Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-3-201 (2024)
License classifications
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The alcoholic beverage commission may issue, under this chapter, the following classes of licenses, in relation to alcoholic spirituous beverages exclusively, which shall consist of the following classes only:
- (1) Manufacturer's or distiller's or rectifier's license;
- (2) Liquor wholesaler's license;
- (3) Liquor retailer's license;
- (4) Winery license;
- (5) Winery direct shipper's license;
- (6) Alcoholic beverage collector's license;
- (7) Winemaking on premises facility license;
- (8) Farm wine permit; and
- (9) Wine at retail food store license.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 263,s 1, eff. 4/30/2019.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 554,s 5, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1939, ch. 49, § 5; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 6648.10 (Williams, § 6648.8); modified; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 257, § 17; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 57-114; Acts 2009, ch. 348, § 2; 2009, ch. 484, § 2; 2011, ch. 451, § 1; 2012, ch. 691, § 2.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 2007–2019 · leading case: Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas, 588 U.S. 504 (2019).
Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas, 588 U.S. 504 (2019). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-3-201 (2018). Producers may sell only to licensed wholesalers; wholesalers may sell only to licensed retailers or other wholesalers; and only licensed retailers may sell to consumers.”
Clayton Byrd v. Tenn. Wine & Spirits Retailers Ass'n, 883 F.3d 608 (6th Cir. 2018). “at 433–34 (citing Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-3-201 ). “Manufacturers are limited to selling to wholesalers; wholesalers may sell to retailers, or in some cases other wholesalers; consumers are required to buy only from retailers.”
Jelovsek v. Bresden, 482 F. Supp. 2d 1013 (E.D. Tenn. 2007). “§ 57-3-201. Wine is generally included in the definition of “alcoholic beverage,” id.”
S.L. Thomas Fam. v. Bredesen, No. 07-5524 (6th Cir. Oct. 24, 2008). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-3-201 . Unlicensed sales of alcohol are not permitted.”
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