I. A liquor/wine/beverage warehouse license shall only entitle the licensee to receive, warehouse, and ship, for a fee, any liquor, wine, or beverage or combination of liquor, wine, or beverage as defined by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 175:1 belonging to any retailer, vendor, wholesale distributor, or manufacturer, licensed in this state pursuant to title XIII. The commission may adopt rules pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 541-A to administer the provisions of this section.
II. A liquor/wine/beverage warehouse licensee shall possess a suitable warehouse facility for product storage and maintain adequate business records readily available for inspection by the commission.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 178:11

  • Commission: means the state liquor commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • License: means the authority granted by the commission to engage in the sale of liquor, wine, beverages, tobacco products, or e-cigarettes otherwise unlawful unless evidenced by such document. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Licensee: means the person to whom a license of any kind is issued by the commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Liquor: means all distilled and rectified spirits, alcohol, wines, fermented and malt liquors and cider, of over 6 percent alcoholic content by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • month: shall mean a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:8
  • Premises: means and includes all parts of the contiguous real estate occupied by a licensee over which the licensee has direct or indirect control or interest and which the licensee uses in the operation of the licensed business, and which have been approved by the commission as proper places in which to exercise the licensee's privilege. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Retailer: when used with respect to tobacco products or e-cigarettes, means any person who sells tobacco products or e-cigarettes to consumers, and any vending machine in which tobacco products are sold. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
  • Wholesale distributor: means a person licensed by the commission to engage in the purchase of beverages only from the holders of wholesale distributor licenses, beverage manufacturer licenses, beverage vendor licenses, brew pub licenses, or nano brewery licenses. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Wine vendor: means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, which sells table wine to the state, containing more than 6 percent but not more than 24 percent alcoholic content by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1

III. A liquor/wine/beverage warehouser shall not sell any liquor, wine, or beverage stored on the warehouser’s premises.
IV. All liquor, wine, or beverage shall be separated in such a manner that the commission may determine upon audit the ownership of such product.

[Paragraph V effective until January 1, 2024; see also paragraph V set out below.]


V. Liquor/wine/beverage warehousers shall submit a monthly report both to the liquor commission enforcement and licensing division and the marketing, merchandising, and warehousing division of the commission by the tenth day of the following month indicating the quantity, type, size, and brands of all product received, stored, or shipped on their premises.

[Paragraph V effective January 1, 2024; see also paragraph V set out above.]


V. Liquor/wine/beverage warehousers shall submit a monthly report both to the liquor commission enforcement and licensing division and the marketing, merchandising, and warehousing division of the commission by the fifteenth day of the following month indicating the quantity, type, size, and brands of all product received, stored, or shipped on their premises.
VI. All additional fees relating to transportation or shipping charges shall be borne by the liquor/wine/beverage warehouser, manufacturer, or liquor and wine vendor to cover shipment of bailment or other liquor or wine products to the commission’s central warehouse for subsequent distribution.