Contact The Licensing Division

For information regarding an existing liquor license, a submitted application, or license renewal, your customer service representiative will be happy to assist you. Representatives are assigned alphabetically by the last name of the owner/agent on the liquor license. If the license is owned by an entity, use the first letter of the business name to identify your customer service representative.

Licensing Division responsibilities include the processing of new license applications, permits, renewals, and keeping information up-to-date and accurate on active licenses. There were 11,182 active liquor licenses at year end FY 2009.

In FY 2009, 1,892 new licenses were issued and 11,097 licenses were renewed.

DLLC’s Information Technology (IT) and Records Unit provides support for the Licensing Division. This support includes continuous on-line access of up-to-the-minute license status for industry stakeholders. Documentation for each license is stored on the department’s Licensing Control System (LCS), a database developed for the department in the 1990s. Data for public and departmental access on the DLLC website, for departmental reports, and public records requests are stored on LCS. LCS is updated by the licensing, compliance, and investigative staff and maintained by IT.

To improve our ability to serve you, DLLC will begin implementation of a new Electronic Licensing Information System (ELIS) in late 2009. ELIS, part of the Governor’s statewide e-licensing initiative, is a world-class e-licensing solution. In conjunction with the Registrar of Contractors (ROC) and Government Information Technology Agency (GITA), ELIS will drive consistent and efficient licensing operations shared by multiple licensing agencies and boards in Arizona.

For more information about the the divisions and units of DLLC, please view our Organizational Chart.