2023 Utah Code
Title 32B - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act
Chapter 5 - Retail License Act
Part 3 - Retail Licensee Operational Requirements
Section 306 - Purchasing or selling alcoholic product.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 32B-5-306 (2023)
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Effective 5/14/2019
32B-5-306. Purchasing or selling alcoholic product.
  • (1) A retail licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product to:
    • (a) a minor;
    • (b) a person actually, apparently, or obviously intoxicated;
    • (c) a known interdicted person; or
    • (d) a known habitual drunkard.
  • (2)
    • (a) A patron may only purchase an alcoholic product in the licensed premises of a retail licensee from and be served by an individual who is:
      • (i) staff of the retail licensee; and
      • (ii) designated and trained by the retail licensee to sell and serve an alcoholic product.
    • (b) An individual may sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product to a patron only if the individual is:
      • (i) staff of the retail licensee; and
      • (ii) designated and trained by the retail licensee to sell and serve an alcoholic product.
    • (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a) or (b), a patron who purchases bottled wine from staff of the retail licensee or carries bottled wine onto the retail licensee's premises pursuant to Section 32B-5-307 may thereafter serve wine from the bottle to the patron or others at the patron's table.
  • (3) The following may not purchase an alcoholic product for a patron:
    • (a) a retail licensee; or
    • (b) staff of a retail licensee.
  • (4) After a retail licensee closes the retail licensee's business at the licensed premises, the retail licensee may transfer the retail licensee's inventory of alcoholic product from that premises to another premises licensed under this chapter that is owned by the same retail licensee.


Amended by Chapter 403, 2019 General Session
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