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66.24.650 | Theater license—Beer, strong beer, and wine. | (1) There is a theater license to sell beer, including strong beer, or wine, or both, at retail, for consumption on theater premises. The annual fee is $600 for a beer and wine theater license. (2) If the theater premises is to be frequented by minors, an alcohol control plan must be submitted to the board at the time ... |
66.24.655 | Theater license—Spirits, beer, strong beer, and wine. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2476-S.SL ) ***
(1) There is a theater license to sell spirits, beer, including strong beer, or wine, or all, at retail, for consumption on theater premises. A spirits, beer, and wine theater license may be issued only to theaters that have no more than 120 seats per screen and that are main... |
66.24.660 | Liquor sales at self-checkout registers. | Retailers may sell liquor as defined in RCW 66.04.010 through self-checkout registers if that register is programmed to halt that transaction during the purchase of liquor until an employee of the retailer intervenes and verifies the age of the purchaser by reviewing established forms of acceptable identification. Once... |
66.24.670 | Liquor sampling activities. | (1) The holder of a spirits retail license that is also a participant in the responsible vendor program, created under RCW 66.24.630 , may provide, free or for a charge, single-serving samples of one-half ounce or less of spirits, and no more than a total of one and one-half ounces in spirits samples per person, for th... |
66.24.675 | Beer and wine sampling on licensee premises. | (1) Except as provided in RCW 66.24.170 , 66.24.175 , 66.24.363 , and 66.24.371 any licensee authorized under this chapter to serve beer on tap or wine for consumption on the premises may provide samples of beer and wine free of charge for consumption on the premises. (2) Each sample provided under this section must be... |
66.24.680 | Senior center license. | (1) There shall be a license to be designated as a senior center license. This shall be a license issued to a nonprofit organization whose primary service is providing recreational and social activities for seniors on the licensed premises. This license shall permit the licensee to sell spirits by the individual glass,... |
66.24.690 | Caterer's license.(Effective until December 31, 2027.) | (1) There shall be a caterer's license to sell spirits, beer, and wine, by the individual serving, at retail, for consumption on the premises at an event location that is either owned, leased, or operated either by the caterer or the sponsor of the event for which catering services are being provided. If the event is o... |
66.24.695 | Bonded and nonbonded spirits warehouse license. | (1) There shall be a bonded and nonbonded spirits warehouse license for spirits warehouses that authorizes the storage and handling of bonded bulk spirits and, to the extent allowed under federal law and under rules adopted by the board, bottled spirits and the storage of tax-paid spirits not in bond. Under this licens... |
66.24.700 | Gift certificates. | (1) Any licensee authorized to sell at retail under this chapter may sell gift certificates and gift cards intended to be exchanged for consumer goods or services, including liquor sold by the licensee. The licensee may also sell the gift certificates and gift cards to or through a third-party retailer for resale to th... |
66.24.710 | Takeout or delivery.(Effective until December 31, 2027.) | (1)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, the following licensees may sell alcohol products at retail for takeout or delivery or both under liquor and cannabis board licenses and endorsements: Beer and wine restaurants; spirits, beer, and wine restaurants; taverns; domestic wineries; domestic breweries and m... |
66.24.720 | Exposure of body parts and sexually oriented conduct. | (1) The board may not adopt a rule or enforce any such rule restricting the exposure of body parts by any licensee under this title, its employees or patrons, or any other person under the control or direction of the licensee or an employee, or otherwise restricting sexually oriented conduct of any licensee under this ... |
66.24.800 | Expanded outdoor alcohol service—Requirements.(Expires December 31, 2027.) | (1)(a) Beginning on July 27, 2025, until December 31, 2027, and subject to (d) of this subsection (1) and subsection (5) of this section, a city, town, county, or port authority may request, and the board may approve, expanded outdoor alcohol service for liquor licensees within the whole city, town, county, or port aut... |
66.24.810 | Expanded outdoor alcohol service—Report.(Expires December 31, 2027.) | A publicly owned civic campus identified in RCW 66.24.800 (2) in a city with a population of more than 220,000 that has requested and been approved for expanded alcohol service and that uses the authorization, must report to the legislature and the liquor and cannabis board by January 1, 2027, and include a description... |
66.24.820 | Expanded outdoor alcohol service—Public engagement review—Report.(Expires December 31, 2027.) | (1) By September 1, 2026, a city, town, county, or port authority that has requested and been approved by the liquor and cannabis board for expanded alcohol service under RCW 66.24.800 (1), (2), or (4), and that uses the authorization, shall conduct a public engagement review by contacting local organizations, individu... |
66.24.900 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person... |
66.28.030 | Responsibility of breweries, microbreweries, wineries, certificate of approval holders, and importers for conduct of distributors—Penalties. | Every domestic distillery, brewery, and microbrewery, domestic winery, certificate of approval holder, licensed spirits importer, licensed wine importer, and licensed beer importer is responsible for the conduct of any licensed spirits, beer, or wine distributor in selling, or contracting to sell, to retail licensees, ... |
66.28.035 | Spirits certificate of approval holders—Reporting—Spirits shipments. | (1) By the 20th day of each month, all spirits certificate of approval holders must file with the board, in a form and manner required by the board, a report of all spirits delivered to purchasers in this state during the preceding month. Copies of the invoices for all such purchases or other information required by th... |
66.28.040 | Giving away of liquor prohibited—Exceptions. | (1) Except as permitted by the board under RCW 66.20.010 , or as allowed under this title, no domestic brewery, microbrewery, distributor, distiller, domestic winery, importer, rectifier, certificate of approval holder, or other manufacturer of liquor may, within the state of Washington, give to any person any liquor w... |
66.28.042 | Providing food and beverages for business meetings permitted. | A liquor manufacturer, importer, authorized representative holding a certificate of approval, or distributor may provide to licensed retailers and their employees food and beverages for consumption at a meeting at which the primary purpose is the discussion of business, and may provide local ground transportation to an... |
66.28.043 | Providing food, beverages, transportation, and admission to events permitted. | A liquor manufacturer, importer, authorized representative holding a certificate of approval, or distributor may provide to licensed retailers and their employees tickets or admission fees for athletic events or other forms of entertainment occurring within the state of Washington, if the manufacturer, importer, distri... |
66.28.050 | Solicitation of orders prohibited. | No person shall canvass for, solicit, receive, or take orders for the purchase or sale of any liquor, or act as representative for the purchase or sale of liquor except as authorized by RCW 66.24.310 or by RCW 66.24.550 .
[ 1997 c 321 s 49 ; 1982 c 85 s 11 ; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 74 s 2; 1969 ex.s. c 21 s 8 ; 1937 c 217... |
66.28.060 | Distillers to make monthly report. | Every distillery licensed under this title must make monthly reports to the board pursuant to the regulations.
[ 2012 c 2 s 117 (Initiative Measure No. 1183, approved November 8, 2011); 2008 c 94 s 7 ; 1933 ex.s. c 62 s 26 ; RRS s 7306-26.]
Finding — Application — Rules — Effective date — Contingent effective date — 20... |
66.28.070 | Restrictions on purchases of spirits, beer, or wine by retail spirits, beer, or wine licensees or special occasion licensees. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, it is unlawful for any retail spirits, beer, or wine licensee to purchase spirits, beer, or wine, except from a duly licensed distributor, domestic winery, domestic brewer, or certificate of approval holder with a direct shipment endorsement. (2)(a) A spirits, b... |
66.28.090 | Licensed premises or banquet permit premises open to inspection—Failure to allow, violation. | (1) All licensed premises used in the manufacture, storage, or sale of liquor, or any premises or parts of premises used or in any way connected, physically or otherwise, with the licensed business, and/or any premises where a banquet permit has been granted, shall at all times be open to inspection by any liquor enfor... |
66.28.100 | Spirits to be labeled—Contents. | Every person manufacturing spirits as defined in this title shall put upon all packages containing spirits so manufactured a distinctive label, showing the nature of the contents, the name of the person by whom the spirits were manufactured, the place where the spirits were manufactured, and showing the alcoholic conte... |
66.28.110 | Wine to be labeled—Contents. | (1) Every person producing, manufacturing, bottling, or distributing wine shall put upon all packages a distinctive label that will provide the consumer with adequate information as to the identity and quality of the product, the alcoholic content thereof, the net contents of the package, the name of the producer, manu... |
66.28.120 | Malt liquor to be labeled—Contents. | Every person manufacturing or distributing malt liquor for sale within the state shall put upon all packages containing malt liquor so manufactured or distributed a distinctive label showing the nature of the contents, the name of the person by whom the malt liquor was manufactured, and the place where it was manufactu... |
66.28.130 | Selling, supplying, or serving of liquor to or consumption by standing or walking person. | It shall not be unlawful for a retail licensee whose premises are open to the general public to sell, supply, or serve liquor to a person for consumption on the licensed retail premises if said person is standing or walking, nor shall it be unlawful for such licensee to permit any said person so standing or walking to ... |
66.28.140 | Removing family beer or wine from home for use at wine tastings or competitions—Conditions. | (1) An adult member of a household may remove family beer or wine from the home subject to the following conditions: (a) The quantity removed by a producer is limited to a quantity not exceeding twenty gallons; (b) Family beer or wine is not removed for sale; and (c) Family beer or wine is removed from the home for pri... |
66.28.150 | Breweries, microbreweries, wineries, distilleries, distributors, certificate of approval holders, and agents authorized to conduct courses of instruction on beer and wine. | A domestic brewery, microbrewery, domestic winery, distillery, distributor, certificate of approval holder, or its licensed agent may, without charge, instruct licensees and their employees, or conduct courses of instruction for licensees and their employees, including chefs, on the subject of beer, wine, or spirituous... |
66.28.155 | Breweries, microbreweries, wineries, distilleries, distributors, certificate of approval holders, and agents authorized to conduct educational activities on licensed premises of retailer. | A domestic brewery, microbrewery, domestic winery, distillery, distributor, certificate of approval holder, or its licensed agent may conduct educational activities or provide product information to the consumer on the licensed premises of a retailer. Information on the subject of wine, beer, or spirituous liquor, incl... |
66.28.160 | Promotion of liquor at colleges and universities. | No liquor manufacturer, importer, distributor, retailer, authorized representative holding a certificate of approval, agent thereof, or campus representative of any of the foregoing, may conduct promotional activities for any liquor product on the campus of any college or university nor may any such entities engage in ... |
66.28.170 | Wine or malt beverage manufacturers—Discrimination in price to purchaser for resale prohibited—Price differentials. | It is unlawful for a manufacturer of spirits, wine, or malt beverages holding a certificate of approval or the manufacturer's authorized representative, a distillery, brewery, or a domestic winery to discriminate in price in selling to any purchaser for resale in the state of Washington. Price differentials for sales o... |
66.28.180 | Price list—Contents—Contracts and memoranda with distributors. | (1) Beer and/or wine distributors. (a) Every beer distributor must maintain at its liquor-licensed location a price list showing the wholesale prices at which any and all brands of beer sold by the distributor are sold to retailers within the state. (b) Each price list must set forth: (i) All brands, types, packages, a... |
66.28.185 | Sales of wine and spirits to the employees of licensed wine and spirits distributors. | (1) A person holding a spirits distributor license issued pursuant to RCW 66.24.055 may sell spirits directly to bona fide, full-time employees, subject to the following requirements: (a) No spirits may be sold under this section unless they are in such condition that they cannot reasonably be sold in the normal course... |
66.28.190 | Sales of nonliquor food and food ingredients. | (1) Any other provision of this title notwithstanding, persons licensed under this title to sell liquor for resale may sell at wholesale nonliquor food and food ingredients on thirty-day credit terms to persons licensed as retailers under this title, but complete and separate accounting records must be maintained on al... |
66.28.200 | Keg registration—Special endorsement for grocery store licensee—Requirements of seller. | (1) Licensees holding a beer and/or wine restaurant or a tavern license in combination with an off-premises beer and wine retailer's license, licensees holding a spirits, beer, and wine restaurant license with an endorsement issued under RCW 66.24.400 (4), and licensees holding a beer and/or wine specialty shop license... |
66.28.210 | Keg registration—Requirements of purchaser. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person who purchases the contents of kegs or other containers containing four gallons or more of malt liquor, or purchases or leases the container shall: (a) Sign a declaration and receipt for the keg or other container or beverage in substantially the form ... |
66.28.220 | Keg registration—Identification of containers—Rules—Fees—Sale in violation of rules unlawful. | (1) The board shall adopt rules requiring retail licensees to affix appropriate identification on all containers of four gallons or more of malt liquor for the purpose of tracing the purchasers of such containers. The rules may provide for identification to be done on a statewide basis or on the basis of smaller geogra... |
66.28.230 | Keg registration—Furnishing to minors—Penalties. | Except as provided in RCW 66.44.270 , a person who intentionally furnishes a keg or other container containing four or more gallons of malt liquor to a person under the age of twenty-one years is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under RCW 9.92.020 .
[ 1999 c 189 s 1 ; 1989 c 271 s 232 .]
Application — 1999 c 18... |
66.28.240 | Keg registration—State preemption. | The state of Washington fully occupies and preempts the entire field of keg registration. Cities, towns, and counties or other municipalities may enact only those laws and ordinances relating to keg registration that are consistent with this chapter. Such local ordinances shall have the same or lesser penalties as prov... |
66.28.260 | Beer distributors—Restricted transactions. | Licensed beer distributors may not buy or sell beer, for purposes of distribution, at farmers market locations authorized by the board pursuant to chapter 154, Laws of 2003.
[ 2003 c 154 s 3 .] |
66.28.270 | Cash payments—Electronic funds transfers. | (1) Nothing in this chapter prohibits the use of checks, credit or debit cards, prepaid accounts, electronic funds transfers, and other similar methods as approved by the board, as cash payments for purposes of this title. Electronic funds transfers must be: (a) Voluntary; (b) conducted pursuant to a prior written agre... |
66.28.280 | Finding. | The legislature recognizes that the historical total prohibition on ownership of an interest in one tier by a person with an ownership interest in another tier, as well as the historical restriction on financial incentives and business relationships between tiers, is unduly restrictive. The legislature finds the provis... |
66.28.285 | Three-tier system—Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 66.28.280 through 66.28.315 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Adverse impact on public health and safety" means that an existing or proposed practice or occurrence has resulted or is more likely than not to result in alcohol being made significantly... |
66.28.290 | Three-tier system—Direct or indirect interests between industry members, affiliates, and retailers. | (1) Notwithstanding any prohibitions and restrictions contained in this title, it shall be lawful for an industry member or affiliate to have a direct or indirect financial interest in another industry member or a retailer, and for a retailer or affiliate to have a direct or indirect financial interest in an industry m... |
66.28.295 | Three-tier system—Direct or indirect interests—Allowed activities. | Nothing in RCW 66.28.290 shall prohibit: (1) A licensed domestic brewery or microbrewery from being licensed as a retailer pursuant to chapter 66.24 RCW for the purpose of selling beer or wine at retail on the brewery premises and at one additional off-site retail only location. (2) A domestic winery from being license... |
66.28.300 | Three-tier system—Undue influence—Determination by board. | Any industry member or retailer or any other person seeking a determination by the board as to whether a proposed or existing financial interest has resulted or is more likely than not to result in undue influence or has resulted or is more likely than not to result in an adverse impact on public health and safety may ... |
66.28.305 | Three-tier system—Money advances—Prohibition. | Except as provided in RCW 66.28.310 , no industry member shall advance and no retailer shall receive moneys or moneys' worth under an agreement written or unwritten or by means of any other business practice or arrangement.
[ 2009 c 506 s 6 .] |
66.28.310 | Three-tier system—Promotional items. | (1)(a) Nothing in RCW 66.28.305 prohibits an industry member from providing retailers, including common carriers licensed under RCW 66.24.395 , branded promotional items which are of nominal value, singly or in the aggregate. Such items include but are not limited to: Trays, lighters, blotters, postcards, pencils, coas... |
66.28.315 | Three-tier system—Recordkeeping. | All industry members and retailers shall keep and maintain the following records on their premises for a three-year period: (1) Records of all items, services, and moneys' worth furnished to and received by a retailer and of all items, services, and moneys' worth provided to a retailer and purchased by a retailer at fa... |
66.28.320 | Three-tier system—Rule adoption. | The board shall adopt rules as are deemed necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter in accordance with the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 2009 c 506 s 9 .] |
66.28.330 | Spirits sales—Foreign wine—Distilled spirits. | (1) No price for spirits sold in the state by a distributor or other licensee acting as a distributor pursuant to this title may be below acquisition cost unless the item sold below acquisition cost has been stocked by the seller for a period of at least six months. The seller may not restock the item for a period of o... |
66.28.340 | Retailer of wine or spirits—Wine or spirits delivery, warehouse, and distribution. | (1) A retailer authorized to sell wine may accept delivery of wine at its licensed premises or at one or more warehouse facilities registered with the board, which facilities may also warehouse and distribute nonliquor items, and from which it may deliver to its own licensed premises and, pursuant to sales permitted by... |
66.28.350 | Theft prevention—Regulating spirits retailers. | (1) Subject to the procedural requirements of subsection (3) of this section, the board is authorized to regulate spirits retailers licensed under RCW 66.24.630 for the purpose of reducing the theft of spirits from the premises of such retailers. The authority of the board to implement the regulatory measures set forth... |
66.28.360 | Cider sales—Container brought by purchaser. | (1) Licensees holding either a license that permits or a license with an endorsement that permits the sale of beer to a purchaser in a container supplied by the licensee or a sanitary container brought to the premises by the purchaser and filled at the tap at the time of sale may similarly sell cider and mead to a purc... |
66.28.370 | Failure to submit required reports or payment for license issuance—Penalty. | If a licensee subject to the license issuance fee requirements of RCW 66.24.630 (4) fails to submit its quarterly reports or payment to the board, the board may assess a penalty at a rate no higher than one percent per month on the balance of the unpaid license issuance fee.
[ 2015 c 186 s 2 .] |
66.28.380 | Products combining alcohol and cannabis prohibited. | In accordance with RCW 69.50.3271 , it is unlawful to manufacture, import, offer, or sell in this state a consumable product that contains cannabis or any form of tetrahydrocannabinol in combination with beer, wine, spirits, or any other type of liquor in the same product.
[ 2023 c 217 s 2 .] |
66.32.010 | Possession of contraband liquor. | The board may, to the extent required to control unlawful diversion of liquor from authorized channels of distribution, require that packages of liquor transported within the state be sealed with such official seal as may be adopted by the board, except in the case of: (1) Liquor manufactured in the state; or (2) Liquo... |
66.32.020 | Search warrant—Search and seizure. | If, upon the sworn complaint of any person, it is made to appear to any judge of the superior court or district court, that there is probable cause to believe that intoxicating liquor is being manufactured, sold, bartered, exchanged, given away, furnished, or otherwise disposed of or kept in violation of the provisions... |
66.32.030 | Service of warrant—Receipt for seized property. | A copy of the warrant, together with a detailed receipt for the property taken shall be served upon the person found in possession of any intoxicating liquor, furniture, or fixtures so seized, and if no person is found in possession thereof, a copy of the warrant and receipt shall be left in a conspicuous place upon th... |
66.32.040 | Forfeiture of liquor directed if kept unlawfully. | All liquor seized pursuant to the authority of a search warrant or an arrest shall, upon adjudication that it was kept in violation of this title, be forfeited and upon forfeiture be disposed of by the agency seizing the liquor.
[ 1993 c 26 s 1 ; 1955 c 39 s 6 . Prior: 1943 c 216 s 3(2), part; 1933 ex.s. c 62 s 23(2), ... |
66.32.050 | Hearing. | Upon the return of the warrant as provided herein, the judge shall fix a time, not less than ten days, and not more than thirty days thereafter, for the hearing of the return, when he or she shall proceed to hear and determine whether or not the articles seized, or any part thereof, were used or in any manner kept or p... |
66.32.060 | Claimants may appear. | At the hearing, any person claiming any interest in any of the articles seized may appear and be heard upon filing a written claim setting forth particularly the character and extent of his or her interest, and the burden shall rest upon the claimant to show, by competent evidence, his or her property right or interest... |
66.32.070 | Judgment of forfeiture—Disposition of proceeds of property sold. | If, upon the hearing, the evidence warrants, or, if no person appears as claimant, the judge shall thereupon enter a judgment of forfeiture, and order such articles destroyed forthwith: PROVIDED, That if, in the opinion of the judge, any of the forfeited articles other than intoxicating liquors are of value and adapted... |
66.32.080 | Forfeiture action no bar to criminal prosecution. | Action under RCW 66.32.010 through 66.32.080 and the forfeiture, destruction, or sale of any articles thereunder shall not bar prosecution under any other provision.
[ 1955 c 39 s 10 . Prior: 1943 c 216 s 3(3), part; 1933 ex.s. c 62 s 33(2), part; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 7306-33(3), part.] |
66.32.090 | Seized liquor to be reported to board. | In every case in which liquor is seized by a sheriff or deputy of any county or by a police officer of any municipality or by a member of the Washington state patrol, or any other authorized peace officer or inspector, it shall be the duty of the sheriff or deputy of any county, or chief of police of the municipality, ... |
66.36.010 | Places where liquor unlawfully kept declared a nuisance—Abatement of activity and realty—Judgment—Bond to reopen. | Any room, house, building, boat, vehicle, structure, or place, except premises licensed under this title, where liquor, as defined in this title, is manufactured, kept, sold, bartered, exchanged, given away, furnished, or otherwise disposed of in violation of the provisions of this title or of the laws of this state re... |
66.40.010 | Local option units. | (1) For an election upon the question of whether the sale of liquor is permitted, the election unit must be any city or town, or that portion of any county not within cities and towns. (2) This section is subject to the exception specified in RCW 66.40.030 (2).
[ 2015 c 153 s 1 ; 1957 c 263 s 3 . Prior: (i) 1933 ex.s. ... |
66.40.020 | Election may be held. | Within any unit referred to in RCW 66.40.010 , upon compliance with the conditions hereinafter prescribed, there may be held, at the time and as a part of any general election, an election upon the question of whether the sale of liquor shall be permitted within such unit; and in the event that any such election is hel... |
66.40.030 | License elections. | (1) Within any election unit referred to in RCW 66.40.010 , subject to the exception specified in subsection (2) of this section, a separate election may be held upon the question of whether the sale of liquor under spirits, beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer, and wine private club; spirits, beer, and wine nightc... |
66.40.040 | Petition for election—Contents—Procedure—Signatures, filing, form, copies, fees, etc.—Public inspection. | Any unit referred to in RCW 66.40.010 may hold such election upon the question of whether the sale of liquor shall be permitted within the boundaries of such unit, upon the filing with the county auditor of the county within which such unit is located, of a petition subscribed by qualified electors of the unit equal in... |
66.40.100 | Check of petitions. | Upon the filing of a petition as hereinbefore provided, the county auditor with whom it is filed shall cause the names on said petition to be compared with the names on the voters' official registration records provided for by law with respect to such unit. The officer or deputy making the comparison shall place his or... |
66.40.110 | Form of ballot. | Upon the ballot to be used at such general election the question shall be submitted in the following form: "Shall the sale of liquor be permitted within . . . . . . (here specify the unit in which election is to be held)." Immediately below said question shall be placed the alternative answers, as follows: "For sale of... |
66.40.120 | Canvass of votes—Effect. | The returns of any such election shall be canvassed in the manner provided by law. If the majority of qualified electors voting upon said question at said election shall have voted "For sale of liquor" within the unit in which the election is held, the sale of liquor may be continued in accordance with the provisions o... |
66.40.130 | Effect of election as to licenses. | Ninety days after December 2, 1948, spirits, beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer, and wine private club; spirits, beer, and wine nightclub; and sports entertainment facility licenses may be issued in any election unit in which the sale of liquor is then lawful. No spirits, beer, and wine restaurant; spirits, beer,... |
66.40.140 | Certificate of result to board—Grace period—Permitted activities. | Whenever a majority of qualified voters voting upon said question in any such unit shall have voted "Against sale of liquor," the county auditor shall file with the *liquor control board a certificate showing the result of the canvass at such election; and thereafter, except as hereinafter provided, it shall not be law... |
66.40.150 | Concurrent liquor elections in same election unit prohibited. | No election in any unit referred to in RCW 66.40.010 , 66.40.020 , 66.40.040 , 66.40.100 , 66.40.110 , 66.40.120 and 66.40.140 , upon the question of whether the sale of liquor shall be permitted within the boundaries of such unit shall be held at the same time as an election is held in the same unit upon the question ... |
66.44.010 | Local officers to enforce law—Authority of board—Liquor enforcement officers. | (1) All county and municipal peace officers are hereby charged with the duty of investigating and prosecuting all violations of this title, and the penal laws of this state relating to the manufacture, importation, transportation, possession, distribution and sale of liquor, and all fines imposed for violations of this... |
66.44.040 | Sufficiency of description of offenses in complaints, informations, process, etc. | In describing the offense respecting the sale, or keeping for sale or other disposal, of liquor, or the having, keeping, giving, purchasing or consumption of liquor in any information, summons, conviction, warrant, or proceeding under this title, it shall be sufficient to simply state the sale, or keeping for sale or d... |
66.44.050 | Description of offense in words of statutes—Proof required. | The description of any offense under this title, in the words of this title, or in any words of like effect, shall be sufficient in law; and any exception, exemption, provision, excuse, or qualification, whether it occurs by way of proviso or in the description of the offense in this title, may be proved by the defenda... |
66.44.060 | Proof of unlawful sale establishes prima facie intent. | In any proceeding under this title, proof of one unlawful sale of liquor shall suffice to establish prima facie the intent or purpose of unlawfully keeping liquor for sale in violation of this title.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 62 s 59 ; RRS s 7306-59.] |
66.44.070 | Certified analysis is prima facie evidence of alcoholic content. | A certificate, signed by any person appointed or designated by the board in writing as an analyst, as to the percentage of alcohol contained in any liquid, drink, liquor, or combination of liquors, when produced in any court or before any court shall be prima facie evidence of the percentage of alcohol contained therei... |
66.44.080 | Service of process on corporation. | In all prosecutions, actions, or proceedings under the provisions of this title against a corporation, every summons, warrant, order, writ or other proceeding may be served on the corporation in the same manner as is now provided by law for service of civil process.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 62 s 61 ; RRS s 7306-61.] |
66.44.090 | Acting without license. | Any person doing any act required to be licensed under this title without having in force a license issued to him or her shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2012 c 117 s 289 ; 1955 c 289 s 2 . Prior: (i) 1933 ex.s. c 62 s 28 ; RRS s 7306-28.(ii) 1939 c 172 s 6(1); 1935 c 174 s 6(1); 1933 ex.s. c 62 s 92(1); RRS s... |
66.44.100 | Opening or consuming liquor in public place—Penalty.(Effective until December 31, 2027.) | Except as permitted by this title, including as allowed under RCW 66.24.800 , no person shall open the package containing liquor or consume liquor in a public place. Every person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class 3 civil infraction under chapter 7.80 RCW.
[ 2025 c 361 s 6 ; 1999 c 18... |
66.44.120 | Unlawful use of seal. | (1) No person other than an employee of the board may keep or have in his or her possession any official seal adopted by the board under this title, unless the same is attached to a package in accordance with the law; nor may any person keep or have in his or her possession any design in imitation of any official seal ... |
66.44.130 | Sales of liquor by drink or bottle. | Except as otherwise provided in this title, every person who sells by the drink or bottle, any liquor shall be guilty of a violation of this title.
[ 1955 c 289 s 3 . Prior: 1939 c 172 s 6(2); 1935 c 174 s 15(2); 1933 ex.s. c 62 s 92(2); RRS s 7306-92(2).] |
66.44.140 | Unlawful sale, transportation of spirituous liquor without stamp or seal—Unlawful operation, possession of still or mash. | Every person who shall sell or offer for sale, or transport in any manner, any spirituous liquor, without government stamp or seal attached thereto, or who shall operate without a license, any still or other device for the production of spirituous liquor, or shall have in his or her possession or under his or her contr... |
66.44.150 | Buying liquor illegally. | If any person in this state buys alcoholic beverages from any person other than a person authorized by the board to sell alcoholic beverages, he or she is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2012 c 2 s 210 (Initiative Measure No. 1183, approved November 8, 2011); 1955 c 289 s 5 . Prior: 1939 c 172 s 6(4); 1935 c 174 s 15(4); 19... |
66.44.160 | Illegal possession, transportation of alcoholic beverages. | Except as otherwise provided in this title, any person who has or keeps or transports alcoholic beverages other than those purchased from the board, a state liquor store, or some person authorized by the board to sell them, shall be guilty of a violation of this title.
[ 1955 c 289 s 6 . Prior: 1939 c 172 s 6(5); 1935 ... |
66.44.170 | Illegal possession of liquor with intent to sell—Prima facie evidence, what is. | Any person who keeps or possesses liquor upon his or her person or in any place, or on premises conducted or maintained by him or her as principal or agent with the intent to sell it contrary to provisions of this title, shall be guilty of a violation of this title. The possession of liquor by the principal or agent on... |
66.44.175 | Violations of law. | Every person who violates any provision of this title or the regulations shall be guilty of a violation of this title, whether otherwise declared or not.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 62 s 91 ; RRS s 7306-91.] |
66.44.180 | General penalties—Jurisdiction for violations. | (1) Every person guilty of a violation of this title for which no penalty has been specifically provided: (a) For a first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two months, or both; (b) For a second offense, is guilty of a gro... |
66.44.193 | Sales on university or college campus. | If an institution of higher education chooses to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages on campus, the legislature encourages the institution to feature products produced in the state of Washington.
[ 2003 c 51 s 2 .] |
66.44.200 | Sales to persons apparently under the influence of liquor—Purchases or consumption by persons apparently under the influence of liquor on licensed premises—Penalty—Notice—Separation of actions. | (1) No person shall sell any liquor to any person apparently under the influence of liquor. (2)(a) No person who is apparently under the influence of liquor may purchase or consume liquor on any premises licensed by the board. (b) A violation of this subsection is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than fiv... |
66.44.210 | Obtaining liquor for ineligible person. | Except in the case of liquor administered by a physician or dentist or sold upon a prescription in accordance with the provisions of this title, no person shall procure or supply, or assist directly or indirectly in procuring or supplying, liquor for or to anyone whose permit is suspended or has been canceled.
[ 1933 e... |
66.44.240 | Drinking in public conveyance—Penalty against carrier—Exception. | Every person engaged wholly or in part in the business of carrying passengers for hire, and every agent, servant, or employee of such person, who knowingly permits any person to drink any intoxicating liquor in any public conveyance, except in the compartment where such liquor is sold or served under the authority of a... |
66.44.250 | Drinking in public conveyance—Penalty against individual—Restricted application. | Every person who drinks any intoxicating liquor in any public conveyance, except in a compartment or place where sold or served under the authority of a license lawfully issued, is guilty of a misdemeanor. With respect to a public conveyance that is commercially chartered for group use and with respect to a for hire ve... |
66.44.265 | Candidates giving or purchasing liquor on election day prohibited. | It shall be unlawful for a candidate for office or for nomination thereto whose name appears upon the ballot at any election to give to or purchase for another person, not a member of his or her family, any liquor in or upon any premises licensed by the state for the sale of any such liquor by the drink during the hour... |
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