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Nebraska: Where can you buy liquor?
Private licensed stores
Nebraska licenses privately owned retailers to sell liquor in original packages for off-premises drinking; the state does not sell liquor.
A Class D retail license covers alcoholic liquor, including beer, sold in original packages to take home. These licenses are issued to private businesses, and the state does not run stores or buy liquor for resale. That last point is an inference from the licensing law.
What the law says
Class D: Alcoholic liquor, including beer, for consumption off the premises, sales in the original packages only,
Sources
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-124(6)(a)(iv) Official · nebraskalegislature.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Nebraska Liquor Control Commission
- Phone
- (402) 471-2571
- Website
- lcc.nebraska.gov
How bordering states compare
- Colorado Private licensed storesColorado licenses private retail liquor stores to sell spirits in sealed containers; the state does not buy or sell liquor.
- Iowa State wholesale, private storesIowa is the only wholesaler of liquor, but privately owned licensed stores sell it to the public.
- Kansas Private licensed storesKansas licenses privately owned retail liquor stores to sell spirits in sealed packages; the state does not buy or sell liquor.
- Missouri Private licensed storesMissouri licenses private businesses, including grocery stores, drug stores and general merchandise stores, to sell bottled liquor.
- South Dakota Private licensed storesSouth Dakota licenses private wholesalers and off-sale liquor stores; the state does not sell liquor itself.
- Wyoming State wholesale, private storesWyoming's Liquor Division is the only liquor wholesaler, but private businesses with local retail licenses sell liquor to the public.