{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-25-734","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 25-734","heading":"Sale by retailer of beverages on credit prohibited.","body":"(a)\nA licensee under a retailer’s license shall not sell on credit any alcoholic beverages except as provided in this section.\n\n(b)\nFor purposes of this section, the extension of credit by the licensee under an off-premises retailer’s license in connection with the sale of an alcoholic beverage through a document, device, or plan intended or adapted for the purpose of establishing credit, except through the use of a credit card, shall be considered a sale on credit.\n\n(c)\nThis section shall not prohibit a club from extending credit to its members or the guests of members or a hotel from extending credit to its registered guests.\n\n(d)\nThis section shall not prohibit the licensee under an on-premises retailer’s license from accepting payment by credit card for sales of alcoholic beverages to customers.","path":["Title 25. Alcoholic Beverages. [Enacted title]","Chapter 7. Standards of Operation.","Subchapter IV. Sale on Credit, Gifts, and Loans."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/25-734","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"4172b5d3ce4b8bdb61f2cd827fcdb69cd439e42b44d5f1aaa8c957ade0f2707d","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-25-733","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-25-735"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}