{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-2-108","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-2-108","heading":"Beer distributor license","body":"A. A beer distributor license shall authorize the holder\n\nthereof:\n\n1. To purchase and import into this state cider from persons\n\nauthorized to sell the same who are the holders of manufacturer's\n\nlicenses, and their agents who are the holders of manufacturer's\n\nagent licenses;\n\n2. To purchase and import into this state beer or cider from\n\npersons authorized to sell the same who are the holders of brewer's\n\nor small brewer's licenses;\n\n3. To purchase beer and cider from licensed beer distributors\n\nin this state;\n\n4. To sell in retail containers to retailers, on-premises beer\n\nand wine, mixed beverage, caterer, special event, public event,\n\nhotel beverage and airline/railroad beverage licensees or any other\n\nlicensee permitted to sell beer to consumers in this state, beer and\n\ncider which has been received, unloaded and stored at the holder's\n\nself-owned or leased and self-operated warehouses before such sale,\n\nunless otherwise permitted by this section;\n\n5. To sell beer and cider in this state to beer distributors\n\nand out of this state to qualified persons, including federal\n\ninstrumentalities and voluntary associations of military personnel\n\non federal enclaves in this state over which this state has ceded\n\njurisdiction;\n\n6. To donate beer and cider to organizations, associations or\n\nnonprofit corporations organized for political, fraternal,\n\ncharitable, religious or social purposes or to charitable events;\n\n. To transport wine, spirits, beer and cider in vehicles owned,\n\nleased or operated by the beer distributor, a subsidiary of the beer\n\ndistributor, or its agent, in addition to any nonalcoholic items.\n\nProvided, if the beer distributor transports wine and spirits, a\n\nvalid wine and spirits wholesaler license must be maintained by the\n\nbeer distributor or affiliated entity having common ownership with\n\nthe licensed beer distributor; and\n\n8. To store alcoholic beverages of any kind, including wine and\n\nspirits owned by a licensed affiliated entity having common\n\nownership, nonalcoholic beverages, and other goods, wares, and\n\nmerchandise related to the foregoing, in any number of warehouses\n\nowned or leased by the beer distributor as determined by the beer\n\ndistributor. Provided, however, the storage of wine and spirits\n\nshall comply with the limitations to the number of warehouses\n\ncontained in Section 2-107 of this title. There shall be no\n\nobligation to segregate the products in the warehouse by alcohol\n\ncontent or type of product. For purposes of this section, a leased\n\nwarehouse includes a leased space within a multi-tenant building as\n\nlong as such leased space is a discrete, enclosed area operated and\n\ncontrolled exclusively by the beer distributor.\n\nB. In the event that no in-state beer distributor for a\n\nparticular brewer or manufacturer is willing to deliver beer or\n\ncider to a county or counties located within the state, the ABLE\n\nCommission may grant an economic hardship exemption to an out-of-\n\nstate beer distributor for a particular brewer and waive the at-rest\n\nrequirement set forth in this section, upon a good-faith showing\n\nthat:\n\n1. It is economically infeasible or impractical for an in-state\n\nbeer distributor for a particular brewer to deliver to the county or\n\ncounties due to remoteness, or population, or both;\n\n2. No in-state beer distributor of a particular brewer or\n\nmanufacturer objects to the waiver within thirty (30) days of\n\nreceiving written notice of the economic hardship application sent\n\nby the ABLE Commission; and\n\n3. The out-of-state beer distributor agrees to pay all\n\nnecessary licensing fees and remit all applicable taxes to the State\n\nof Oklahoma.\n\nC. The economic hardship exemption provided for in subsection B\n\nof this section shall renew annually, provided that no in-state beer\n\ndistributor for a particular brewer or manufacturer submits an\n\nexecuted distribution agreement to assume responsibility to\n3. The out-of-state beer distributor agrees to pay all\n\nnecessary licensing fees and remit all applicable taxes to the State\n\nof Oklahoma.\n\nC. The economic hardship exemption provided for in subsection B\n\nof this section shall renew annually, provided that no in-state beer\n\ndistributor for a particular brewer or manufacturer submits an\n\nexecuted distribution agreement to assume responsibility to\n\ndistribute the beer in the subject county or counties at least sixty\n\n(60) days prior to the renewal date of the exemption. The in-state\n\nbeer distributor who has executed a distribution agreement to assume\n\nresponsibility to distribute beer in the subject territory shall\n\ncompensate the out-of-state distributor the fair market value of the\n\ndistribution rights of the territory as determined pursuant to\n\nSection 3-108 of this title.\n\nD. Provided, nothing in this section shall require an Oklahoma\n\nlicensed beer distributor with an Oklahoma designated territory on\n\nthe effective date of this act to meet the hardship provisions in\n\nsubsections B and C of this section to continue to operate as a\n\nlicensed Oklahoma beer distributor.","path":["OK Code","Title 37A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os37A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"f510a22f149cd7f730aefc77bffa34325bd84d4e24ef97af09ed82ff80cf2f1c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-2-107","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-2-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}