Resort All-Beverage Licenses


A Resort All-Beverage License is an all-beverage license used by businesses such as bars and taverns in a resort area.

This license:

Fees

Resort All-Beverage Licenses

Processing Fee$400
One-time Application Fee*Resort Determination decided before January 1, 1999$20,000 for the first resort license
$100,000 for each additional resort license
Resort determination decided after January 1, 1999$100,000 for each resort license
Renewal Fee$2000
*Includes $2,000 New License Fee

Tour Boat Endorsement

New License Fee$200
Processing Fee$100
Renewal Fee$400

The application processing fee only applies for original applications and is not applied to renewals.

Application Requirements

To apply for this license you must be located within a resort area.

Resort Requirements

To qualify as a resort, the area must:

Please Note:

If the resort area contains at least 500 contiguous acres and the current actual valuation of completed recreational facilities, including land and improvements, of not less than $20M, the department may issue up to 10 resort retail all-beverages licenses regardless of the number of accommodation units.

For a resort area with a perimeter containing at least 2,000 contiguous acres that has a current actual valuation of completed recreational facilities, including land and improvements, of not less than $40 million, the department may issue up to 25 resort retail all-beverages licenses regardless of the number of accommodation units.

Tour Boat Endorsement Requirements

A licensee that operates a resort all-beverage license may also apply for a tour boat endorsement on their license if:

License Quotas and Limits

The number of guest accommodations in the resort area determines how many licenses are available. Except for those resort areas that are determined by acres and valuation listed above.

A resort area designation application to the department that received approval prior to January 1, 1999, is entitled to the issuance of one resort retail all-beverages license for a $20,000 license fee.

Any additional resort retail all-beverages licenses issued to a resort area under 16-4-213(2)(c), MCA must meet the accommodation unit requirement in subsection (2)(a) of 16-4-213, MCA and pay the license fee and renewal fees as provided in 16-4-501.

The Resort All-Beverages License is not included in the quota system.

Application Options and Dates

Apply for a resort all-beverage license using the Alcoholic Beverages – Gambling Operator Combined On-Premises License Application (Form 5), available in our TransAction Portal (TAP).

A resort all-beverage license must be renewed every year by June 30.

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