Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 4-111 (2026)

State liquor board; department of liquor licenses and control; members; director; appointment and removal

✓ current as of May 2026

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A. The department of liquor licenses and control is established consisting of the state liquor board and the office of director of the department.

B. The board consists of seven members to be appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211. Five of the members of the board shall not be financially interested directly or indirectly in business licensed to deal with spirituous liquors, one of whom shall be a current elected municipal official. Two members shall currently be engaged in business in the spirituous liquor industry or have been engaged in the past in business in the spirituous liquor industry, at least one of whom shall currently be a retail licensee or employee of a retail licensee. One member shall be a member of a neighborhood association recognized by a county, city or town. The term of members is three years. Members' terms expire on the third Monday in January of the appropriate year. The governor may remove any member of the board for cause. A member may not represent another licensee before the board for a period of one year after the conclusion of the member's service on the board.

C. The board shall annually elect from its membership a chairperson and vice chairperson. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum and a concurrence of a majority of a quorum is sufficient for taking any action. If there are unfilled positions on the board, a majority of those persons appointed and serving on the board constitutes a quorum.

D. The chairperson may designate panels of not less than three members. A panel may take any action that the board is authorized to take pursuant to this title. Such action includes the ability to hold hearings and hear appeals of administrative disciplinary proceedings of licenses issued pursuant to this chapter. A panel shall not, however, adopt rules as provided in section 4-112, subsection A, paragraph 2. The chairperson may from time to time add additional members or remove members from a panel. A majority of a panel may take final action on hearings and appeals of administrative disciplinary proceedings concerning licenses issued pursuant to this chapter.

E. Members of the board are entitled to receive compensation at the rate of $50 per day while engaged in the business of the board.

F. A person shall not be appointed to serve on the board unless the person has been a resident of this state for not less than five years before the person's appointment. Not more than four members may be of the same political party. Persons eligible for appointment shall have a continuous recorded registration pursuant to title 16, chapter 1 with the same political party or as an independent for at least two years immediately preceding appointment. Not more than three members may be appointed from the same county.

G. The governor shall appoint the director, pursuant to section 38-211, who shall be a qualified elector of the state and experienced in administrative matters and enforcement procedures. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

H. The director is entitled to receive a salary as determined pursuant to section 38-611.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1956–2025 · leading case: Siegel v. Arizona State Liquor Bd., 807 P.2d 1136 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1991).

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Siegel v. Arizona State Liquor Bd., 807 P.2d 1136 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “Under A.R.S. § 4-111 et seq., the Board consists of seven members, and a majority of those seven members constitutes a quorum.”

Plowman v. Arizona State Liquor Bd., 732 P.2d 222 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “§ 4-210(F) provides that the superintendent of the department of liquor licenses and control may set the hearing on a complaint charging violations before himself, a duly appointed hearing officer, the state liquor board, or, by virtue of A.R.S. § 4-111(D) before a panel of…”

State Ex Rel. Morrison v. Thomas, 297 P.2d 624 (Ariz. 1956). · cites it 2× “1939, as amended [A.R.S. § 4-111]. I therefore am compelled to the conclusion that the Attorney General is not the proper person to decide the course of action which should be pursued by another public officer, nor should he be allowed to maintain a lawsuit at his own…”

State v. Bowling, 427 P.2d 928 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 4-111. That there is an inherent impropriety in the defendants’ solicitation, however, is apparent when it is remembered that they made no disclosure to the Superintendent that they were appearing before-him for remuneration and that as legislators they had some control…”

Victor Sanchez-Ravuelta Janette Dodge v. Yavapai Cnty. Town of Dewey-Humboldt (Ariz. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 4× “See A.R.S. §§ 4-111 through 4-120. As our jurisprudence has long acknowledged, the Department established “state-wide control over the traffic in intoxicating liquors” to address “the many inherent evils attending the traffic [of alcohol] and the abuses arising therefrom when…”

Sanchez-Ravuelta v. Yavapai (Ariz. 2025). · cites it 2× “at 317 ¶ 26 (citing A.R.S. §§ 4-111 to -120). Specifically, “[t]he Department has the express statutory authority to investigate and sanction licensees for serving obviously intoxicated persons” and has “powerful regulatory tools to deter licensees from doing so: potential…”

— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 4-111(D) — 1 case

Plowman v. Arizona State Liquor Bd., 732 P.2d 222 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1986). “§ 4-210(F) provides that the superintendent of the department of liquor licenses and control may set the hearing on a complaint charging violations before himself, a duly appointed hearing officer, the state liquor board, or, by virtue of A.R.S. § 4-111(D) before a panel of…”

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