The North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission is an agency of the government of
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...
within the state's Department of Public Safety.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control bill, submitted to the
state legislature in 1937, was enacted into law; it provided for the establishment of a State Board of Control, consisting of a Chairman and two associate members who would be appointed by the Governor. That Board is now known as the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
North Carolina is considered an
alcoholic beverage control state
Alcoholic beverage control states, generally called control states, less often ABC states, are 17 states in the United States that, as of 2016, have state monopoly over the wholesaling or retailing of some or all categories of alcoholic beverage ...
as well as a
local option state, as each county or city's voters decide whether alcohol shall be sold. There are 49 county and 106 municipal alcoholic beverage control boards across the state that sell
spirits
Spirit or spirits may refer to:
Liquor and other volatile liquids
* Spirits, a.k.a. liquor, distilled alcoholic drinks
* Spirit or tincture, an extract of plant or animal material dissolved in ethanol
* Volatile (especially flammable) liquids, ...
; sales of other alcoholic beverages are allowed or disallowed by the towns or counties.
State regulations require that each beer or wine product be approved by the Commission before being sold in North Carolina.
The Commission publishes the ''North Carolina Liquor Quarterly'', which includes advertisements for alcoholic beverages and a list of the state's uniform prices for spirits.
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State alcohol agencies of the United States
Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission