Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 28-3A-1 (2026)
Short Title.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Code.”
(Acts 1980, No. 80-529, p. 806, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases, 1985–2000 · leading case: Gibson v. City of Alexander City, 779 So. 2d 1153 (Ala. 2000).
Gibson v. City of Alexander City, 779 So. 2d 1153 (Ala. 2000). “Gibson claims that Ordinance 097-7 is unconstitutional because, he says, it conflicts with, or is inconsistent with, Ala. Code 1975, §§ 28-3A-1 to -26, known as the "Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Code.”
Ward v. Rhodes, Hammonds, & Beck, Inc., 511 So. 2d 159 (Ala. 1987). “" In September 1980, of course, the legislature repealed that statute, and substituted for it a new Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Code, in particular §§ 28-3A-1 through -26. The new Code excluded any reference to sales to visibly intoxicated persons, and left it to the Alcoholic…”
Espey v. Convenience Marketers, 578 So. 2d 1221 (Ala. 1991). “Furthermore, § 28-3-1 itself limits its field of application to three provisions in Title 28: Title 28, chapter 3, the Alabama Table Wine Act, and the Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Code, § 28-3A-1 et seq. Even within those provisions, § 28-3-1 itself allows the definition to be…”
Opinion of the Justices, 694 So. 2d 1307 (Ala. 1997). “That chapter is entitle “Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Code,” § 28-3A-1, and, for example, requires a retail beer license for on-premises and off-premises consumption, § 28-3A-16, or a retail beer license for off-premises consumption, § 28-3A-17.”
Kelley v. Ryals Servs., Inc., 585 So. 2d 1371 (Ala. 1991). “The Court went on to state as follows: *1374 “Furthermore, § 28-3-1 itself limits its field of application to three provisions in Title 28: Title 28, chapter 3, the Alabama Table Wine Act, and the Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Code, § 28-3A-1 et seq. Even within those provisions,…”
Bartlett v. Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Bd., 683 So. 2d 952 (Ala. 1996). “Acts 1980, codified at Ala. Code 1975, § 28-3A-1 et seq. The 1980 Act authorizes the ABC Board to license others to sell alcohol for off-premises consumption and repeals provisions of the 1937 Act regarding the operation of state operated liquor stores.”
Bartlett v. Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Bd., 683 So. 2d 947 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “The 1980 Act 2 allows the ABC Board to issue and renew licenses for the manufacturing, brewing, distillation, fermentation, bottling, importation, distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages.”
Crump v. Alabama Alcoholic Control Bd., 678 So. 2d 133 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995). “80-529 (1980 Act), codified as §§ 28-3A-1 through 28-3A-26, Ala.Code 1975, which repealed portions of the original Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, 1937 Ala.”
Ex Parte Ala. Alcoholic Bev. Control Bd., 683 So. 2d 952 (Ala. 1996). “Acts 1980, codified at Ala. Code 1975, § 28-3A-1 et seq. The 1980 Act authorizes the ABC Board to license others to sell alcohol for off-premises consumption and repeals provisions of the 1937 Act regarding the operation of state operated liquor stores.”
Berryville Cent., Inc. v. City of Tuscaloosa, 474 So. 2d 688 (Ala. 1985). “80-529, Acts of Alabama 1980, now codified at § 28-3A-1, et seq., Code 1975), given lounge licensees the right to sell for off-premises consumption.”
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