Indiana · IN · Food & drink
Indiana: Where can you buy liquor?
Private licensed stores
Indiana issues liquor dealer permits to private package liquor stores and other retailers; the state does not sell spirits.
The Alcohol and Tobacco Commission issues a liquor dealer's permit for off-premises sales, with a specific version for package liquor stores. Dealers must buy liquor only from permit holders allowed to sell to them, and sell it in the original package. The general permit is written separately from the package-store permit, so it is not limited to liquor stores.
What the law says
The commission may issue a liquor dealer's permit to a person who desires to sell liquor to customers for consumption off the licensed premises. ... The commission may issue a liquor dealer's permit to the proprietor of a package liquor store.
Sources
- IC 7.1-3-10-1 (FindLaw) Mirror of official text · codes.findlaw.com
- IC 7.1-3-10-4 (FindLaw) Mirror of official text · codes.findlaw.com
- IC 7.1-3-10-7 (FindLaw) Mirror of official text · codes.findlaw.com
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission
- Website
- in.gov
How bordering states compare
- Illinois Private licensed storesIllinois licenses private retailers to sell liquor; the state does not buy or sell spirits itself.
- Kentucky Private licensed storesKentucky licenses private package stores to sell distilled spirits; the state does not buy or sell liquor.
- Michigan State wholesale, private storesMichigan's Liquor Control Commission is the wholesaler of spirits, but privately owned licensed stores sell liquor to the public.
- Ohio Private agency storesOhio sells bottled liquor through privately run businesses acting as agents of the state Division of Liquor Control, at state-set prices.