Morgan County and Tuscaloosa County
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
In short
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board issues 2 permits we publish for Morgan County and Tuscaloosa County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
Issued in Morgan County
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol Sales — Wet/Dry Status and ABC Licensingonly if it applies to you | Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board | Morgan County is classified 'Dry - Contains Wet Cities' by the Alabama ABC Board: Decatur, Hartselle, Priceville and Trinity are wet by local option, while Falkville, Eva and all unincorporated Morgan County remain dry. Alcohol retail licenses themselves are issued and priced by the state ABC Board, not by Morgan County; every ABC application also requires an approval letter from the relevant local governing body — the city council for a premises inside one of the four wet cities. No county-collected fee applies to this wet/dry status determination itself, and because the unincorporated county and the non-wet towns remain dry, no ABC retail license can be obtained for a premises located there absent a further local-option change. | not applicable — this documents wet/dry classification and licensing scope, not a permit with its own renewal term | 2026-09-28 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
Issued in Tuscaloosa County
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Governing Body Approval for ABC License (mechanism)only if it applies to you | Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board | Tuscaloosa County is classified 'Wet' countywide by the Alabama ABC Board (county #63 on the Board's wet/dry list). Every ABC retail alcohol license application requires an approval step from the applicable local governing body — the Tuscaloosa County Commission for an applicant in the unincorporated county, or the relevant city/town council for an applicant inside an incorporated municipality — alongside a law-enforcement background check and a premises inspection. No separate dollar fee specific to this local-approval step is published; ABC license fees themselves are set and collected by the state ABC Board, not by Tuscaloosa County. | obtained as part of each new ABC license application; tied to the underlying ABC license term | 2026-09-28 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Alcohol Sales — Wet/Dry Status and ABC LicensingMorgan County
A restaurant or retail store selling alcohol in Morgan County must apply to the state Alabama ABC Board for the underlying retail license, but where that premises can even be located depends on Morgan County's wet/dry status: the ABC Board's own wet-cities table classifies Morgan County 'Dry - Contains Wet Cities,' listing Decatur, Hartselle, Priceville and Trinity as wet by local option. Falkville and Eva are not listed as wet, so they, along with all unincorporated Morgan County, remain dry, meaning no ABC retail alcohol license can be obtained for a premises in those areas absent a future local-option election changing that status. For a premises inside one of the four wet cities, the ABC Board's standard licensing procedure requires an approval letter from that city's own governing body — the relevant city council — as part of the state application; this is a municipal-level step, not a Morgan County Commission function, since every wet premises in Morgan County sits within a wet city's limits. No separate Morgan-County-collected fee applies to alcohol licensing itself; the state ABC Board sets and collects the underlying license fees.
Local Governing Body Approval for ABC License (mechanism)Tuscaloosa County
A restaurant, bar or retail store in Tuscaloosa County seeking a retail alcohol license from the Alabama ABC Board must first obtain a real, required approval from the applicable local governing body as part of the state application — the Tuscaloosa County Commission for a location in the unincorporated county, or the city or town council for a location inside Tuscaloosa, Northport or another incorporated municipality — alongside a police-department or ABC-investigator background check and a premises inspection. Tuscaloosa County is classified 'Wet' countywide by the Alabama ABC Board, so no dry cities or areas exist within it. This record documents the local-approval mechanism itself rather than a county-collected dollar fee: the underlying ABC license fees are set and collected by the state ABC Board, and no separate fee specific to the local governing-body approval step is published. Alcohol issues around the University of Alabama campus and the downtown entertainment district — including open-container exceptions and stadium alcohol-service arrangements — are handled by the City of Tuscaloosa Council, not the County Commission, because that area sits within the city's own limits.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Morgan County and Tuscaloosa County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Alabama ABC Board Pre-Application Checklist (Form LCD-1/LCD-2) — requires a local-governing-body approval letter as part of every license applicationAlabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Wet Cities — confirms Mobile County is classified 'Wet'Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Wet Cities — Morgan County (row 52) listed 'Dry - Contains Wet Cities': Decatur, Hartselle, Priceville, TrinityAlabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
Other offices serving Morgan County and Tuscaloosa County
- Morgan County Commissioner of Licenses
- Tuscaloosa County License Commissioner / License Department
- Tuscaloosa County Public Works Department (Floodplain Administrator; Subdivision Coordinator)
- Alabama Department of Human Resources, Child Care Services Division
- Alabama Department of Public Health, Tuscaloosa County Health Department (West Central District field office)
- Morgan County Barbers' Commission
- Morgan County Board of Health / Morgan County Health Department, Environmental Health
- Morgan County Engineer's Office / Highway Department
- Morgan County Probate Office
- Tuscaloosa County Probate Office
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