South Carolina: Where can you buy liquor?
South Carolina liquor is sold by privately owned retail liquor stores licensed by the Department of Revenue, which buy from licensed wholesalers.
Retail dealer licensees buy liquor from licensed wholesalers and sell sealed bottles to go, Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Liquor stores cannot sell beer, food or other merchandise, and no Sunday sales are allowed. The law limits how many stores one licensee may own.
Conditions
- Sales Monday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- No sales of items other than liquor or wine
- Limit on number of retail licenses per licensee
What the law says
retail dealers' licenses which authorize the licensees to purchase alcoholic liquors from wholesalers having licenses issued under this article, and to store, keep, possess, and sell alcoholic liquors at retail for consumption in compliance with the provisions of the ABC Act and regulations not in conflict herewith.
Sources
- S.C. Code § 61-6-100(3) Official · scstatehouse.gov
- SCDOR, Retail Liquor Store License (PRL) Official · dor.sc.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- South Carolina Department of Revenue, Alcohol Beverage Licensing
- Phone
- 803-898-5864
- Website
- dor.sc.gov
How bordering states compare
- Georgia Private licensed storesGeorgia licenses private retail package liquor stores to sell distilled spirits to consumers; the state does not sell liquor.
- North Carolina Government-run storesNorth Carolina sells liquor only in ABC stores run by local government ABC boards.
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