{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-311.020","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 311.020","heading":"Definition of intoxicating liquor.","body":"The term \"intoxicating liquor\" as used in this chapter shall mean and include alcohol for beverage purposes, alcoholic, spirituous, vinous, fermented, malt, or other liquors, or combination of liquors, a part of which is spirituous, vinous, or fermented, and all preparations or mixtures for beverage purposes, containing in excess of one-half of one percent by volume. All beverages having an alcoholic content of less than one-half of one percent by volume shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter, but subject to inspection as provided by sections 196.365 to 196.445*.","path":["Title XX - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES","Chapter 311 - Liquor Control Law"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=311.020","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:27Z","sha256":"75b7eebc065fe9e70f2cdac72101da9128dc781a61a3c4109f2d61101e1d9f6c","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-311.015","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-311.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}