New Hampshire Revised Statutes 179:15 – Transportation of Beverages and Wine
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I. A person may transport or deliver beverages and wines in this state without a license, provided such beverages and wines were obtained as authorized by this title and provided such beverages and wines are for consumption only and not for resale purposes.
II. Licensees may transport and deliver to their place of business beverages and wines purchased as authorized under this title, and may transport and deliver anywhere in the state such beverages and wines ordered from and sold by them in vehicles operated under the control of themselves or of their employees, provided that the owner of such vehicles shall carry a copy of the license issued by the commission in the vehicle driven on behalf of the licensee for whom they are transporting such beverages and wines.
III. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph II, an on-premises licensee may purchase a restaurant delivery license from the commission for $250. Such license shall expire one year after the date of issue and may be renewed by an on-premises licensee for $250 each year.
(b) An on-premises licensee in possession of a restaurant delivery license shall only be permitted to transport beverages and wines for delivery to consumers subject to the following requirements:
(1) All deliveries of beverages and wines shall be accompanied by food prepared by the restaurant delivery licensee and ordered by the consumer;
(2) All deliveries of beverages and wine conducted pursuant to this section shall be undertaken during the on-premises licensee’s hours of operation and shall be delivered only to areas where the sale of alcoholic beverages is permitted;
(3) All deliveries of beverages and wine shall be solely for the personal consumption of the consumer and not for resale;
(4) All beverages and wines transported pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 179:15, II shall be transported in their original, manufactured, sealed containers;
(5) Any individual engaged in the delivery of beverages and wines pursuant to this section shall be an employee who regularly receives a W-2 from the on-premises licensee and is at least 21 years of age; and
(6) During deliveries conducted under this section, the person engaged in making the delivery shall acquire a signed receipt from the consumer. Consumers who appear visibly intoxicated or who a reasonable and prudent person would know are intoxicated, who do not produce identification verifying the consumer’s age, or who fail to sign a receipt shall not be entitled to his or her delivery of beverages or wine.
(c) No holder of a restaurant delivery license or on-premises license shall deliver any alcoholic beverage to any college, university, or school, whether public or private, located within the state. No holder of a restaurant delivery license or on-premises license shall deliver any alcoholic beverage to any public library, public playground, or public park.
IV. A person holding an on-premises license engaged in take-out services may include beverages and wine with meals sold to a consumer for consumption by the consumer and not for resale. The requirements set forth in subparagraph III(b) shall apply to any take-out meal sold with beverages or wine.
V. Every person operating such a vehicle, when engaged in such transportation or delivery, shall carry a copy of the license in the vehicle so operated, and shall carry such evidence as the commission by rule may prescribe showing the origin and destination of the beverages and wines being transported or delivered. Upon demand of any law enforcement officer, investigator, or employee of the commission, the person operating such vehicle shall produce for inspection a copy of the license and the evidence required by this section. Failure to produce such license or evidence shall constitute prima facie evidence of unlawful transportation. Except as otherwise provided, beverages and wines may be transported within the state only by a railroad or steamboat corporation or by a person regularly and lawfully conducting a general express or trucking business, and in each case holding a valid carrier’s license issued by the commission. Nothing in this section shall prohibit individual retail licensees from arranging for the delivery of wine products to a location central for the parties involved.
II. Licensees may transport and deliver to their place of business beverages and wines purchased as authorized under this title, and may transport and deliver anywhere in the state such beverages and wines ordered from and sold by them in vehicles operated under the control of themselves or of their employees, provided that the owner of such vehicles shall carry a copy of the license issued by the commission in the vehicle driven on behalf of the licensee for whom they are transporting such beverages and wines.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 179:15
- Commission: means the state liquor commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- License: means the authority granted by the commission to engage in the sale of liquor, wine, beverages, tobacco products, or e-cigarettes otherwise unlawful unless evidenced by such document. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Licensee: means the person to whom a license of any kind is issued by the commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Person: means an individual, partnership, limited liability company or corporation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Restaurant: means a space, in a suitable or permanent building, kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where meals are regularly served. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
III. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph II, an on-premises licensee may purchase a restaurant delivery license from the commission for $250. Such license shall expire one year after the date of issue and may be renewed by an on-premises licensee for $250 each year.
(b) An on-premises licensee in possession of a restaurant delivery license shall only be permitted to transport beverages and wines for delivery to consumers subject to the following requirements:
(1) All deliveries of beverages and wines shall be accompanied by food prepared by the restaurant delivery licensee and ordered by the consumer;
(2) All deliveries of beverages and wine conducted pursuant to this section shall be undertaken during the on-premises licensee’s hours of operation and shall be delivered only to areas where the sale of alcoholic beverages is permitted;
(3) All deliveries of beverages and wine shall be solely for the personal consumption of the consumer and not for resale;
(4) All beverages and wines transported pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 179:15, II shall be transported in their original, manufactured, sealed containers;
(5) Any individual engaged in the delivery of beverages and wines pursuant to this section shall be an employee who regularly receives a W-2 from the on-premises licensee and is at least 21 years of age; and
(6) During deliveries conducted under this section, the person engaged in making the delivery shall acquire a signed receipt from the consumer. Consumers who appear visibly intoxicated or who a reasonable and prudent person would know are intoxicated, who do not produce identification verifying the consumer’s age, or who fail to sign a receipt shall not be entitled to his or her delivery of beverages or wine.
(c) No holder of a restaurant delivery license or on-premises license shall deliver any alcoholic beverage to any college, university, or school, whether public or private, located within the state. No holder of a restaurant delivery license or on-premises license shall deliver any alcoholic beverage to any public library, public playground, or public park.
IV. A person holding an on-premises license engaged in take-out services may include beverages and wine with meals sold to a consumer for consumption by the consumer and not for resale. The requirements set forth in subparagraph III(b) shall apply to any take-out meal sold with beverages or wine.
V. Every person operating such a vehicle, when engaged in such transportation or delivery, shall carry a copy of the license in the vehicle so operated, and shall carry such evidence as the commission by rule may prescribe showing the origin and destination of the beverages and wines being transported or delivered. Upon demand of any law enforcement officer, investigator, or employee of the commission, the person operating such vehicle shall produce for inspection a copy of the license and the evidence required by this section. Failure to produce such license or evidence shall constitute prima facie evidence of unlawful transportation. Except as otherwise provided, beverages and wines may be transported within the state only by a railroad or steamboat corporation or by a person regularly and lawfully conducting a general express or trucking business, and in each case holding a valid carrier’s license issued by the commission. Nothing in this section shall prohibit individual retail licensees from arranging for the delivery of wine products to a location central for the parties involved.