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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 37. INTOXICATING LIQUORS

  § 37-213. Hours during which sale prohibited - Penalties.  

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  • A.  It shall be unlawful for any place licensed to sell beverages containing more than one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) of alcohol by volume and not more than three and two-tenths percent (3.2%) of alcohol by weight to sell, dispense, or serve such beverages for consumption on the premises between the hours of two o'clock a.m. and seven o'clock a.m. or allow such beverages to be consumed on the premises between the hours of two o'clock a.m. and seven o'clock a.m. excepting Saturday nights when such beverages may not be sold, dispensed, served, or consumed on the premises between the hours of two o'clock a.m. and twelve o'clock noon on Sundays; provided, the governing body of any city or town is hereby authorized to prohibit, by ordinance regularly enacted, the sale, dispensing, serving, and consumption of such beverages between the hours of two o'clock a.m. on Sunday and seven o'clock a.m. of the following Monday.

    B.  It shall be unlawful for any place that is a commercial premises to allow beverages containing more than one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) alcohol by volume and not more than three and two-tenths percent (3.2%) of alcohol by weight to be consumed on such commercial premises between the hours of two o’clock a.m. and seven o’clock a.m.  As used in this subsection, “commercial premises” means a location or establishment at which this type of business or activity is carried on for profit.

    C.  Any person violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.  In addition, such violation shall be grounds for revocation of any license or permit for the sale of such beverages, as and in the manner provided by law.

Added by Laws 1943, p. 109, § 3.  Amended by Laws 1953, p. 139, § 1; Laws 1985, c. 128, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 1985; Laws 1991, c. 100, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 2000, c. 50, § 1, emerg. eff. April 14, 2000.