§ 105-113.70. Issuance, duration, transfer of license. - North Carolina Statutes

§105‑113.70.  Issuance, duration, transfer of license.

(a)        Issuance,Qualifications. – Each person who receives an ABC permit shall obtain thecorresponding local license, if any, under this Article. All local licenses areissued by the city or county where the establishment for which the license issought is located. The information required to be provided and thequalifications for a local license are the same as the information andqualifications required for the corresponding ABC permit. Upon proper applicationand payment of the prescribed tax, issuance of a local license is mandatory ifthe applicant holds the corresponding ABC permit. No local license may beissued under this Article until the applicant has received from the ABCCommission the applicable permit for that activity, and no county license maybe issued for an establishment located in a city in that county until theapplicant has received from the city the applicable license for that activity.

(b)        Duration. – Alllicenses issued under this section are annual licenses for the period from May1 to April 30.

(c)        Transfer. – Alicense may not be transferred from one person to another or from one locationto another.

(d)        License Exclusive.– A local government may not require a license for activities related to themanufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages other than the licenses stated inthis Article. (1985, c. 114, s. 1; 1998‑95, s. 16.)