Section 67-3-19 - Qualifications of applicant for permit as retailerWhere application is made for a permit to engage in the business of a retailer of light wine, light spirit product or beer, the applicant shall show in his application that he possesses the following qualifications:
(a) Applicant must be a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age, of good moral character and a resident of the State of Mississippi.(b) Applicant shall not have been convicted of a felony, or of pandering or of keeping or maintaining a house of prostitution, or have been convicted within two (2) years of the date of his application of any violation of the laws of this state or the laws of the United States relating to alcoholic liquor.(c) Applicant shall not have had revoked, except for a violation of Section 67-3-52, within two (2) years next preceding his application, any license or permit issued to him pursuant to the laws of this state, or any other state, to sell alcoholic liquor of any kind.(d) Applicant shall be the owner of the premises for which the permit is sought or the holder of an existing lease thereon.(e) Applicant shall not be residentially domiciled with any person whose permit has been revoked for cause, except for a violation of Section 67-3-52, within two (2) years next preceding the date of the present application for a permit.(f) The applicant has not had any license or permit to sell beer, light spirit product or light wine at retail revoked, within five (5) years next preceding his application, due to a violation of Section 67-3-52.(g) Applicant shall not employ any person whose permit has been revoked when such person owned or operated the business on the premises for which a permit is sought or allow such person to have any financial interest in the business of the applicant, until such person is qualified to obtain a permit in his own name.(h) The applicant is not indebted to the State of Mississippi for any taxes.(i) If applicant is a partnership, all members of the partnership must be qualified to obtain a permit. Each member of the partnership must be a resident of the State of Mississippi.(j) If applicant is a corporation, all officers and directors thereof, and any stockholder owning more than five percent (5%) of the stock of such corporation, and the person or persons who shall conduct and manage the licensed premises for the corporation shall possess all the qualifications required herein for any individual permittee. However, the requirements as to residence shall not apply to officers, directors and stockholders of such corporation.Any misstatement or concealment of fact in an application shall be ground for denial of the application or for revocation of the permit issued thereon.
The commissioner may refuse to issue a permit to an applicant for a place that is frequented by known criminals, prostitutes, or other law violators or troublemakers who disturb the peace and quietude of the community and frequently require the assistance of peace officers to apprehend such law violators or to restore order. The burden of proof of establishing the foregoing shall rest upon the commissioner.
Codes, 1942, § 10238-01; Laws, 1944, ch. 133, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 590, § 1; Laws, 1995, ch. 366, § 1; Laws, 1998, ch. 466, § 2; Laws, 2007, ch. 462, § 2, eff. 3/26/2007.Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 314, HB 917,§ 10, eff. 6/18/2020.