2006 Minnesota Statutes

340A.402 PERSONS ELIGIBLE.
No retail license may be issued to:
(1) a person under 21 years of age;
(2) a person who has had an intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor license revoked
within five years of the license application, or to any person who at the time of the violation owns
any interest, whether as a holder of more than five percent of the capital stock of a corporation
licensee, as a partner or otherwise, in the premises or in the business conducted thereon, or to a
corporation, partnership, association, enterprise, business, or firm in which any such person is
in any manner interested;
(3) a person not of good moral character and repute; or
(4) a person who has a direct or indirect interest in a manufacturer, brewer, or wholesaler.
In addition, no new retail license may be issued to, and the governing body of a municipality
may refuse to renew the license of, a person who, within five years of the license application,
has been convicted of a felony or a willful violation of a federal or state law or local ordinance
governing the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession for sale or distribution of an alcoholic
beverage. The Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division or licensing authority may require
that fingerprints be taken and forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes
of a criminal history check.
History: 1985 c 305 art 6 s 2; 1986 c 330 s 5; 1987 c 152 art 1 s 1; 1989 c 49 s 1; 1991 c
249 s 3; 1993 c 350 s 9; 1994 c 611 s 15; 1996 c 323 s 4; 2002 c 321 s 6