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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO
Chapter 562
BEVERAGE LAW: ENFORCEMENT
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F.S. 562.14
562.14 Regulating the time for sale of alcoholic and intoxicating beverages; prohibiting use of licensed premises.
(1) Except as otherwise provided by county or municipal ordinance, no alcoholic beverages may be sold, consumed, served, or permitted to be served or consumed in any place holding a license under the division between the hours of midnight and 7 a.m. of the following day. This section shall not apply to railroads selling only to passengers for consumption on railroad cars.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by county or municipal ordinance, no vendor issued an alcoholic beverage license to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the vendor’s licensed premises and whose principal business is the sale of alcoholic beverages, shall allow the licensed premises, as defined in s. 561.01(11), to be rented, leased, or otherwise used during the hours in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited. However, this prohibition shall not apply to the rental, lease, or other use of the licensed premises on Sundays after 8 a.m. Further, neither this subsection, nor any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this subsection, shall be construed to apply to a theme park complex as defined in s. 565.02(6) or an entertainment/resort complex as defined in s. 561.01(18).
(3) The division shall not be responsible for the enforcement of the hours of sale established by county or municipal ordinance.
(4) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 11, ch. 16774, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4151(237); s. 1, ch. 20830, 1941; ss. 1-4, ch. 21944, 1943; s. 1, ch. 22605, 1945; s. 16, ch. 23746, 1947; s. 1, ch. 57-327; ss. 16, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 566, ch. 71-136; s. 2, ch. 72-230; s. 21, ch. 79-11; s. 3, ch. 97-165.

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Amendments to 562.14


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 562.14
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S562.14 - LIQUOR-SELL - AFTER HOURS - M: S
S562.14 - LIQUOR-SELL - AFTER HOURS SUBSQ OFF - F: T
S562.14 2 - LIQUOR - ALCOHOL VIOL ALLOW PREM TO BE USED AFTER HOURS - M: S
S562.14 2 - LIQUOR - ALLOW PREMISES USED AFTER HOURS SUBSQ OFF - F: T



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, v. S H FOSTER S, INC. d b a s, 80 So. 3d 433 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . Section 562.14, Florida Statutes (2010), provides in pertinent part: (1) Except as otherwise provided . . . holding a license under the division between the hours of midnight and 7 a.m. of the following day.... § 562.14 . . . Pursuant to section 562.14(1), the Village was permitted to enact Section 3-2, which regulates the sale . . . deprivation of property rights, and an unreasonable exercise of police powers, and reasoning that section 562.14 . . . Pursuant to section 562.14(1), the Village had the authority to enact its ordinance regulating sale of . . .

MOHEB, INC. d b a Mr. s, v. CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,, 756 F. Supp. 2d 1370 (S.D. Fla. 2010)

. . . . § 562.14, which concerns the regulation of alcohol sales by municipalities, neither Party has presented . . .

ISRA VISION, AG, v. BURTON INDUSTRIES, INC., 654 F. Supp. 2d 638 (E.D. Mich. 2009)

. . . director-in-fact of Dimatec and placed a lien on ISRA and several individual executives for 8,685,-562.14 . . .

JENNINGS, v. STATE, 667 So. 2d 442 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . .”); § 562.14, Fla.Stat. (1993) (regulating the sale of alcohol “between the hours of midnight and 7 . . . We have found only one instance where the Florida Legislature used the term “12 p.m.” § 562.14(1), Fla.Stat . . .

SILVER ROSE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. a a s a a a s a a a a v. CLAY COUNTY, a, 646 So. 2d 246 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . regulate the days on which purveyors of alcoholic beverages may open for business, on account of section 562.14 . . . responsible for the enforcement of the hours of sale established by county or municipal ordinance,” § 562.14 . . .

VILLAGE SALOON, INC. d b a v. DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION, P. S. R. INVESTMENTS, INC. d b a v. DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION,, 463 So. 2d 278 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . a civil penalty for selling alcoholic beverages after the legal hours of sale permitted by section 562.14 . . . hours of sale of alcoholic beverages “except as otherwise provided by county or municipal ordinance.” § 562.14 . . . the hours of midnight and 7:00 A.M. the following day, Monday thru (sic) Friday pursuant to Section 562.14 . . . town manager and town police attempt to enforce prohibited hours of sale in accordance with section 562.14 . . . on March 14, 1984, the Division filed its final orders finding that appellants had violated section 562.14 . . .

CITY OF MIAMI SPRINGS, v. J. J. T. INC. a d b a s, 437 So. 2d 200 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . explicitly outlined the power of municipalities to regulate alcoholic beverage licensees in Sections 562.14 . . .

B. M. Z. CORPORATION, v. CITY OF OAKLAND PARK,, 415 So. 2d 735 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . Such delay seems not only consistent with the right of a city pursuant to section 562.14, Florida Statutes . . .

PLAYPEN SOUTH, INC. v. CITY OF OAKLAND PARK, a H. H. B. H. P. L., 396 So. 2d 830 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . With regard to appellant’s right to the relief requested, Section 562.14, Florida Statutes (1979), authorizes . . .

CITY OF POMPANO BEACH, a v. BIG DADDY S, INC., 375 So. 2d 281 (Fla. 1979)

. . . 863 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977), cert. denied, 364 So.2d 889 (Fla.1978): “There is no question that section 562.14 . . . about reducing the closing hours from 4 a. m. to 2 a. m., particularly when the legislature in section 562.14 . . .

OTHER PLACE OF MIAMI, INC. v. CITY OF HIALEAH GARDENS,, 353 So. 2d 861 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

. . . provide for the regulation of hours of sale of alcoholic beverages by ordinance as authorized by Section 562.14 . . . There is no question that Section 562.14, Florida Statutes (1975) permits a municipality to reasonably . . .

WEDNESDAY NIGHT, INC. a d b a III, v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, 272 So. 2d 502 (Fla. 1972)

. . . Section 562.14(3), F.S.A. . . . Whether Section 562.14, F.S. [F.S. . . . Section 562.14, F.S.A., reads as follows : “562.14 Regulating the time for sale of alcoholic and intoxicating . . . Section 562.14, F.S.A. . . . Section 562.14(3), F.S.A. is a general law relating to all municipalities. . . .

PENSACOLA YACHT CLUB v. STATE BEVERAGE DEPARTMENT,, 30 Fla. Supp. 178 (Escambia Cty. Cir. Ct. 1968)

. . . The heading of §562.14 relates to “regulating the time for sale of alcoholic and intoxicating beverages . . . The title of that act, among other things, states that it is an act amending section(s) . . . 562.14, . . . The 1941 version of §562.14 was as follows — “562.14 sale on Sunday prohibited; exception, cities may . . . The pertinent provision of §562.14(2) relied upon declares that no intoxicating beverages may be sold . . . , namely: chapter 23746, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1947, as well as the heading of §562.14. . . .

L. MAYHUE, s v. CITY OF PLANTATION, FLORIDA,, 375 F.2d 447 (5th Cir. 1967)

. . . . § 562.14(3) (1962), they are permitted to be open for business by the incorporated municipality in . . .

CONKLIN v. SMITH,, 191 So. 2d 311 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966)

. . . in the several county commissioners’ districts of the county pursuant to the provisions of Section 562.14 . . . MS. § 562.14(4), F.S.A. . . .

SOUTH DAYTONA RESTAURANTS, INC. a v. CITY OF SOUTH DAYTONA, a, 186 So. 2d 78 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966)

. . . case, supra, and the Florida Statute and its interpretation by our Supreme Court as follows: Section 562.14 . . .

CITY OF PENSACOLA v. CHRISTIE, 20 Fla. Supp. 66 (Escambia Cty. Cir. Ct. 1962)

. . . had a part; as well as in certain provisions of the general laws of Florida, particularly sections 562.14 . . . The general beverage law of Florida in section 562.14(1) makes it a violation of state law to. sell, . . . Incorporated municipalities are authorized by section 562.14(3) to regulate by ordinance the hours of . . . by the legislature of Florida by the several statutes referred to above, and particularly by section 562.14 . . . The Beverage Law of Florida (sections 562.14(1), (2), and (5)), as we have seen, makes it a misdemeanor . . .

G. A. CRONE, s v. L. PEEPLES,, 124 So. 2d 876 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1960)

. . . Beverage Department of Florida which suspended appellant’s beverage license for •violation of Section 562.14 . . .

STATE BEVERAGE DEPARTMENT H. G. Jr. v. ERNAL, INC. a d b a, 115 So. 2d 566 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1959)

. . . with permitting consumption of whiskey or gin on the premises on the same Sunday; in violation of § 562.14 . . . sales of package whiskey, during the hours said sales were prohibited by law, in violation o.L Section 562.14 . . . , during the hours consumption of said mixed drinks were prohibited by law, in violation of Section 562.14 . . . Section 562.14, Florida Statutes, prohibits the sale, consumption or service of alcoholic beverages at . . .

FUTCH v. STATE BEVERAGE DIRECTOR, 13 Fla. Supp. 198 (Volusia Cty. Cir. Ct. 1959)

. . . Section 562.14 (4) provides in effect that the board of county commissioners of any county may regulate . . . liquor during the hours prohibited by county resolution — notwithstanding the provision in section 562.14 . . .

STATE v. ALTMAN,, 106 So. 2d 401 (Fla. 1958)

. . . 561.29, 561.32, 561.34, 561.42, 561.43, 561.44, 561.45, 561.47, 561.54, 562.02, 562.09, 562.10, 562.11, 562.14 . . .

RETAIL LIQUOR DEALERS ASSOCIATION OF DADE COUNTY, a v. DADE COUNTY, a, 100 So. 2d 76 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1958)

. . . See § 104.381, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., and § 562.14, Fla.Stat., F.S.A. . . .

STATE v. WILLIAMS, 9 Fla. Supp. 195 (Marion Cty. Cir. Ct. 1956)

. . . legislature has by several acts amended the law relative to hours of sale which have become section 562.14 . . .

MAKOS v. PRINCE, 64 So. 2d 670 (Fla. 1953)

. . . In this case the county commissioners of Palm Beach County, acting under the authority of Section 562.14 . . . Section 562.14(1), F.S., F.S.A., is as follows : “No alcoholic beverages may be sold, consumed or served . . . Section 562.14(4), F.S., F.S.A., is as follows : “The board of county commissioners of any county of . . . It is urged by the appellees that under the powers specifically granted by Section 562.14(4), F.S.1951 . . . Section 562.14(1) fixed the hours of sale throughout the State. . . . Acting under the authority supposedly conferred by the provisions of section 562.14(4), Florida Statutes . . . Thereupon, this appeal was taken., ' Subsections 1 and 4 of section 562.14, Florida Statutes 1951,-F.S.A . . .

STATE OF FLORIDA, DAVID J. HOFFMAN, v. JAMES T. VOCELLE,, 159 Fla. 88 (Fla. 1947)

. . . That you did violate the provisions of Section' 562.14, Florida Statutes, 1941, as amended by Chapter . . .