{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-2-142","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-2-142","heading":"Information to be furnished by license applicants","body":"A. No license provided for in the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage\n\nControl Act shall be issued except pursuant to an application filed\n\nwith the ABLE Commission. The ABLE Commission may, however, provide\n\nfor a form of simplified application for renewal of a license.\n\nPayment of the prescribed fee shall accompany each application for a\n\nlicense.\n\nB. Every applicant for an original license, except applicants\n\nfor an employee, charitable event, special event or airline/railroad\n\nbeverage license, shall also furnish the following:\n\n1. A tax receipt proving payment of ad valorem taxes, including\n\nreal and personal taxes, or furnish to the ABLE Commission\n\nsatisfactory evidence that no taxes are due or delinquent;\n\n2. A certificate of zoning issued by the municipality in which\n\nthe applicant proposes to locate the applicant's principal place of\n\nbusiness under the license, or by the county if the principal place\n\nof business is located outside the incorporated limits of a\n\nmunicipality, certifying that the applicant's proposed location and\n\nuse thereof comply with all municipal zoning ordinances or county\n\nzoning regulations if applicable;\n\n3. A certificate issued by the municipality in which the\n\napplicant proposes to locate the applicant's principal place of\n\nbusiness under the license, or by the county if the principal place\n\nof business is located outside the incorporated limits of a\n\nmunicipality, certifying that the applicant's existing or proposed\n\noperations under the license comply with all municipal or county\n\nfire codes, safety codes, or health codes, if applicable;\n\n4. Authorization, on forms furnished by the ABLE Commission,\n\nfor complete investigation of the applicant's current financial\n\nstatus as it relates to the application for a license, including but\n\nnot limited to access to bank accounts, loan agreements and\n\nfinancial statements;\n\n5. A deed, management agreement, purchasing agreement or lease;\n\nand\n\n6. Proof of liability insurance covering both bodily injury and\n\nproperty damage.\n\nC. The certificates required by paragraphs 2 and 3 of\n\nsubsection B of this section shall be signed by the mayor of the\n\nmunicipality or the chair of the board of county commissioners\n\nissuing same, unless the municipality, by ordinance, or the county\n\ndesignates some other officer or entity to issue the certificates.\n\nApplications for such certificates shall be in writing and shall\n\ncontain information in such detail as the municipality or county may\n\nreasonably require describing the location and nature of operations\n\nto be conducted under the license. Municipalities and counties\n\nshall be required to act on all applications for such certificates\n\nwithin twenty (20) days of receipt of the written application.\n\nD. Municipalities and counties may grant conditional\n\ncertificates for premises proposed for licensed operations for which\n\nconstruction, modification or alteration is not completed.\n\nConditional certificates shall indicate that the proposed premises\n\nwill comply with the municipal or county zoning, fire, safety and\n\nhealth codes. The granting of conditional certificates shall not\n\nrelieve the applicant of the duty of obtaining the certificates\n\nrequired by paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection B of this section after\n\ncompletion of the construction, modification, or alteration.\n\nE. A municipality or county shall issue the certificates\n\nrequired by paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection B of this section\n\nwithin ten (10) days after all final inspections are completed.\n\nThereafter if a licensee fails to maintain compliance with\n\nmunicipal or county zoning ordinances and codes, the mayor or chair\n\nof the board of county commissioners or their designee, shall\n\nforthwith notify the ABLE Commission in writing setting forth\n\ndetails of the noncompliance.\n\nF. Within ten (10) days of the receipt of all information\nen (10) days after all final inspections are completed.\n\nThereafter if a licensee fails to maintain compliance with\n\nmunicipal or county zoning ordinances and codes, the mayor or chair\n\nof the board of county commissioners or their designee, shall\n\nforthwith notify the ABLE Commission in writing setting forth\n\ndetails of the noncompliance.\n\nF. Within ten (10) days of the receipt of all information\n\nrequired in subsections B through E of this section, the ABLE\n\nCommission shall notify the applicant in writing of any deficiencies\n\nin the application with a description of what actions need to be\n\ntaken to cure the deficiencies. The applicant shall then have a\n\nreasonable period of time to provide the additional information\n\nsufficient to complete the application. Upon a completed\n\napplication, the ABLE Commission shall issue or deny the license\n\nwithin twenty (20) days of the applicant's final submission. The\n\nABLE Commission's denial of issuance of a license shall be in\n\nwriting and shall state with specificity the reasons for the denial.\n\nG. Upon issuance of any license, the ABLE Commission shall\n\nfurnish the Oklahoma Tax Commission with a list of such licenses.\n\nH. In the event of denial of an application for a license, the\n\nABLE Commission shall refund to the applicant the amount of the\n\ntendered fee, less ten percent (10%), which it shall retain as cost\n\nof processing the application.\n\nI. Any licensee, except an employee licensee, who fails to\n\nrenew the license prior to the expiration date of the license, shall\n\nbe subject to a late renewal penalty as provided by rules of the\n\nABLE Commission. Further, any licensee, except an employee\n\nlicensee, who fails to renew the license within sixty (60) days of\n\nthe expiration of the license shall be required to submit a new\n\nlicense application. An employee licensee who fails to renew prior\n\nto the expiration of the license shall be required to submit a new\n\nlicense application; provided, however, that under no circumstances\n\nshall any licensee, including an employee licensee, whose license to\n\nserve or sell alcoholic beverages has expired, continue to serve or\n\nsell alcoholic beverages.\n\nJ. The requirements in this section shall be required for a\n\npublic event license applicant, except for those certificates\n\nrequired by paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection B of this section as\n\nthe events are temporary in nature and the locations are not\n\npermanently licensed.","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":"5f4b49b0722ee8242464032793295d092a08be1bdb64e53b7563e72b2c3158f7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-2-141","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-2-143"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}