{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37-37-537.1a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 37, § 37-537.1A","heading":"Mixed beverage, beer and wine, bottle club, or event","body":"licensee or their officer or agent - Prohibited acts.\n\nNo mixed beverage, beer and wine, bottle club, caterer,\n\ncharitable event, public event or special event licensee or any\n\nemployee, manager, operator or agent thereof shall:\n\n1. Consume or be under the influence of alcoholic beverages\n\nduring the hours he or she is on duty. For the purposes of this\n\nsection, licensees will be deemed to be on duty from the time the\n\nlicensee first comes on duty until the time the licensee goes off\n\nduty at the end of the shift, including any break periods permitted\n\nby management. This paragraph shall not apply to any person who\n\nworks on the premises as an entertainer only;\n\n2. Permit or tolerate any conduct or language which is intended\n\nto threaten another with physical harm or any fighting or offensive\n\nphysical contact, in or upon the licensed premises or areas just\n\noutside the licensed premises which are controlled by the licensee;\n\n3. Permit empty or discarded alcoholic beverage containers to\n\nbe in public view outside the licensed premises. All empty or\n\ndiscarded containers shall be disposed of in accordance with ABLE\n\nCommission rules and regulations;\n\n4. Permit any illegal gambling activity, violations of the\n\nstate narcotic and dangerous drug laws, or prostitution activity or\n\nany other criminal conduct to occur on the licensed premises;\n\n5. Refuse or fail to promptly open a door to the licensed\n\npremises upon request of an agent or inspector of the Alcoholic\n\nBeverage Laws Enforcement Commission or any other peace officer to\n\nenter the premises, when the licensee or employee knows or should\n\nknow that such request is made by an agent or inspector of the ABLE\n\nCommission or any other peace officer. This provision shall not be\n\nconstrued to deny agents of the ABLE Commission or any other peace\n\nofficer access at any time to any licensed premises;\n\n6. Permit a sealed or unsealed container of alcoholic beverage\n\nto be removed from the licensed premises. Provided that\n\nrestaurants, hotels, and motels may permit the removal of closed\n\noriginal wine containers the contents of which have been partially\n\nconsumed and bottle clubs may permit the removal by a club member of\n\nclosed original containers of alcoholic beverages belonging to the\n\nmembers. The provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to\n\nprohibit or restrict:\n\na. hotels or motels who are holders of mixed beverage or\n\nbeer and wine licenses from allowing alcoholic\n\nbeverages to be served away from the bar area anywhere\n\non the licensed premises,\n\nb. licensees, who are lawfully operating in a facility or\n\non property owned or operated by any agency, political\n\nsubdivision or public trust of this state, from\n\nallowing persons to transport alcoholic beverages from\n\none licensed premises to another within the same\n\nbuilding or property, provided that the building or\n\nproperty or a part thereof is defined as a common\n\ndrinking area for consumption of alcohol by resolution\n\nof the governing body of the agency, political\n\nsubdivision or public trust of this state, or\n\nc. licensees, who are licensed to operate in a facility\n\nor on property owned or operated by any agency,\n\npolitical subdivision or public trust of this state,\n\nfrom allowing other licensees to operate on their\n\nlicensed premises for events that are temporary in\n\nnature. In the event that multiple licensees are\n\noperating in a facility or on property owned or\n\noperated by any agency, political subdivision or\n\npublic trust of this state, each licensee shall be\n\nresponsible for violations occurring in their area\n\ndesignated to be their temporary licensed premises; or\n\n7. Destroy, damage, alter, remove or conceal potential\n\nevidence, or attempt to do so, or refuse to surrender evidence when\n\nlawfully requested to do so by an inspector, agent or any other\n\npeace officer or incite another person to do any of the above.","path":["OK Code","Title 37"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os37.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"5f84e83c16acb77999f956a9716d72600a282b4921b65d8926953f29ec34ffae","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-8-101","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37-37-600.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}