Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control

Alan Everett, Director

Licensee Services

If you own a liquor license, are completing an application, or have recently submitted an application, your Customer Service Representative will be happy to assist you.

Mission Statement

To vigilantly promote the health, safety and welfare of Arizona citizens by licensing the liquor industry and assuring compliance with state liquor laws through collaboration, training, adjudication and enforcement.

LIQUOR INDUSTRY ADVISORIES

Two unique opportunities for bar (series 6) and beer and wine bar (series 7) licensees to expire on Friday, December 30, 2011

An electronic, printable version of the July 20, 2011 Title 4 Law Book is now available on line.

Click here to find new liquor laws effective July 20, 2011.

In response to wholesale and retail licensee requests for claification on Title 4 compliance regarding promotional displays and items of utilitarian value, DLLC's Director, Alan Everett, wrote this September 2011 letter on "promotional displays".

In response to wholesale and retail licensee requests for claification on Title 4 compliance regarding the exchange/return of broken product, DLLC's Director, Alan Everett, wrote this January 2011 letter on "breakage".

In response to requests for claification on Title 4 compliance regarding illegal gaming at liquor-licensed club establishments (series 14), DLLC's Director, Alan Everett, and Director of Arizona Department of Gaming, Mark Brnovich, wrote this March 2011 letter on illegal club gaming. Click here for Arizona gaming statues.

EXPECT LICENSE PROCESSING DELAYS!

Arizona's liquor industry will soon use a new eLicensing computer system to improve public access to liquor license information. As we prepare for the conversion, please allow the maximum timeframes required by law for licensing paperwork to be processed as follows:

Special Event permits may take up to 30-days to process.
New liquor licenses may take up to 105-days to be issued.

Renewals and other documents received by the Licensing Division will be date/time stamped to ensure that, when received prior to a deadline, they are documented as timely and no late fees will be assessed. Please continue to visit this website for updates. Your support and patience during this process are greatly appreciated by the DLLC staff.

You are welcome to hand-deliver your paperwork during regular Licensing Division office hours.

FY 2011 LIQUOR LICENSE LOTTERY

With new Arizona census data to be posted in July 2011, the next liquor license lottery will be held in Spring 2012. By statute (A.R.S. §4-206.01) and rule (A.A.C. R19-1-109), the Department of Liquor Licenses and Control (DLLC) conducts a liquor license lottery based on Arizona population projections.