Talk:Alcohol laws of Missouri

This is just plain wrong
There is no legal drinking age in Missouri, same as there is no legal drinking age for any State in the US. This is a massive, albeit extremely common, misconception - don't take my word for it, read up and do your own research! What we have in this country is an alcohol purchasing age: it is illegal to purchase alcohol if you are under the age of 21. Consumption of alcohol is not regulated by state law. I'm changing the wording in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiknik (talk • contribs) 00:46, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Blue Laws
I'm not sure it's quite appropriate to say that Missouri has no Blue Laws. The fact that liquor sales are regulated more on Sundays than other days would seem to be a (admittedly minor) Blue Law. --Booch (talk) 18:24, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I removed that claim. 74.192.150.94 (talk) 23:27, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * That's not a blue law. And with the right licenses, most Missouri alcohol licensees don't even notice any difference on Sunday. That text has been put back.64.218.107.110 (talk) 19:43, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, it is. Reread what a blue law is. Removing the text. SKoOctopus (talk) 06:38, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Selling water at bars
I went to a bar in missouri and some of my friends were drinking a few beers and mixed drinks and ask for water and they had to pay for a glass of water. the next weekend went to the same bar and they refuse to give water unless your completly drunk is there anything i can do about this cause most of my friends that was refused water was diabetics so can anyone help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.215.29.127 (talk) 06:20, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That has nothing to do with Missouri's alcohol laws.65.66.150.65 (talk) 15:58, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Alcohol Laws of Missouri
I am a resident of Branson Missouri.,Taney County. I have been charged due to my drinking. I was in my own apartment drinking. My oldest daughter has been told by management not to let me drink. I worked hard that day and had not caused any conflicks. I was assulted. The Taney County Circut Courts have decided to make me look guilty. We all go to Court on Feburary 3, 2010., 9:00 with Judge Jeffery M. Merrell. I was assulted and hit very hard. I was also working to get off disability. Case # 08AF-CR02265-01. Noboby in my home or envolved pressed charges against me and the statements are mostly false. I later went to a bar trying to stay away from the apartment. I was abducted and broke my ribs. Missouri people keep saying things like I can not drink at the apartment where I live. On November 21, 2010 I was envited to party and drink with my neighbors. I was affraid to be in my apartment and reacted a Historial fiction.,and the officers lied and said I assulted them. I did not. They also like to do Historial fiction and use a look alike sometimes for better or worse...I would enjoy not being assulted and called a he.,my daughters are being depressed as well and one arrested for pot. Our family was in perfect health before all the police. We had a great summer. Now there is weight gain scares from obesity caused by them saying no to marijauna. Seems like everyone else is enjoying freedom in there homes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.47.112 (talk) 16:59, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * This has nothing to do with Missouri's alcohol laws. Please keep discussion to the article.75.87.64.27 (talk) 00:14, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Open Containers
In the open containers section, it is mentioned that the passenger can drink freely, only having to "close" their containers while driving through Independence, Bates City, Foristell, and St. Charles. The fact of the matter is you cannot "close" a container. Once the original seal on any container of an alcoholic beverage has been broken, it is considered open. There is no way to "close" it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.156.117.196 (talk) 14:23, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Not in Missouri.99.96.220.63 (talk) 15:53, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Change of time for off-site buying laws in Kansas City, Missouri
"Most municipalities, including St. Louis[35] and Kansas City[36] have enacted local laws following the state law, which prohibit the retail sale of liquor between 1:30 AM and 6:00 AM Tuesday through Saturday, and between midnight on Sunday and 9:00 AM the following morning."

The time allowed for Monday off-site liquor sales in Kansas City, Missouri is incorrect.

'''Sec. 10-333. Hours, days of sale for all retail licensees.''' (a)    Hours, days of sales. No retail licensee, nor employee of the licensee, shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of any alcoholic beverages or suffer the same to be done on or about the licensed premises: (1)    Between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday; (2)    Between the hours of 1:30 a.m. Sunday and 6:00 a.m. Monday. (b)    Exceptions.

I beleive that the history of the laws is not quite correct
I do not have the time to investigate the documentation for it, but I am quite certain that up until perhaps the 70's, only cities of a certain category could issue liquor licenses, so that establishments which were located outside of city limits could not sell liquor. There were a number of bars, particularly along rivers which then served 3.2 beer only.

--Statprof (talk) 15:06, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

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Notable Exception: The Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City
KC is just filled with special exceptions here. Take the case of the Mutual Musicians Foundation, which has been granted a license to sell until 6 AM, due to a bit of legislation pretty much tailor made for it (the licensee has to be a 501(c) non profit, in a building on the National Historic Register). As far as I know, this is the only such site in Missouri, and is pretty unique for the region. Perhaps worthy of a mention, a line or two? --Reverend Loki (talk) 23:08, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Citation needed
I've tagged a section under "drinking age" as needing a citation. It seems like the passage tagged constitutes interpretation of a law and should therefore be cited or removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Illini407 (talk • contribs) 19:10, 3 March 2021 (UTC)