4-244

4-244. Unlawful acts

It is unlawful:

1. For a person to buy for resale, sell or deal in spirituous liquors in this state
without first having procured a license duly issued by the board.

2. For a person to sell or deal in alcohol for beverage purposes without first
complying with this title.

3. For a distiller, vintner, brewer or wholesaler knowingly to sell, dispose of or
give spirituous liquor to any person other than a licensee except in sampling wares as
may be necessary in the ordinary course of business, except in donating spirituous liquor
to a nonprofit organization which has obtained a special event license for the purpose of
charitable fund raising activities or except in donating spirituous liquor with a cost to
the distiller, brewer or wholesaler of up to one hundred dollars in a calendar year to an
organization that is exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(c) of the
internal revenue code and not licensed under this title.

4. For a distiller, vintner or brewer to require a wholesaler to offer or grant a
discount to a retailer, unless the discount has also been offered and granted to the
wholesaler by the distiller, vintner or brewer.

5. For a distiller, vintner or brewer to use a vehicle for trucking or
transportation of spirituous liquors unless there is affixed to both sides of the vehicle
a sign showing the name and address of the licensee and the type and number of the
person's license in letters not less than three and one-half inches in height.

6. For a person to take or solicit orders for spirituous liquors unless the person
is a salesman or solicitor of a licensed wholesaler, a salesman or solicitor of a
distiller, brewer, vintner, importer or broker or a registered retail agent.

7. For any retail licensee to purchase spirituous liquors from any person other
than a solicitor or salesman of a wholesaler licensed in this state.

8. For a retailer to acquire an interest in property owned, occupied or used by a
wholesaler in his business, or in a license with respect to the premises of the
wholesaler.

9. Except as provided in paragraphs 10 and 11 of this section, for a licensee or
other person to sell, furnish, dispose of or give, or cause to be sold, furnished,
disposed of or given, to a person under the legal drinking age or for a person under the
legal drinking age to buy, receive, have in the person's possession or consume spirituous
liquor. This paragraph shall not prohibit the employment by an off-sale retailer of
persons who are at least sixteen years of age to check out, if supervised by a person on
the premises who is at least nineteen years of age, package or carry merchandise,
including spirituous liquor, in unbroken packages, for the convenience of the customer of
the employer, if the employer sells primarily merchandise other than spirituous liquor.

10. For a licensee to employ a person under nineteen years of age to manufacture,
sell or dispose of spirituous liquors. This paragraph shall not prohibit the employment
by an off-sale retailer of persons who are at least sixteen years of age to check out, if
supervised by a person on the premises who is at least nineteen years of age, package or
carry merchandise, including spirituous liquor, in unbroken packages, for the convenience
of the customer of the employer, if the employer sells primarily merchandise other than
spirituous liquor.

11. For an on-sale retailer to employ a person under nineteen years of age in any
capacity connected with the handling of spirituous liquors. This paragraph does not
prohibit the employment by an on-sale retailer of a person under nineteen years of age
who cleans up the tables on the premises for reuse, removes dirty dishes, keeps a ready
supply of needed items and helps clean up the premises.

12. For a licensee, when engaged in waiting on or serving customers, to consume
spirituous liquor or for a licensee or on-duty employee to be on or about the licensed
premises while in an intoxicated or disorderly condition.

13. For an employee of a retail licensee, during that employee's working hours or in
connection with such employment, to give to or purchase for any other person, accept a
gift of, purchase for himself or consume spirituous liquor, except that:

(a) An employee of a licensee, during that employee's working hours or in
connection with the employment, while the employee is not engaged in waiting on or
serving customers, may give spirituous liquor to or purchase spirituous liquor for any
other person.

(b) An employee of an on-sale retail licensee, during that employee's working hours
or in connection with the employment, while the employee is not engaged in waiting on or
serving customers, may taste samples of beer or wine not to exceed four ounces per day or
distilled spirits not to exceed two ounces per day provided by an employee of a
wholesaler or distributor who is present at the time of the sampling.

(c) An employee of an on-sale retail licensee, under the supervision of a manager
as part of the employee's training and education, while not engaged in waiting on or
serving customers may taste samples of distilled spirits not to exceed two ounces per
educational session or beer or wine not to exceed four ounces per educational session,
and provided that a licensee shall not have more than two educational sessions in any
thirty day period.

(d) An unpaid volunteer who is a bona fide member of a club and who is not engaged
in waiting on or serving spirituous liquor to customers may purchase for himself and
consume spirituous liquor while participating in a scheduled event at the club. An unpaid
participant in a food competition may purchase for himself and consume spirituous liquor
while participating in the food competition.

(e) An unpaid volunteer of a special event licensee under section 4-203.02 may
purchase and consume spirituous liquor while not engaged in waiting on or serving
spirituous liquor to customers at the special event. This subdivision does not apply to
an unpaid volunteer whose responsibilities include verification of a person's legal
drinking age, security or the operation of any vehicle or heavy machinery.

14. For a licensee or other person to serve, sell or furnish spirituous liquor to a
disorderly or obviously intoxicated person, or for a licensee or employee of the licensee
to allow or permit a disorderly or obviously intoxicated person to come into or remain on
or about the premises, except that a licensee or an employee of the licensee may allow an
obviously intoxicated person to remain on the premises for a period of time of not to
exceed thirty minutes after the state of obvious intoxication is known or should be known
to the licensee in order that a nonintoxicated person may transport the obviously
intoxicated person from the premises. For the purposes of this section, "obviously
intoxicated" means inebriated to the extent that a person's physical faculties are
substantially impaired and the impairment is shown by significantly uncoordinated
physical action or significant physical dysfunction that would have been obvious to a
reasonable person.

15. For an on-sale or off-sale retailer or an employee of such retailer to sell,
dispose of, deliver or give spirituous liquor to a person between the hours of 2:00 a.m.
and 6:00 a.m.

16. For a licensee or employee to knowingly permit any person on or about the
licensed premises to give or furnish any spirituous liquor to any person under twenty-one
years of age or knowingly permit any person under twenty-one years of age to have in the
person's possession spirituous liquor on the licensed premises.

17. For an on-sale retailer or an employee of such retailer to allow a person to
consume or possess spirituous liquors on the premises between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and
6:00 a.m.

18. For an on-sale retailer to permit an employee or for an employee to solicit or
encourage others, directly or indirectly, to buy the employee drinks or anything of value
in the licensed premises during the employee's working hours. No on-sale retailer shall
serve employees or allow a patron of the establishment to give spirituous liquor to,
purchase liquor for or drink liquor with any employee during the employee's working
hours.

19. For an off-sale retailer or employee to sell spirituous liquor except in the
original unbroken container, to permit spirituous liquor to be consumed on the premises
or to knowingly permit spirituous liquor to be consumed on adjacent property under the
licensee's exclusive control.

20. For a person to consume spirituous liquor in a public place, thoroughfare or
gathering. The license of a licensee permitting a violation of this paragraph on the
premises shall be subject to revocation. This paragraph does not apply to the sale of
spirituous liquors on the premises of and by an on-sale retailer. This paragraph also
does not apply to a person consuming beer from a broken package in a public recreation
area or on private property with permission of the owner or lessor or on the walkways
surrounding such private property or to a person consuming beer or wine from a broken
package in a public recreation area as part of a special event or festival that is
conducted under a license secured pursuant to section 4-203.02 or 4-203.03.

21. For a person to have possession of or to transport spirituous liquor which is
manufactured in a distillery, winery, brewery or rectifying plant contrary to the laws of
the United States and this state. Any property used in transporting such spirituous
liquor shall be forfeited to the state and shall be seized and disposed of as provided in
section 4-221.

22. For an on-sale retailer or employee to allow a person under the legal drinking
age to remain in an area on the licensed premises during those hours in which its primary
use is the sale, dispensing or consumption of alcoholic beverages after the licensee, or
the licensee's employees, know or should have known that the person is under the legal
drinking age. An on-sale retailer may designate an area of the licensed premises as an
area in which spirituous liquor will not be sold or consumed for the purpose of allowing
underage persons on the premises if the designated area is separated by a physical
barrier and at no time will underage persons have access to the area in which spirituous
liquor is sold or consumed. A licensee or an employee of a licensee may require a person
who intends to enter a licensed premises or a portion of a licensed premises where
persons under the legal drinking age are prohibited under this section to exhibit a
written instrument of identification that is acceptable under section 4-241 as a
condition of entry. The director, or a municipality, may adopt rules to regulate the
presence of underage persons on licensed premises provided the rules adopted by a
municipality are more stringent than those adopted by the director. The rules adopted by
the municipality shall be adopted by local ordinance and shall not interfere with the
licensee's ability to comply with this paragraph. This paragraph does not apply:

(a) If the person under the legal drinking age is accompanied by a spouse, parent
or legal guardian of legal drinking age or is an on-duty employee of the licensee.

(b) If the owner, lessee or occupant of the premises is a club as defined in
section 4-101, paragraph 7, subdivision (a) and the person under the legal drinking age
is any of the following:

(i) An active duty military service member.

(ii) A veteran.

(iii) A member of the United States army national guard or the United States air
national guard.

(iv) A member of the United States military reserve forces.

23. For an on-sale retailer or employee to conduct drinking contests, to sell or
deliver to a person an unlimited number of spirituous liquor beverages during any set
period of time for a fixed price, to deliver more than thirty-two ounces of beer, one
liter of wine or four ounces of distilled spirits in any spirituous liquor drink to one
person at one time for that person's consumption or to advertise any practice prohibited
by this paragraph.

24. For a licensee or employee to knowingly permit the unlawful possession, use,
sale or offer for sale of narcotics, dangerous drugs or marijuana on the premises.

25. For a licensee or employee to knowingly permit prostitution or the solicitation
of prostitution on the premises.

26. For a licensee or employee to knowingly permit unlawful gambling on the
premises.

27. For a licensee or employee to knowingly permit trafficking or attempted
trafficking in stolen property on the premises.

28. For a licensee or employee to fail or refuse to make the premises or records
available for inspection and examination as provided in this title or to comply with a
lawful subpoena issued under this title.

29. For any person other than a peace officer or a member of a sheriff's volunteer
posse while on duty who has received firearms training that is approved by the Arizona
peace officer standards and training board, the licensee or an employee of the licensee
acting with the permission of the licensee to be in possession of a firearm while on the
licensed premises of an on-sale retailer. This paragraph shall not be construed to
include a situation in which a person is on licensed premises for a limited time in order
to seek emergency aid and such person does not buy, receive, consume or possess
spirituous liquor. This paragraph shall not apply to:

(a) Hotel or motel guest room accommodations.

(b) The exhibition or display of a firearm in conjunction with a meeting, show,
class or similar event.

(c) A person with a permit issued pursuant to section 13-3112 who carries a
concealed handgun on the licensed premises of any on-sale retailer that has not posted a
notice pursuant to section 4-229.

30. For a licensee or employee to knowingly permit a person in possession of a
firearm other than a peace officer or a member of a sheriff's volunteer posse while on
duty who has received firearms training that is approved by the Arizona peace officer
standards and training board, the licensee or an employee of the licensee acting with the
permission of the licensee to remain on the licensed premises or to serve, sell or
furnish spirituous liquor to a person in possession of a firearm while on the licensed
premises of an on-sale retailer. It shall be a defense to action under this paragraph if
the licensee or employee requested assistance of a peace officer to remove such person.
This paragraph shall not apply to:

(a) Hotel or motel guest room accommodations.

(b) The exhibition or display of a firearm in conjunction with a meeting, show,
class or similar event.

(c) A person with a permit issued pursuant to section 13-3112 who carries a
concealed handgun on the licensed premises of any on-sale retailer that has not posted a
notice pursuant to section 4-229.

31. For any person in possession of a firearm while on the licensed premises of an
on-sale retailer to consume spirituous liquor.

32. For a licensee or employee to knowingly permit spirituous liquor to be removed
from the licensed premises, except in the original unbroken package. This paragraph
shall not apply to either of the following:

(a) A person who removes a bottle of wine which has been partially consumed in
conjunction with a purchased meal from licensed premises if a cork is inserted flush with
the top of the bottle or the bottle is otherwise securely closed.

(b) A person who is in licensed premises that have noncontiguous portions that are
separated by a public or private walkway or driveway and who takes spirituous liquor from
one portion of the licensed premises across the public or private walkway or driveway
directly to the other portion of the licensed premises.

33. For a person who is obviously intoxicated to buy or attempt to buy spirituous
liquor from a licensee or employee of a licensee or to consume spirituous liquor on
licensed premises.

34. For a person under twenty-one years of age to drive or be in physical control of
a motor vehicle while there is any spirituous liquor in the person's body.

35. For a person under twenty-one years of age to operate or be in physical control
of a motorized watercraft that is underway while there is any spirituous liquor in the
person's body. For the purposes of this paragraph, "underway" has the same meaning
prescribed in section 5-301.

36. For a licensee, manager, employee or controlling person to purposely induce a
voter, by means of alcohol, to vote or abstain from voting for or against a particular
candidate or issue on an election day.

37. For a licensee to fail to report an occurrence of an act of violence to either
the department or a law enforcement agency.

38. For a licensee to use a vending machine for the purpose of dispensing spirituous
liquor.

39. For a licensee to offer for sale a wine carrying a label including a reference
to Arizona or any Arizona city, town or geographic location unless at least seventy-five
per cent by volume of the grapes used in making the wine were grown in Arizona.

40. For a retailer to knowingly allow a customer to bring spirituous liquor onto the
licensed premises, except that an on-sale retailer may allow a wine and food club to
bring wine onto the premises for consumption by the club's members and guests of the
club's members in conjunction with meals purchased at a meeting of the club that is
conducted on the premises and that at least seven members attend. An on-sale retailer who
allows wine and food clubs to bring wine onto its premises under this paragraph shall
comply with all applicable provisions of this title and any rules adopted pursuant to
this title to the same extent as if the on-sale retailer had sold the wine to the members
of the club and their guests. For the purposes of this paragraph, "wine and food club"
means an association that has more than twenty bona fide members paying at least six
dollars per year in dues and that has been in existence for at least one year.

41. For a person under twenty-one years of age to have in the person's body any
spirituous liquor. In a prosecution for a violation of this paragraph:

(a) Pursuant to section 4-249, it is a defense that the spirituous liquor was
consumed in connection with the bona fide practice of a religious belief or as an
integral part of a religious exercise and in a manner not dangerous to public health or
safety.

(b) Pursuant to section 4-226, it is a defense that the spirituous liquor was
consumed for a bona fide medicinal purpose and in a manner not dangerous to public health
or safety.

42. For an employee of a licensee to accept any gratuity, compensation, remuneration
or consideration of any kind to either:

(a) Permit a person who is under twenty-one years of age to enter any portion of
the premises where that person is prohibited from entering pursuant to paragraph 22 of
this section.

(b) Sell, furnish, dispose of or give spirituous liquor to a person who is under
twenty-one years of age.

43. For a person to purchase, offer for sale or use any device, machine or process
which mixes spirituous liquor with pure oxygen or another gas to produce a vaporized
product for the purpose of consumption by inhalation.

44. For a retail licensee or an employee of a retail licensee to sell spirituous
liquor to a person if the retail licensee or employee knows the person intends to resell
the spirituous liquor.