{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-41-2623","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 41-2623","heading":"Persons and entities ineligible for licensure.","body":"(a) No license shall be issued under the provisions of this act to:\n(1) Any person described in K.S.A. 41-311(a)(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (12), (13) or (15), and amendments thereto, except that the provisions of K.S.A. 41-311(a)(7), and amendments thereto, shall not apply to nor prohibit the issuance of a license for a class A club to an officer of a post home of a congressionally chartered service or fraternal organization, or a benevolent association or society thereof.\n(2) A person who has had the person's license revoked for cause under the provisions of this act.\n(3) A person who has a beneficial interest in the manufacture, preparation or wholesaling or the retail sale of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage or a beneficial interest in any other club, drinking establishment or caterer licensed hereunder, except that:\n(A) A license for premises located in a hotel may be granted to a person who has a beneficial interest in one or more other clubs or drinking establishments licensed hereunder if such other clubs or establishments are located in hotels.\n(B) A license for a club or drinking establishment that is a restaurant may be issued to a person who has a beneficial interest in other clubs or drinking establishments that are restaurants.\n(C) A caterer's license may be issued to a person who has a beneficial interest in a club or drinking establishment and a license for a club or drinking establishment may be issued to a person who has a beneficial interest in a caterer.\n(D) A license for a class A club may be granted to an organization of which an officer, director or board member is a distributor or retailer licensed under the liquor control act if such distributor or retailer sells no alcoholic liquor to such club.\n(E) Any person who has a beneficial interest in a microbrewery, microdistillery or farm winery licensed pursuant to the Kansas liquor control act may be issued any or all of the following: (1) Class B club license; (2) drinking establishment license; and (3) caterer's license.\n(F) Any person who has a beneficial interest in a manufacturer licensed pursuant to the Kansas liquor control act may be issued one drinking establishment license.\n(4) A copartnership, unless all of the copartners are qualified to obtain a license.\n(5) A corporation, if any officer, manager or director thereof, or any stockholder owning in the aggregate more than 5% of the common or preferred stock of such corporation would be ineligible to receive a license hereunder for any reason other than citizenship requirements.\n(6) A corporation, if any officer, manager or director thereof, or any stockholder owning in the aggregate more than 5% of the common or preferred stock of such corporation, has been an officer, manager or director, or a stockholder owning in the aggregate more than 5% of the common or preferred stock, of a corporation that:\n(A) Has had a license revoked under the provisions of the club and drinking establishment act; or\n(B) has been convicted of a violation of the club and drinking establishment act or the cereal malt beverage laws of this state.\n(7) A trust, if any grantor, beneficiary or trustee would be ineligible to receive a license under this act for any reason, except that the provisions of K.S.A. 41-311(a)(6), and amendments thereto, shall not apply in determining whether a beneficiary would be eligible for a license.\n(b) No club or drinking establishment license shall be issued under the provisions of the club and drinking establishment act to a person who does not own the premises for which a license is sought, or does not, at the time the application is submitted, have a written lease thereon, except that an applicant seeking a license for a premises that is owned by a city or county, or is a stadium, arena, convention center, theater, museum, amphitheater or other similar premises may submit an executed agreement to provide alcoholic beverage services at the premises listed in the application in lieu of a lease.","path":["Chapter 41.—INTOXICATING LIQUORS AND BEVERAGES","Article 26.—LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF SALE OF LIQUOR BY THE DRINK"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch41/041_026_0023.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:16:06Z","sha256":"8b67dfef33db6ffba7181024c7507c8f81dd29b3ce26527b32e1cb000634a885","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-41-2622","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-41-2623a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}