Missouri Laws 311.260 – More than five licenses by any one person prohibited, exception
1. No person, corporation, employee, officer, agent, subsidiary, or affiliate thereof, shall:
(1) Have more than five licenses; or
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 311.260
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- intoxicating liquor: as used in this chapter shall mean and include alcohol for beverage purposes, alcoholic, spirituous, vinous, fermented, malt, or other liquors, or combination of liquors, a part of which is spirituous, vinous, or fermented, and all preparations or mixtures for beverage purposes, containing in excess of one-half of one percent by volume. See Missouri Laws 311.020
- person: as used in this chapter shall mean and include any individual, association, joint stock company, syndicate, copartnership, corporation, receiver, trustee, conservator, or other officer appointed by any state or federal court. See Missouri Laws 311.030
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) Be directly or indirectly interested in any business of any other person, corporation, or employee, officer, agent, subsidiary, or affiliate thereof, who sells intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises described in any license; or
(3) Sell intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink for consumption at the place of sale at more than five places in this state.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or municipal ordinance to the contrary, for the purpose of determining whether a person, corporation, employee, officer, agent, subsidiary, or affiliate thereof has a disqualifying interest in more than five licenses pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, there shall not be counted any license to sell intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink for consumption on the following premises:
(1) Restaurants where at least fifty percent of the gross income of which is derived from the sale of prepared meals or food consumed on the premises where sold; or
(2) Establishments which have an annual gross income of at least two hundred thousand dollars from the sale of prepared meals or food consumed on the premises where sold; or
(3) Facilities designed for the performance of live entertainment and where the receipts for admission to such performances exceed one hundred thousand dollars per calendar year; or
(4) Any establishment having at least forty rooms for the overnight accommodation of transient guests.