If you have a retail alcohol establishment, a South Carolina alcohol retail licensing lawyer can assist you by guiding you through the state’s complex alcohol beverage licensing laws. Attorney Lauren Acquaviva and her staff at Viva Beverage Law understand the challenges that alcohol retailers face in South Carolina, and we know how to help them get through them. If you have questions or have issues with obtaining or keeping your existing alcohol licenses, contact us today.
Help For All Your Alcohol Retail Licensing Needs
An SC alcohol retail licensing lawyer can help alcohol retailers with obtaining, renewing, and defending existing licenses from suspension and revocation, as well as keeping them up to date on changes in state and local compliance laws and ordinances. They can represent clients in administrative and legal proceedings.
A good alcohol licensing lawyer can help prospective retail alcohol store owners get their Retail Liquor License approved by the South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) by making sure that they satisfy all the prerequisites for doing this, as well as making sure that the application is filled out correctly. Even a small clerical error on the form can cause significant delays.
If your business is a convenience or grocery store, or a gas station, a South Carolina alcohol retail licensing lawyer can help you to get a Retail Beer and Wine Permit. They can do this by helping you to confirm that your chosen location is eligible for this kind of license, complete the application properly and if needed, solve licensing problems more quickly than if someone without experience doing this were to try to do this on their own.
When you apply for an alcohol retail license, once your application has been accepted it cannot be approved until the prospective business’s intent is posted for a minimum of 15 days. During this time, individuals and entities such as schools, churches, and playgrounds can protest the prospective business’s opening. If this happens, or if your application is denied before you even get to this point, a good alcohol license lawyer can help you fight for the privilege to sell alcohol at your chosen location.
If your alcohol license is in jeopardy because you or an employee violated its terms, such as serving alcohol to a minor or violating the rules about when alcohol can be sold in SC, a good alcohol retail license lawyer can help protect you and your business’s license.
Why Experience Matters In An Alcohol Retail Licensing Lawyer
When you have an experienced alcohol beverage licensing lawyer watching out for you and your business’s legal issues so that you don’t have to, you can focus on running your business. When you have Attorney Lauren in your court, you know that you have a lawyer who:
- Has six years of experience working for the SCDOR and because of this, has a unique advantage in helping her clients from her understanding of how the department works internally.
- Has tried over 100 tax and alcohol license cases at the South Carolina Administrative Law Court.
- Graduated in the top third of her class at the University of South Carolina School of Law.
If you have any questions or issues with an SC alcohol license, reach out to our exceptional South Carolina alcohol retail licensing lawyer at Viva Beverage Law today.