§ 178:16 — Wholesale Distributor License

I. Wholesale distributor licenses shall authorize the licensees to sell beverages in barrels, bottles, or other closed containers and specialty beverages in single serve containers to licensees for resale or to the general public. A wholesale distributor shall provide to an on-premises or off-premises licensee any obtainable beverage, specialty beverage, beer, specialty beer, or cider. Requested products shall be priced subject to special order terms as agreed by all parties. The holder of a wholesale distributor license shall maintain a regular place of business in this state.
II. Each wholesale distributor holding a license under this section shall annually give to the state of New Hampshire a bond with sureties satisfactory to the commission in such penal sum as may be determined by the commission, conditioned upon the payment of the fees required under the provisions of this chapter. The amounts due under said bond shall be recoverable in an action of debt to be brought by the attorney general upon complaint of the commission. The commission may waive the giving of such bond if satisfactory reports and payments are made which precede the statutory requirements.
III. The holder of a wholesale distributor license may hold one on-premises license with respect to the premises designated in such wholesale distributor license.
IV. Representatives of wholesale distributors shall carry a copy of the wholesaler distributor license on their persons at all times when conducting the wholesaler's business.
V. [Repealed.]
VI. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude or prevent a licensed liquor and wine representative, liquor vendor, or wine vendor from selling specialty beverages to the state nor place any limitations or restrictions on the commission from distributing and selling specialty beverages.

Legislative History

2003, 231:13. 2004, 142:4, eff. May 24, 2004. 2017, 124:1, eff. Aug. 15, 2017. 2020, 37:133, 134, eff. July 29, 2020.