The Liquor Licensing and Compliance Division is a division of the
Maine State Police
The Maine State Police (MSP) is the State police (United States), state police agency for Maine, which has jurisdiction across the state. It was created in 1921 to protect the lives, property, and constitutional rights of the citizens of the stat ...
, responsible for licensing the manufacture, importation, storage, transportation and sale of all
liquor
Liquor (or a spirit) is an alcoholic drink produced by distillation of grains, fruits, vegetables, or sugar, that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation. Other terms for liquor include: spirit drink, distilled beverage or hard ...
and enforcing compliance with
tax collection
A revenue service, revenue agency or taxation authority is a government agency responsible for the intake of government revenue, including taxes and sometimes non-tax revenue. Depending on the jurisdiction, revenue services may be charged with ...
on
malt liquor
Malt liquor is a type of mass market beer with high alcohol content, most closely associated with North America. Legally, it often includes any alcoholic beverage with 5% or more alcohol by volume made with malted barley. In common usage, it ...
and
wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...
.
See also
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Alcohol laws of Maine
The alcohol laws of Maine regulate the sale and possession of alcohol in the state of Maine in the United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country prima ...
State alcohol agencies of the United States
Liquor Licensing
A liquor license (or liquor licence in most forms of Commonwealth English) is a governmentally issued permit to sell, manufacture, store, or otherwise use alcoholic beverages.
Canada
In Canada, liquor licences are issued by the legal authority ...
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