Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 67-1-1 (2026)
Short title
✓ current as of July 2026
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law" of the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 10265-02; Laws, 1966, ch. 540, § 2, eff. 7/1/1966.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases, 1975–2020 · leading case: Collins v. Ainsworth, 382 F.3d 529 (5th Cir. 2004).
Collins v. Ainsworth, 382 F.3d 529 (5th Cir. 2004). “See *536 Miss.Code Ann. §§ 67-1-1 et seq„ 67-3-1 et seq.”
Ryals v. Bd. of Supervisors of Pike Cnty., 48 So. 3d 444 (Miss. 2010). “As correctly noted by the majority, Pike County has permitted the sale and possession of light wines and beer since the Legislature legalized their sale and possession in 1934.”
United States v. Tax Comm'n of Miss., 421 U.S. 599 (1975). “In that year, however, the state legislature enacted the “Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law,” Miss. Code Ann. § 67-1-1 et seq., which created the State Tax Commission as the sole importer and wholesaler of alcoholic beverages, not including malt liquor, in the State,…”
Lamar Outdoor Advert., Inc. v. Mississippi State Tax Comm'n, 701 F.2d 314 (5th Cir. 1983). “Miss.Code Ann. §§ 67-1-1 et seq. (1972). This statute strictly regulates manufacture, sale, distribution, possession and transportation in Mississippi of alcoholic beverages except light beers and wines.”
Dunagin v. City of Oxford, Miss., 489 F. Supp. 763 (N.D. Miss. 1980). “Under Mississippi’s Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, Miss. Code Ann. § 67-1-1 et seq., it is unlawful “to manu *771 facture, distill, brew, sell, possess, import into this state, export from the state, transport, distribute, warehouse, store, solicit, take order for,…”
Dunagin v. City of Oxford, 718 F.2d 738 (5th Cir. 1983). “Miss.Code Ann. §§ 67-1-1 et seq. (1973). Mississippi did not drop its objection to intoxicants by enacting the 1966 law; it reannounced the state policy of prohibition while allowing local exceptions under strict regulation: The policy of this state is reannounced in favor of…”
Chiz's Motel & Restaurant, Inc. v. Mississippi State Tax Comm'n, 750 F.2d 1305 (5th Cir. 1985). “In 1981 the Lee County Board of Supervisors requested the Commission to hold a full administrative hearing to reconsider whether CMR’s property qualified as a resort within the context of the Mississippi Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Laws, Miss.Code Ann. §§ 67-1-1 to -91 (1972…”
Lynn Fitch, Attorney Gen. of the State of Mississippi, ex rel., the State of Mississippi & Comm'r of Revenue Herb Frierson & Mississippi Dep't of Revenue v. Wine Express Inc., Bottle Deals Inc. & Gold Medal Wine Club (Miss. 2020). “” See Miss. Code Ann. §§ 67-1-1 to -99 (Rev. 2012).”
Wendy Ryals v. Bd. of Supervisors of Pike Cnty., Mississippi (Miss. 2008). “Section 67-1-11(4) states, in pertinent part: If, in such election, a majority of the qualified electors participating therein shall vote in favor of the proposition, this chapter shall become applicable and operative in such county and the manufacture, sale, distribution and…”
Mississippi State Tax Comm'n v. Elks Lodge 553, 471 So. 2d 1225 (Miss. 1985). “” See: Chapter 540, Laws 1968, Miss.Code Ann. § 67-1-1. The administration and enforcement under the laws of this act were vested in the Commission.”
Suggs v. Andrews, 735 F. Supp. 696 (N.D. Miss. 1989). “Miss.Code Ann. § 67-1-1, et seq. (Supp. 1988).”
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