§ 26:71 — Permits required; fees; exception

Louisiana § 26:71

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 26: Liquors - Alcoholic Beverages

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§71. Permits required; fees; exception
A. Except as provided in Subsections B and C of this Section, before engaging in the
business of manufacturing, supplying, or dealing in alcoholic beverages, all persons shall
obtain from the commissioner, according to established rules and regulations, a permit to
conduct each separate business and shall pay the commissioner a fee not to exceed the
amounts provided for in the following schedule and in accordance with regulations
promulgated pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act for each year
the permit is valid:
(1)(a) In-state manufacturers - one thousand dollars for each establishment in the
state.
(b) Out-of-state manufacturers and suppliers who do not maintain an establishment
in the state.
(i) Manufacturers and suppliers who sell less than one thousand cases of their
product in the state - two hundred dollars.
(ii) All other out-of-state manufacturers and suppliers - one thousand dollars.
(c) Manufacturing distillers engaged in self-distribution - one thousand five hundred
dollars.
(2) Wholesalers - two thousand five hundred dollars for each place of business in the
state.
(3) Retailers - (a) There shall be three types of Class A retail liquor permits:
(i) Class A-General - two hundred dollars for each place of business in any city in
the state and one hundred dollars for each place of business in a town, village, or
unincorporated place.
(ii) Class A-Restaurant - two hundred dollars for each establishment in the state.
(iii) Class A-Special - two hundred dollars for each facility in the state.
(b) Those operating package houses - one hundred dollars for each place of business
in any city in the state and fifty dollars for each place of business in a town, village, or
unincorporated place. This permit is known as a Class B Retail Liquor Permit.
(c) Those operating Class C Package Stores - one hundred dollars for each place of
business in any city in the state and fifty dollars for each place of business in a town, village,
or unincorporated place. This permit shall be known as a Class C Package Store Permit.
(d) Microdistiller, which authorizes the holder of a Retailers Class A permit to
engage in the distilling, making, blending, rectifying, or processing of any alcoholic beverage
in Louisiana at a single location in an amount not to exceed twelve thousand gallons per year,
and which further authorizes the sale at retail of such distilled beverages from that location-one thousand dollars.
(e) Microwinery, which authorizes the holder of a Retailers Class A permit to import
the juices of grapes, fruits, berries, honey, or vegetables for the purpose of fermenting such
juices to produce and bottle wine in Louisiana at a single location in an amount not to exceed
twelve thousand gallons per year, and which further authorizes the sale at retail of such wine
only at that location where the wine vinification takes place - one thousand dollars.
(f) A fee of one hundred dollars for each one hundred thousand dollars of gross retail
liquor sales, after the first one hundred thousand dollars of gross retail liquor sales, shall be
levied according to the schedule below which shall be in addition to those fees enumerated
in Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph:
GROSS SALES ADDITIONAL FEES
$0.00 to $99,999.99 -0-
$100,000.00 to $199,999.99 $100.00
$200,000.00 to $299,999.99 $200.00
$300,000.00 to $399,999.99 $300.00
$400,000.00 to $499,999.99 $400.00
$500,000.00 to $599,999.99 $500.00
$600,000.00 and over $600.00
(4) Solicitors or brokers - five dollars each. No solicitor shall represent more than
one dealer, and that dealer's name and address shall appear on the solicitor's permit.
(5) Retail distribution centers, other than manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, or
solicitors - one thousand dollars for each storage facility in the state. Any such permit issued
pursuant to this Section shall be expressly prohibited from transfer in accordance with R.S.
26:76.
(6) Wine producers –fifty dollars.
(7) Wineries–fifty dollars.
B. Any person not otherwise a dealer in alcoholic beverages coming into possession
of any alcoholic beverages as executor, administrator, trustee, or other fiduciary, as security
for or in payment of a debt, or as an insurer, or its transferee or assignee for the salvage or
liquidation of an insured casualty or damage or loss may sell the beverages in one lot or
parcel to a duly licensed wholesale or retail dealer without qualifying as a dealer.
Immediately after taking possession of the alcoholic beverages, the person shall register with
the secretary of the Department of Revenue and furnish to him a detailed list of the alcoholic
beverages and post with the secretary a bond in such amount as the secretary deems sufficient
to protect the state from any taxes due on the alcoholic beverages. The person shall pay to
the secretary a registration fee of ten dollars, which fee shall permit the sale of only the
alcoholic beverages detailed in the registration request.
C. If proposition five on the local option ballot, as delineated in R.S. 26:588(A), is
approved by a majority vote cast in the election, a "Retailers, Class A" state permit shall be
authorized for a Class "R" restaurant permittee in the locality for which the local election was
held.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 358, §1; Acts 1962, No. 398, §1; Acts 1977, No. 749, §1, eff. July 21, 1977; Acts 1984, No. 774, §2, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 736, §1; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 1989, No. 585, §2; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 63, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 130, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2; Acts 2001, No. 657, §1; Acts 2003, No. 519, §1, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2006, No. 803, §1; Acts 2006, No. 808, §1, eff. June 30, 2006; Acts 2011, No. 259, §1; Acts 2012, No. 26, §1; Acts 2014, No. 57, §1; Acts 2015, No. 382, §1; Acts 2021, No. 380, §1; Acts 2023, No. 127, §1.