§ 16-4-501 — License And Permit Fees

16-4-501 . License and permit fees. (1) Each beer licensee licensed to sell either beer or table wine only or both beer and table wine under the provisions of this code shall pay a license fee. Unless otherwise specified in this section, the fee is an annual fee and is imposed as follows:
(a) (i) each brewer and each beer importer, wherever located, whose product is sold or offered for sale within the state, $500;
(ii) for each storage depot, $400;
(b) (i) each distributor, $400; each winery, $200;
(ii) for each subwarehouse and winery storage depot, $400;
(c) each beer and wine retailer, $400;
(d) (i) for a license to sell beer at retail for off-premises consumption only, $200;
(ii) for a license to sell table wine at retail for off-premises consumption only, either alone or in conjunction with beer, $200;
(e) any unit of a nationally chartered veterans' organization, $50.
(2) The permit fee under 16-4-301 (1) is computed at the following rate:
(a) $10 a day for each day that beer and table wine are sold at events, activities, or sporting contests, other than those applied for pursuant to 16-4-301 (1)(c); and
(b) $1,000 a season for professional sporting contests or junior hockey contests held under the provisions of 16-4-301 (1)(c).
(3) The permit fee under 16-4-301 (2) is $10 for the sale of beer and table wine only or $20 for the sale of all alcoholic beverages.
(4) Passenger carrier licenses must be issued on payment by the applicant of an annual license fee in the sum of $300.
(5) The annual renewal fee for:
(a) a brewer producing 10,000 or fewer barrels of beer, as defined in 16-1-406 , is $200;
(b) resort retail all-beverages licenses within a given resort area is $2,000 for each license; and
(c) a continuing care retirement community limited all-beverages license is $500 for each license.
(6) Except as provided in this section, each licensee licensed under the quotas of 16-4-201 shall pay an annual license fee as follows:
(a) for each license outside of incorporated cities and incorporated towns or in incorporated cities and incorporated towns with a population of less than 2,000, $250 for a unit of a nationally chartered veterans' organization and $400 for all other licensees;
(b) for each license in incorporated cities with a population of more than 2,000 and less than 5,000 or within a distance of 5 miles, measured in a straight line from the nearest entrance of the premises to be licensed to the nearest boundary of the city, $350 for a unit of a nationally chartered veterans' organization and $500 for all other licensees;
(c) for each license in incorporated cities with a population of more than 5,000 and less than 10,000 or within a distance of 5 miles, measured in a straight line from the nearest entrance of the premises to be licensed to the nearest boundary of the city, $500 for a unit of a nationally chartered veterans' organization and $650 for all other licensees;
(d) for each license in incorporated cities with a population of 10,000 or more or within a distance of 5 miles, measured in a straight line from the nearest entrance of the premises to be licensed to the nearest boundary of the city, $650 for a unit of a nationally chartered veterans' organization and $800 for all other licensees;
(e) the distance of 5 miles from the corporate limits of any incorporated cities and incorporated towns is measured in a straight line from the nearest entrance of the premises to be licensed to the nearest boundary of the city or town; and where the premises of the applicant to be licensed are situated within 5 miles of the corporate boundaries of two or more incorporated cities or incorporated towns of different populations, the license fee chargeable by the larger incorporated city or incorporated town applies and must be paid by the applicant. When the premises of the applicant to be licensed are situated within an incorporated town or incorporated city and any portion of the incorporated town or incorporated city is without a 5-mile limit, the license fee chargeable by the smaller incorporated town or incorporated city applies and must be paid by the applicant.
(f) an applicant for the issuance of a resort retail all-beverages license shall pay a $100,000 license fee on issuance of the license. The resort retail all-beverages license may be transferred to another location within the boundaries of the resort area or to another owner to be used at a location within the boundaries of the resort area.
(7) The fee for one all-beverages license to a public airport is $800. This license is nontransferable.
(8) The annual fee for a retail beer and wine license to the Yellowstone airport is $400.
(9) The annual fee for a special beer and table wine license for a nonprofit arts organization under 16-4-303 is $250.
(10) (a) The annual fee for a distillery is $600.
(b) The annual fee for each distillery storage depot is $400.
(11) The initial and annual fee for a third-party delivery license under 16-4-307 is $1,000.
(12) The license fees provided in this section are exclusive of and in addition to other license fees chargeable in Montana for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
(13) In addition to other license fees, the department may require a licensee to pay a late fee of 33 1/3% of any license fee delinquent on July 1 of the renewal year or 1 year after the licensee's anniversary date, 66 2/3% of any license fee delinquent on August 1 of the renewal year or 1 year and 1 month after the licensee's anniversary date, and 100% of any license fee delinquent on September 1 of the renewal year or 1 year and 2 months after the licensee's anniversary date.
(14) All license and permit fees collected under this section must be deposited as provided in 16-2-108 .

Legislative History

(1) thru (5), (9) En. Sec. 45, Ch. 106, L. 1933; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 46, Ex. L. 1933; re-en, Sec. 2815.44, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 246, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 122, L. 1963; Sec. 4-341, R.C.M. 1947; amd. and redes. 4-4-401 by Sec. 68, Ch. 387, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 496, L. 1977; Sec. 4-4-401 , R.C.M. 1947; (6) En. 4-4-204 by Sec. 81, Ch. 387, L. 1975; Sec. 4-4-204 , R.C.M. 1947; (7) En. Sec. 4, Ch. 84, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 221, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 163, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 211, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 236, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 356, L. 1974; Sec. 4-404, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 4-404 (part), 4-4-204 (part), 4-4-401 (part); amd. Sec. 13, I.M. No. 81, app. Nov. 7, 1978; (8) En. Sec. 2, Ch. 461, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 181, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 401, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 519, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 29, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 51, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 595, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 19, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 141, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 68, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 380, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 83, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 225, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 371, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 528, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 54, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 163, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 405, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 369, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 293, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 591, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 501, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 271, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 336, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 473, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 55, L. 2023; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 60, L. 2023; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 138, L. 2023; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 75, L. 2025; amd. Sec. 47, Ch. 637, L. 2025.