PDFWAC 314-05-020

Special occasion license.

(1) Consistent with RCW 66.24.380, a special occasion license allows a nonprofit organization to sell, at a specified date, time, and place:
(a) Spirits, beer, and wine by the individual serving and wine by the bottle for on-premises consumption; and
(b) Spirits, beer, and wine in original, unopened containers for off-premises consumption.
(2) Special occasion licensees may have no more than twelve days of events per calendar year (see RCW 66.24.380(1) for an exception for agricultural fairs).
(3) The fee for the special occasion license is sixty dollars per day, per event. Multiple alcohol service locations at an event are an additional sixty dollars per location.
(4) A special occasion license is a retail liquor license. Nonprofit organizations must comply with applicable retail liquor license requirements when operating under the special occasion license.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 66.08.030. WSR 20-20-038, § 314-05-020, filed 9/30/20, effective 10/31/20. Statutory Authority: RCW 66.08.030 and 66.20.010. WSR 17-08-099, § 314-05-020, filed 4/5/17, effective 5/6/17. Statutory Authority: RCW 66.08.030 and 66.08.050. WSR 12-17-006, § 314-05-020, filed 8/1/12, effective 9/1/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 66.08.030. WSR 09-02-013, § 314-05-020, filed 12/29/08, effective 1/29/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 66.08.030, 66.24.375, 66.24.380, 66.28.010. WSR 04-22-078, § 314-05-020, filed 11/2/04, effective 12/3/04.]