Montana Alcohol Laws

Alcohol Laws in Montana

• Control on the alcoholic beverage in Montana State

  • There is no control on the alcoholic beverage for beer.

  • There is alcoholic beverage control on the distilled spirits.

  • For wine there is no control on the alcoholic beverage.

• Sale hours for alcohol in Montana

  • On the premises sale hours of alcoholic beverages

    - All the day of a week but the closing time is 2 AM.

• Remarks as per the alcohol laws of Montana

  • Alcohol by volume that is ABV more than 16% wine is sold in the state-contracted stores in Montana.

Liquor excise tax :

1. The department shall collect at the time of the sale and delivery of any liquor as authorized under any provision of the laws of the state of Montana an excise tax at the rate of:

   • 16% of the retail selling price on all liquor sold and delivered in the state by a company that manufactured, distilled, rectified, bottled, or processed, and sold more than 200,000 proof gallons of liquor nationwide in the calendar year preceding imposition of the tax pursuant to this section;

   • 13.8% of the retail selling price on all liquor sold and delivered in the state by a company that manufactured, distilled, rectified, bottled, or processed, and sold not more than 200,000 proof gallons of liquor nationwide in the calendar year preceding imposition of the tax pursuant to this section.

2. The department shall retain the amount of the excise tax received in a separate account and shall, in accordance with the provisions of 17-2-124, deposit, to the credit of the general fund, the amount collected and received not later than the 10th day of each month.