Until 2018, Indiana was one of nearly a dozen
U.S. states
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to ban all
Sunday alcohol sales outside of bars and restaurants. That ban was repealed when Senate Bill 1 was signed by
Gov. Eric Holcomb on February 28, 2018. Effective March 4, 2018,
convenience store
A convenience store, convenience shop, corner store or corner shop is a small retail business that stocks a range of everyday items such as coffee, groceries, snack foods, confectionery, soft drinks, ice creams, tobacco products, lottery ticket ...
s, grocers, and liquor stores may sell alcohol from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Sundays and after 7:00 AM on Mondays.
Effective July 4, 2010, beer sold in microbreweries may be sold on Sundays pursuant to Senate Bill 75. The sales must take place where the brewing is done. However, off-site sales may take place in trade shows and similar back door events.
A beer dealer shall not be entitled to sell beer and deliver beer for carry-out, or for delivery to a customer's residence or office, in a quantity that exceeds in a single transaction. The limit for grocery or drug store retailers is 864 ounces.
Grocers, convenience stores and pharmacies are not allowed to sell cold beer, although liquor stores may do so.
Establishments that sell beverages by the "drink" must have food service for 25 persons at a minimum (hot soups, hot sandwiches, coffee, milk, and soft drinks) available at all times. It is unlawful for establishments to provide discounts on alcohol to certain customers or at certain times of day (''e.g.'', during "
happy hour") that are not available to everyone.
Sale or serving of alcoholic beverages from 3 a.m. Christmas Day until 7 a.m. December 26 was banned until HB 1542 was passed in 2015.
Indiana is not an
alcoholic beverage control state.
Public intoxication
Public intoxication, also known as "drunk and disorderly" and "drunk in public", is a summary offense in some countries rated to public cases or displays of drunkenness. Public intoxication laws vary widely by jurisdiction, but usually require an ...
is a class B
misdemeanor
A misdemeanor (American English, spelled misdemeanour elsewhere) is any "lesser" criminal act in some common law legal systems. Misdemeanors are generally punished less severely than more serious felonies, but theoretically more so than adm ...
in Indiana. Merely being intoxicated in public is not a violation. One must either be endangering one's own life, someone else's life; breaching the peace or in imminent danger of breaching the peace; or is harassing, annoying or alarming another person.
Public intoxication is a class B misdemeanor. (IC 7.1-5-1-3) Indiana has a photo identification requirement for all off-premises transactions to anyone younger than 40 years old. (IC 7.1-5-10-23).
See also
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U.S. history of alcohol minimum purchase age by state
The alcohol laws of the United States regarding minimum age for purchase have changed over time. In colonial America, generally speaking, there were no drinking ages, and alcohol consumption by young teenagers was common, even in taverns. In p ...
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Alcohol laws of the United States by state
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Alcohol monopoly
An alcohol monopoly is a government monopoly on manufacturing and/or retailing of some or all alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine and spirits. It can be used as an alternative for total prohibition of alcohol. They exist in all Nordic countr ...
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Three-tier (alcohol distribution)
The three-tier system of alcohol distribution is the system for distributing alcoholic beverages set up in the United States after the repeal of Prohibition.Mayfield, KendraWeb Wine Sales Still Bottled Up ''Wired'', 31 March 2004. The three tiers ...
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Dry county
A dry county is a county in the United States whose government forbids the sale of any kind of alcoholic beverages. Some prohibit off-premises sale, some prohibit on-premises sale, and some prohibit both. Dozens of dry counties exist across the ...
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:State alcohol agencies of the United States
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National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984
The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 () was passed by the United States Congress and was later signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on July 17, 1984. The act would punish any state that allowed persons under 21 years to purchase al ...
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Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
Indiana law