Oklahoma: Where can you buy liquor?
Oklahoma liquor is sold by privately owned retail liquor stores licensed by the ABLE Commission, which buy from licensed wholesalers.
A retail spirits license lets a liquor store buy wine and spirits from a wine and spirits wholesaler and sell them for off-premises use. Grocery stores, convenience stores, gas stations and pharmacies can get separate beer or wine licenses, but those do not cover spirits. The state does not run stores or act as the wholesaler.
What the law says
Authorizes the holder to purchase wine and spirits from a wine and spirits wholesaler and beer from a beer distributor or holder of a small brewer self-distribution license. Authorizes the holder to sell the same for off-premises consumption only and not for resale and to host alcoholic beverage tastings.
Sources
- Oklahoma ABLE Commission, Business License Guide (Retail Spirits Store, RET) Official · oklahoma.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement (ABLE) Commission
- Phone
- 405-521-3484
- Website
- oklahoma.gov
How bordering states compare
- Arkansas Private licensed storesArkansas issues permits to private retailers to sell liquor for off-premises drinking; the state does not sell liquor.
- Colorado Private licensed storesColorado licenses private retail liquor stores to sell spirits in sealed containers; the state does not buy or sell liquor.
- 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.
- New Mexico Private licensed storesNew Mexico liquor is sold by privately owned businesses holding state liquor licenses, including package stores, grocery stores and convenience stores.
- Texas Private licensed storesTexas sells liquor through privately owned package stores that buy from private wholesalers; the state does not sell liquor.