§ 12-4-201 — Retail liquor licenses and malt beverage permits; population formulas; fees

Wyoming § 12-4-201

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 12: Alcoholic Beverages
• Ch. 4: LOCAL LICENSES
• Art. 2: RETAIL LICENSES AND PERMITS

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(a) A retail liquor license is the authority under which a
licensee is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor or malt beverages
for use or consumption but not for resale, except as otherwise
provided for by this section.
(b) A malt beverage permit is the authority under which
the licensee is permitted to sell malt beverages only.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1979, ch. 156, § 4.
(d) The number of retail liquor licenses issued shall be
based on the following population formula:
(i) Not more than two (2) licenses in incorporated
towns of five hundred (500) population or less;
(ii) Not more than one (1) additional license for
each additional five hundred (500) population or major fraction
thereof in incorporated cities or towns up to a population of
nine thousand five hundred (9,500);
(iii) Not more than one (1) additional license for
each additional full three thousand (3,000) population over nine
thousand five hundred (9,500); and
(iv) Retail liquor licenses issued to commercial
service airports in incorporated cities or towns shall be exempt
from the number restrictions in paragraphs (i) through (iii) of
this subsection.
(e) The license fee to be assessed for a retail liquor
license shall be not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00)
nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00)
payable annually in advance.
(f) Retail liquor licenses and malt beverage permits may
be granted by the county commissioners as the appropriate
licensing authority in a county outside of incorporated cities
and towns as follows:
(i) One (1) retail liquor license issued for each
five hundred (500) population residing outside cities and towns;
but
(ii) No more than three (3) retail liquor licenses
issued for locations within five (5) miles of the corporate
limits of a city or town. Retail liquor licenses issued to
commercial service airports in a county shall be exempt from
this paragraph; and
(iii) Malt beverage permits may be issued for county
locations without regard to population.
(g) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 22, § 3.
(h) The license fee assessed by a county for malt beverage
permits shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor
more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00).
(j) Licensees authorized to sell alcoholic liquors at
retail may purchase for resale not more than nine (9) liters of
alcoholic liquors per week from a retail licensee authorized
pursuant to this section or from the holder of a satellite
manufacturer's permit under W.S. 12-2-203(g)(i). Purchases of
alcoholic liquors authorized pursuant to this subsection shall
be conducted in accordance with the following:
(i) The seller shall record on a form furnished by
the division all of the following:
(A) The name and signature of the licensee
making the purchase;
(B) The date and time of the purchase;
(C) The purchaser's Wyoming state tax resale
number.
(ii) The form collected pursuant to paragraph (i) of
this subsection shall be provided to the Wyoming state liquor
division within thirty (30) days of the sale and shall be
maintained by the seller of the alcoholic liquor for not less
than one (1) year after the date of the sale. The form shall be
available upon request for the division to inspect.
(k) A retail liquor licensee may ship not more than a
total of one hundred eight (108) liters of manufactured wine
directly to any one (1) household in this state in any twelve
(12) month period provided the licensee:
(i) Ships the manufactured wine only to individuals
who are at least twenty-one (21) years of age for such
individual's personal use and not for resale;
(ii) Ensures that all shipping containers of
manufactured wine shipped pursuant to this subsection are
conspicuously labeled with the words: "CONTAINS ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES. ADULT (OVER 21) SIGNATURE REQUIRED FOR DELIVERY"; and
(iii) Ensures that all of its shipments within this
state are made by a duly licensed carrier and further ensure
that the carriers comply with the requirement to obtain an adult
signature.
(m) A commercial service airport holding a retail liquor
license may contract for or otherwise subcontract any food and
beverage services provided at the airport to another individual
or entity without transferring the retail liquor license held by
the airport under this section. Sales of alcoholic liquor or
malt beverages shall only be made in the terminal building and
connected concourses of the airport where persons engaged in
commercial air travel transfer on and off aircraft.