{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-2-156","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-2-156","heading":"Restrictions on licenses and ownership interest in","body":"package stores - Spousal interests - Package store sales.\n\nA. No retail spirits license shall be issued to a corporation,\n\nlimited liability company or similar business entity. No person may\n\nown any interest in more than two package stores; provided, a spouse\n\nof a retail spirits license holder may hold a separate interest in\n\nup to two (2) package stores. For the purpose only of establishing\n\nwhether or not a person owns an interest in more than one package\n\nstore, any person having a beneficial interest in any package store\n\nshall be deemed to be a partner in the package store except that the\n\nspouse of any retail spirits license holder or partner shall not be\n\ndeemed to be a partner or have a beneficial interest in a package\n\nstore unless his or her name appears on the license. A beneficial\n\ninterest shall be any interest that benefits from any sales or\n\nprofits of the package store.\n\nB. For purposes of this section, any spouse of a retail spirits\n\nlicense holder shall not hold another license provided for pursuant\n\nto the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, except a retail wine\n\nlicense, retail beer license, on-premises beer and wine license,\n\nmixed beverage license, a caterer's license or a retail spirits\n\nlicense.\n\nC. Package stores licensed under the Oklahoma Alcoholic\n\nBeverage Control Act may sell only alcoholic beverages in retail\n\ncontainers as defined in Section 1-103 of this title, in the\n\noriginal package for consumption off the premises; provided, that\n\npackage stores licensed under the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage\n\nControl Act that are also mixed beverage licensees shall not be\n\nprohibited from the exercise of the authorities granted them by\n\nSection 2-110 of this title. All retail sales shall be made on the\n\nlicensed premises and all deliveries off the premises, at retail, of\n\nintoxicating liquor or beer are hereby prohibited. Provided, a\n\nholder of a Retail Spirits License shall be permitted to sell at\n\nretail any item that may be purchased at a grocery store or\n\nconvenience store, as defined by law, except for motor fuel, so long\n\nas the sale of items other than alcoholic beverages do not comprise\n\nmore than twenty percent (20%) of the holder's monthly sales.","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":"482d94176c05d5b2a1a5fc7fbd6f972e4580d22c2961b66a75673ebcb2f9ea20","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-2-155","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-2-157"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}