Section 35-4-10.2 - Off-sale licensees permitted to provide free samples--No additional licenserequired--Restrictions--Violation as misdemeanor. - South Dakota Statutes

35-4-10.2. Off-sale licensees permitted to provide free samples--No additional license required--Restrictions--Violation as misdemeanor. A licensee holding a license pursuant to subdivision 35-4-2(3) or (5) may provide samples of malt beverages, wine, distilled spirits, liqueurs, and cordials to the general public without obtaining an additional license. The licensee may only offer as samples the malt beverages, wine, distilled spirits, liqueurs, and cordials that the licensee currently has in stock and is offering for sale to the general public. The malt beverage, wine, distilled spirits, liqueur, and cordial samples shall be dispensed at no charge and shall be consumed on the licensed premises during the permitted hours of off-sale. No sample of malt beverage may be larger than three fluid ounces. No sample of wine may be larger than fifty milliliters and no sample of distilled spirits, liqueur, or cordial may be larger than twenty-five milliliters. No more than three varieties of malt beverages, three varieties of wines, and three varieties of distilled spirits, liqueurs, or cordials may be offered for sampling in any one day. No more than three samples may be offered or dispensed to any individual. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1989, ch 317; SL 1998, ch 220, § 1; SL 2009, ch 176, § 1.