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O.C.G.A. § 3-4-25 — Holder of retail dealer's license authorized to sell only unbroken packages; breaking of package or packages or drinking of contents thereof on premises prohibited | Georgia Code
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TITLE 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Section 4. Distilled Spirits, 3-4-1 through 3-4-180.

ARTICLE 2 STATE LICENSE REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS FOR MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, AND PACKAGE SALES

3-4-25. Holder of retail dealer's license authorized to sell only unbroken packages; breaking of package or packages or drinking of contents thereof on premises prohibited.

  1. A retail dealer's license shall authorize the holder to sell distilled spirits only in the original and unbroken package or packages, which package or packages shall contain not less than 50 milliliters each.
  2. The license shall not permit the breaking of the package or packages on the premises where sold and shall not permit the drinking of the contents of the package or packages on the premises where sold.

(Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 103, § 9; Ga. L. 1976, p. 990, § 1; Code 1933, § 5A-2506, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1269, § 33; Ga. L. 1994, p. 553, § 2.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

The retailer's license authorizes only what is generally known as a "package store." Dinkler v. Jenkins, 118 Ga. App. 239, 163 S.E.2d 443, rev'd on other grounds, 224 Ga. 785, 164 S.E.2d 799 (1968).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 45 Am. Jur. 2d, Intoxicating Liquors, §§ 116, 130.

C.J.S.

- 48 C.J.S., Intoxicating Liquors, §§ 223, 232, 243, 260, 261.

ALR.

- Civil liability of one who takes out license for sale of intoxicating liquor for benefit of another, 2 A.L.R. 1516.

Constitutionality, construction, and application of statutes designed to prevent or limit control of retail liquor dealers by manufacturers, wholesalers, or importers, 136 A.L.R. 1238.

Power to limit the number of intoxicating liquor licenses, 163 A.L.R. 581.

Right to withdraw application to procure or to transfer liquor license, 73 A.L.R.2d 1223.

Liquor license as subject to execution or attachment, 40 A.L.R.4th 927.

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