{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-3-119","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-3-119","heading":"Business interests and acts prohibited for","body":"manufacturer, wine and spirits wholesaler, beer distributor, person\n\nauthorized to sell alcoholic beverages to a wholesaler and others.\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, brewer, wine and\n\nspirits wholesaler, beer distributor or person authorized to sell\n\nalcoholic beverages to a wholesaler, or any employee, officer,\n\ndirector, stockholder owning fifteen percent (15%) or more of the\n\nstock, any type of partner, manager, member or agent thereof, to\n\ndirectly or indirectly:\n\n1. Have any financial interest in any premises upon which any\n\nalcoholic beverage is sold at retail or in any business connected\n\nwith the retailing of alcoholic beverages; provided, nothing in this\n\nact shall prohibit the operation of a mixed beverage licensee, beer\n\nand wine licensee or caterer licensee by an entity which has common\n\nowners with the holder of a small brewer license or a brewpub\n\nlicense;\n\n2. Lend any money or other thing of value, or to make any gift\n\nor offer any gratuity, to any package store, retail wine, retail\n\nbeer, mixed beverage, beer and wine, public event or bottle club\n\nlicensee or caterer;\n\n3. Guarantee any loan or the repayment of any financial\n\nobligation of any retailer, mixed beverage, beer and wine, public\n\nevent or bottle club licensee or caterer;\n\n4. Require any wine and spirits wholesaler, beer distributor,\n\nretailer, mixed beverage, on-premises beer and wine licensee, public\n\nevent or caterer to purchase and dispose of any quota of alcoholic\n\nbeverages, or to require any retailer to purchase any kind, type,\n\nsize, container or brand of alcoholic beverages in order to obtain\n\nany other kind, type, size, container or brand of alcoholic\n\nbeverages;\n\n5. Sell to any retailer, mixed beverage, on-premises beer and\n\nwine licensee, public event or caterer any alcoholic beverage on\n\nconsignment, or upon condition, or with the privilege of return, or\n\non any condition other than a bona fide sale; provided, the\n\nfollowing shall not be considered a violation of this paragraph:\n\na. delivery in good faith, through mistake, inadvertence\n\nor oversight, of an alcoholic beverage that was not\n\nordered by a retailer, mixed beverage licensee, on-\n\npremises beer and wine licensee, caterer, public event\n\nor special event licensee to such licensee,\n\nb. replacement of product breakage that occurred while\n\nthe alcoholic beverages were in transit from the\n\nwholesaler to the licensee, or\n\nc. replacement of cork-tainted wine that makes the\n\nproduct unsaleable as long as the licensee notifies\n\nthe wine and spirits wholesaler of the defect in\n\nwriting within ninety (90) days after delivery of the\n\nproduct; or\n\n6. Extend credit to any retailer, other than holders of Federal\n\nLiquor Stamps on United States government reservations and\n\ninstallations, mixed beverage, public event or on-premises beer and\n\nwine licensee or caterer, other than a state lodge located in a\n\ncounty which has approved the retail sale of alcoholic beverages by\n\nthe individual drink for on-premises consumption. The acceptance of\n\na postdated check or draft or the failure to deposit for collection\n\na current check or draft by the second banking day after receipt\n\nshall be deemed an extension of credit. Violation of this section\n\nshall be grounds for suspension of the license.","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":"1ecdd0b39095cbd853d4af1b9e7ec55e4cf93f746852501205d54424bec26b3d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-3-118","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-3-120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}