{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-04.09.490","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 04.09.490","heading":"Package store sampling endorsement.","body":"(a) A package store sampling endorsement authorizes the holder of a package store license to offer for consumption on the licensed premises at no charge a small sample of an alcoholic beverage from its inventory during the package store's stated hours of business, but not between the hours of midnight and 8:00 a.m.\n(b) The biennial fee for a package store sampling endorsement is $200.\n(c) Only the license holder or an agent or employee of the license holder may serve a sample.\n(d) The holder of a package store sampling endorsement may serve a total volume of samples to a person on a licensed premises each day that does not exceed\n(1) 12 ounces of beer or mead or cider, if the mead or cider contains less than 8.5 percent alcohol by volume;\n(2) six ounces of wine, sake, or mead or cider, if the mead or cider contains 8.5 percent or more alcohol by volume;\n(3) 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits; or\n(4) the alcoholic equivalent of (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection.\n(e) The holder of a package store sampling endorsement may not publicly advertise, including through printed news, radio, or television, sampling activities conducted under the endorsement. However, the holder of a package store sampling endorsement may notify existing customers of sampling activities, including by electronic means.\n(f) A person who offers a sample of an alcoholic beverage for consumption on the licensed premises of a package store without an endorsement under this section commits the offense of unendorsed package store sampling.\n(g) Unendorsed package store sampling is a violation and is punishable by a fine of $500.\n(h) The holder of a package store sampling endorsement who fails to comply with the requirements of (a) and (c) — (e) of this section commits the offense of failure to comply with the terms of a package store sampling endorsement.\n(i) Failure to comply with the terms of a package store sampling endorsement is a violation.","path":["Title 4. Alcoholic Beverages.","Chapter 09. Licenses, Endorsements, and Permits.","Article 5. Endorsements."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#04.09.490","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:04Z","sha256":"a60ad6566db69defea351f6aea4974ccb7f1837794da0dbc974fee3f12d530b5","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-04.09.480","next":"us-ak/as-04.09.500"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}