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Iowa Code § 123.2 (2026)

General prohibition

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It is unlawful to manufacture for sale, sell, offer or keep for sale, possess, or transport alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer except upon the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions enumerated in this chapter. [C35, §1921-f3; C39, §1921.003; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §123.3; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.2] 85 Acts, ch 32, §4

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1952–2026 · leading case: New Midwest Rentals, LLC v. Iowa Dep't of Com., 910 N.W.2d 643 (Iowa Ct. App. 2018).
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New Midwest Rentals, LLC v. Iowa Dep't of Com., 910 N.W.2d 643 (Iowa Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “In addition, section 123.2 makes it "unlawful to manufacture for sale, sell, offer or keep for sale, possess, or transport alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer except upon the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions enumerated in this chapter.”
Williams v. Klemesrud, 197 N.W.2d 614 (Iowa 1972). · cites it 2× “Section 123.2 provides wherever existing laws conflict with the provisions of chapter 123, such laws are superseded.”
City of Des Moines v. Rosenberg, 51 N.W.2d 450 (Iowa 1952). · cites it 2× “Appellant contends that the ordinance heretofore set forth conflicts with the Iowa Liquor Control Act, chapter 123, 1950 Code, and is repealed by section 123.2 which is as follows: “Conflicting statutes superseded.”
R & V, Ltd. v. Iowa Dep't of Com., Alcoholic Beverages Div., 470 N.W.2d 59 (Iowa Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “The complaint alleged violations of Iowa Code section 123.2 (prohibiting sale of alcohol except under conditions of chapter 123), section 123.”
Lime Lounge, Inc. v. City of Des Moines (Iowa Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code §§ 123.2 , .31. The code sets out the applicable fees for the applications.”
Beecher Store, Inc. v. Iowa Dep't of Revenue Alcoholic Beverages Div. (Iowa 2026). · cites it 2× “For instance, Iowa Code section 123.2 flatly prohibits the sale of alcohol “except upon the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions 7 enumerated” in the Act.”
Ebiza, Inc. v. City of Davenport, 434 F. Supp. 2d 710 (S.D. Iowa 2006). · cites it 2× “In order to sell alcoholic beverages at his business, Orozco was required to have a liquor control license, see Iowa Code § 123.2 , so on September 19, 2005, he filed a class “C” liquor license application with the City, see id.”
Joseph H. Sanford & Suzanna L. Sanford v. Lynn Fillenwarth & Julie Fillenwarth, as Executors of the Est. of Kenneth Fillenwarth, & James Lawler v. Cari Lawler, John Lawler, Matt Lawler, Michael Lawler, & Terry Lawler, Third (Iowa 2015). “§ 123.2. Accordingly, the Act only defines the “sale” of alcoholic beverages in the context of a “prohibited ‘sale.”
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