Alcoholic beverage transportation - North Carolina

Permits

Carriers must apply for a Commercial Transportation Permit to transport alcoholic beverages (beer/wine/spirituous liquor) within or throughout North Carolina. Upon receipt of the completed application and any required bonds, a temporary permit will be emailed. The permanent permit will be sent via U.S. mail. The original is to be kept within your files and certified copies placed within any vehicle transporting alcoholic beverages within North Carolina. Upon receipt of the permit, the permittee can begin transporting alcoholic beverages.

Fees

The transportation permit is a one-time permit issued at no cost. The license is valid for the duration that the company or carrier is in business.

Bonds

No bond is required for persons transporting beer or wine. Those persons transporting spirituous liquors into and through the state must submit a bond in the amount of $1,000 to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. Bond forms will be provided by the Commission.

Reports

Each driver must carry the certified copy of the carriers’ permit and a bill of lading, invoice, or some other memorandum of shipment showing the names and addresses of the persons from whom the alcoholic beverages were received and to whom they are being shipped, the character and content of the shipment, and the quantity and volume of the shipment.

For spirituous liquor, the bill of lading, invoice or other memorandum must also include the North Carolina code numbers and the route which the vehicle will follow, and the vehicle must not vary substantially from that stated route.

In addition, each carrier must maintain records of shipments into or through the state, which must be open to inspections by the appropriate state officials.

The Commission may require carriers to make reports of shipments.

Other

Those licensed carriers delivering spirituous liquor into North Carolina may deliver only to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Warehouse located in Raleigh, North Carolina, unless otherwise instructed by the Commission. The Commission exercises jurisdiction over the distribution of the liquor from the ABC warehouse to other points in the state. This intrastate distribution is performed solely by a company contracted by the Commission.