Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-3-119

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Business interests and acts prohibited for

Official statutory text

manufacturer, wine and spirits wholesaler, beer distributor, person

authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to a wholesaler and others.

It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, brewer, wine and

spirits wholesaler, beer distributor or person authorized to sell

alcoholic beverages to a wholesaler, or any employee, officer,

director, stockholder owning fifteen percent (15%) or more of the

stock, any type of partner, manager, member or agent thereof, to

directly or indirectly:

1. Have any financial interest in any premises upon which any

alcoholic beverage is sold at retail or in any business connected

with the retailing of alcoholic beverages; provided, nothing in this

act shall prohibit the operation of a mixed beverage licensee, beer

and wine licensee or caterer licensee by an entity which has common

owners with the holder of a small brewer license or a brewpub

license;

2. Lend any money or other thing of value, or to make any gift

or offer any gratuity, to any package store, retail wine, retail

beer, mixed beverage, beer and wine, public event or bottle club

licensee or caterer;

3. Guarantee any loan or the repayment of any financial

obligation of any retailer, mixed beverage, beer and wine, public

event or bottle club licensee or caterer;

4. Require any wine and spirits wholesaler, beer distributor,

retailer, mixed beverage, on-premises beer and wine licensee, public

event or caterer to purchase and dispose of any quota of alcoholic

beverages, or to require any retailer to purchase any kind, type,

size, container or brand of alcoholic beverages in order to obtain

any other kind, type, size, container or brand of alcoholic

beverages;

5. Sell to any retailer, mixed beverage, on-premises beer and

wine licensee, public event or caterer any alcoholic beverage on

consignment, or upon condition, or with the privilege of return, or

on any condition other than a bona fide sale; provided, the

following shall not be considered a violation of this paragraph:

a. delivery in good faith, through mistake, inadvertence

or oversight, of an alcoholic beverage that was not

ordered by a retailer, mixed beverage licensee, on-

premises beer and wine licensee, caterer, public event

or special event licensee to such licensee,

b. replacement of product breakage that occurred while

the alcoholic beverages were in transit from the

wholesaler to the licensee, or

c. replacement of cork-tainted wine that makes the

product unsaleable as long as the licensee notifies

the wine and spirits wholesaler of the defect in

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writing within ninety (90) days after delivery of the

product; or

6. Extend credit to any retailer, other than holders of Federal

Liquor Stamps on United States government reservations and

installations, mixed beverage, public event or on-premises beer and

wine licensee or caterer, other than a state lodge located in a

county which has approved the retail sale of alcoholic beverages by

the individual drink for on-premises consumption. The acceptance of

a postdated check or draft or the failure to deposit for collection

a current check or draft by the second banking day after receipt

shall be deemed an extension of credit. Violation of this section

shall be grounds for suspension of the license.

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