol for scientific or manufacturing purposes, or of wines to church officials for sacramental purposes, nor...
• 471.515   Effective date of local option.
  In each county or city that returns a majority vote for or against prohibition, as to any classes of alcoholic liquor, the law shall take...
• 471.520   [Amended by 1979 c.190 §422; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 471.525   [Repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 471.530   [Amended by 1957 c.231 §1; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 471.535   [Repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 471.540   [Amended by 1983 c.83 §93; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 471.541   Alcohol Education Program.
  The Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall establish an Alcohol Education Program. The Alcohol Education Program shall consist of all the duties of the commission in...
• 471.542   Alcohol server education course required; content; fees; how course provided; rules.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall require a person applying for issuance or renewal of...
• 471.545   [Repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 471.547   Alcohol Server Education Advisory Committee; members; duties.
  The Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall establish an Alcohol Server Education Advisory Committee consisting of persons representing the commission, the Oregon State Police, the Oregon...
• 471.549   Civil penalty.
  In addition to such other sanctions as may be authorized by law, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission may impose a civil penalty not to exceed...
• 471.550   [Repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 471.551   Warning signs required; contents; size; display.
  (1) Any person in possession of a valid retail liquor license, who sells liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises or sells for...
• 471.553   Consultation with certain groups on production and posting of signs.
  The Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall consult with representatives of business and industry as well as interested citizens groups, including the March of Dimes and...
• 471.555   [Repealed by 1957 c.231 §2 (471.556 enacted in lieu of 471.555)]
• 471.556   [1957 c.231 §3 (enacted in lieu of 471.555); 1979 c.190 §423; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 471.557   Solicitation of private funds.
  The Oregon Liquor Control Commission may solicit private funds, if necessary, to produce and distribute the signs. [1991 c.324 §4]
• 471.559   Violations; penalty.
  (1) If no warning sign is posted: (a) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall furnish a warning sign. (b) The retailer shall have five days...
• 471.560   [Repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 471.561   Production and distribution of signs.
  By June 30, 1992, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall produce and complete distribution of the warning signs, free of charge, to all holders of...
• 471.565   Liability for providing or serving alcoholic beverages to intoxicated person; notice of claim.
  (1) A patron or guest who voluntarily consumes alcoholic beverages served by a person licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, a person holding a...
• 471.567   Liability for providing alcoholic beverages to minor; liability of minor for misrepresentation of age.
  (1) Notwithstanding ORS 471.130 and 471.565, no licensee, permittee or social host shall be liable to third persons injured by or through persons under the...
• 471.605   Duty of officers to enforce and to inform district attorney.
  The state police, sheriffs, constables and all police officers within the State of Oregon shall enforce all provisions of the Liquor Control Act and assist...
• 471.610   Confiscation of liquor and property by commission.
  Whenever any officer arrests any person for violation of the Liquor Control Act, the officer may take into possession all alcoholic liquor and other property...
• 471.615   Duty to notify commission of conviction of licensee.
  The county courts, district attorneys and municipal authorities, immediately upon the conviction of any licensee of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission of a violation of...
• 471.620   Property and places as common nuisances.
  Any room, house, building, boat, structure or place of any kind where alcoholic liquor is sold, manufactured, bartered or given away in violation of the...
• 471.625   Lien on place used to unlawfully handle liquor.
  If it is proved that the owner of any building or premises knowingly has suffered the same to be used or occupied for the manufacture,...
• 471.630   Authority to abate nuisance.
  The Attorney General, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission or its administrators, or the district attorney of the county wherein a nuisance as defined in ORS...
• 471.635   Issuance of restraining order.
  (1) After a suit is commenced under ORS 471.630, application for a temporary injunction may be made to the court, which shall grant a hearing...
• 471.640   Service of restraining order.
  The restraining order may be served by delivering a copy to any person in charge of such place or residing therein, or by posting a...
• 471.645   Temporary injunction.
  If a temporary injunction is granted, the court may issue further restraining orders as described in ORS 471.635; and forthwith may issue an order closing...
• 471.650   Nature of permanent injunction.
  If a judgment against the defendants is granted, the court shall order that the place constituting the nuisance be closed for a period not exceeding...
• 471.655   Owner may defend; evidence concerning nuisance.
  (1) The owner of any property closed or restrained, or to be closed or restrained, may appear at any time between the filing of the...
• 471.657   Confiscation and forfeiture for violation of ORS 471.475.
  Upon conviction for violation of ORS 471.475, the premises upon which the violation has occurred shall be declared to be a common nuisance and subject...
• 471.660   Seizure of conveyance transporting liquor and liquor therein; notice to owner; return of conveyance; costs.
  (1) When any peace officer discovers any person in the act of transporting alcoholic liquors in violation of law, in or upon any vehicle, boat...
• 471.665   [Amended by 1971 c.743 §374a; 1973 c.836 §352; 1977 c.745 §40; 1993 c.741 §66; repealed by 1997 c.592 §6 (471.666 enacted in lieu of 471.665)]
• 471.666   Disposal of seized liquor and of vehicle or other conveyance.
  (1) The court, upon conviction of the person arrested under ORS 471.660, shall order the alcoholic liquor delivered to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, and...
• 471.670   Disposal of funds collected in enforcement of liquor laws; payment of enforcement expenses.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all fines imposed by any judge, magistrate or court in the enforcement of the Liquor...
• 471.675   Resisting arrest or interfering with enforcement.
  No person shall forcibly resist lawful arrest, or by physical contact recklessly interfere with an investigation of any infringement of the Liquor Control Act or...
• 471.680   Allegation and proof in prosecutions.
  In any prosecution for the sale of alcoholic liquor it is not necessary to prove the exact variety, or to mention the quantity of alcoholic...
• 471.685   Governor authorized to suspend license.
  In case of invasion, disaster, insurrection, riot, or imminent danger thereof, the Governor may, for the duration of such invasion, disaster, insurrection, riot, or imminent...
• 471.695   Fingerprinting of license applicants and certain commission employees; criminal records check.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission may require each applicant for a full or limited on-premises sales license to submit to fingerprinting. If the applicant...
• 471.700   Revocation of license on gambling conviction.
  In carrying out its duties under ORS 471.315, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall not suspend or cancel a license on grounds of any violation...
• 471.703   Police notice to commission or social host when certain persons involved in motor vehicle accidents; content; commission duty.
  (1) The police shall notify the Oregon Liquor Control Commission of the name of the alleged provider of alcoholic liquor when: (a) The police investigate...
• 471.705   Oregon Liquor Control Commission; qualifications; compensation; term; confirmation.
  (1) There is created the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, consisting of five persons appointed by the Governor. One member shall be from among the bona...
• 471.710   Removal; prohibited interests of commissioner and employee.
  (1) The Governor may remove any commissioner for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, giving to the commissioner a copy of the charges...
• 471.715   Chairperson; meetings; quorum.
  (1) The member from the food and alcoholic beverage retail industry shall not serve as chairperson. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the...
• 471.720   Administrator; other personnel.
  The Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall appoint an administrator who shall serve at its discretion. The administrator shall be subject to policy direction by the...
• 471.725   Buying, leasing, contracting and borrowing powers of commission.
  The function, duties and powers of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission include the following: (1) To buy, have in its possession, bottle, blend, rectify, transport...
• 471.730   Regulatory powers of commission.
  The function, duties and powers of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission include the following: (1) To control the manufacture, possession, sale, purchase, transportation, importation and...
• 471.732   Policy relating to sanitation in licensed premises.
  (1) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that the regulation of health and sanitation matters in premises licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission under...
• 471.735   Testing and seizure of wines.
  The Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall have the power to investigate by sample or chemical analysis, the quality of all wines manufactured, imported, sold or...
• 471.740   Exclusive right of commission to handle certain liquors.
  Except as provided in this chapter, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission is vested with the exclusive right to purchase, sell, have in possession for sale,...
• 471.745   Fixing prices and selling liquor.
  The Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall fix the prices at which alcoholic liquors containing over five percent alcohol by volume may be purchased from it,...
• 471.750   Liquor stores and warehouses; operation; sales; advertising; rules.
  (1) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall establish such stores and warehouses in such places in the state as in its judgment are required by...
• 471.752   Agent participation in programs for state employees; preference of spouse or child of deceased agent or agent with disability.
  (1) An agent appointed under ORS 471.750 may participate in a health benefit plan available to state employees pursuant to ORS 243.105 to 243.285 at...
• 471.754   Commission to develop recycling education materials.
  The Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall develop recycling education materials for distribution through stores established by the commission under ORS 471.750 that encourage the patrons...
• 471.755   [Amended by 1971 c.734 §67; repealed by 1973 c.311 §6]
• 471.757   Statement of financial interest in business of licensee.
  (1) At such times as the Oregon Liquor Control Commission may prescribe and upon forms furnished by the commission, any license applicant or licensee of...
• 471.760   Subpoena; oaths; depositions.
  Each member of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, or any of its authorized agents, shall, for the purposes contemplated by this chapter and ORS 474.105...
• 471.765   Procedure when person refuses to testify or produce books.
  If a person in attendance before the Oregon Liquor Control Commission or a commissioner refuses, without reasonable cause, to be examined or to answer a...
• 471.770   Self-incrimination as a basis for refusing to testify or produce books.
  No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any books, papers or documents in any investigation or inquiry by or upon any hearing...
• 471.775   Service of subpoenas; authority of inspectors.
  (1) The provisions of ORS 183.440 shall apply to subpoenas issued by each member of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission or any of its authorized...
• 471.780   [Amended by 1953 c.13 §2; 1969 c.145 §1; repealed by 2001 c.785 §12]
• 471.785   [Amended by 1961 c.160 §23; 1967 c.577 §3; repealed by 1973 c.794 §34]
• 471.790   Commissioners not liable for official acts; commission funds entitled to priority.
  No member of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission may be sued for doing or omitting to do any act in the performance of duties as...
• 471.795   Purchase and use of liquor by member or employee of commission.
  No provision of the Liquor Control Act prevents any member or employee of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission from purchasing and keeping in possession, for...
• 471.800   Restrictions on out-of-state wine; imposition.
  If by the laws of another state or by the rules and regulations of any administrative body or authorized agency thereof or therein, market restrictions...
• 471.805   Disposition of moneys; revolving fund.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 471.810 (2), all money collected by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission under this chapter and ORS chapter 473...
• 471.810   Distribution of available moneys in Oregon Liquor Control Commission Account.
  (1) At the end of each month, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission shall certify the amount of moneys available for distribution in the Oregon Liquor...
• 471.815   [Repealed by 1961 c.706 §45]
• 471.817   Alternative transportation organization to report annually.
  Each nonprofit organization formed by licensees to provide alternative transportation for patrons of the licensees shall report annually to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. The...
• 471.820   [Repealed by 1961 c.706 §45]
• 471.825   [Repealed by 1961 c.706 §45]
• 471.830   [Repealed by 1961 c.706 §45]
• 471.990   Penalties.
  (1) Except where other punishment is specifically provided for, violation of any provision of this chapter and ORS 474.105 and 474.115 is a misdemeanor. (2)...

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