Douglas County Clerk

Cereal Malt Beverage Retailer License (outside city limits, Douglas County)

K.S.A. 41-2702(a) requires a retailer selling cereal malt beverage, or beer of not more than 6% alcohol by volume, to hold a license for each place of business; for a place of business outside any city, the application is made to the board of county commissioners of the county. Before issuing or renewing a license the Board must notify the township clerk by registered mail, and the township board may file advisory recommendations within 10 days (41-2702(b)). The statute sets the fee range: for a license covering consumption on the premises, not less than $25 nor more than $200 as prescribed by the board of county commissioners (41-2702(d)(1)); for a license to sell only in original and unopened containers, not for consumption on the premises, not less than $25 nor more than $50 a year (41-2702(g)). Each applicant also sends a copy of the application with a $25 fee to the state director for the state stamp, without which no license is issued or renewed (41-2702(e)). The Douglas County Clerk's Applications and Licenses page states that CMB applications are made on forms prepared by the Office of the Attorney General and submitted to the city or county governing the business location, and that all CMB licensees must be registered to collect and remit Kansas sales tax. The county's own amount within the statutory range is not published on that page; the County Clerk (785-832-5167) gives it. A business inside a city applies to that city.