Lancaster County
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
In short
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board issues 1 permit we publish for Lancaster County, last verified 2026-10-01. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol — Local-Option Dry/Wet Status by Municipalityonly if it applies to you | Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board | No fee | not applicable at the county level; the underlying dry/wet status, and any license, is set by PLCB on its own schedule | 2026-10-01 |
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 — Local-Option Dry/Wet Status by Municipality
Lancaster County charges no fee for alcohol sales — licensing is exclusively a state function, administered by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB). Per PLCB's own 'Pennsylvania Dry Municipalities' list (as of September 2025), 11 of the county's 61 municipalities are dry or partially dry for specific license categories: Caernarvon Township (Retail Liquor and Retail Beer, since 1951), Colerain Township (Retail Liquor and Retail Beer, since 1947), Drumore Township (Retail Liquor and Retail Beer, since 1934), East Drumore Township (Retail Liquor and Retail Beer since 1934, AND separately Wholesale Malt Beverage Distributor and FW&GS Store since 2005 — four distinct dry categories, not a partial reversal to wet), Eden Township (Retail Liquor and Retail Beer, since 1979), Fulton Township (Retail Liquor and Retail Beer, since 1935), Little Britain Township (Retail Liquor and Retail Beer, since 1934), Providence Township (Retail Liquor since 1935, Retail Beer since 1934), Strasburg Township — not Strasburg Borough, which is wet — (Retail Liquor and Retail Beer, since 1949), West Earl Township (Retail Liquor and Retail Beer, since 1936), and West Lampeter Township, which is dry for Retail Beer only since 1943 and wet for Retail Liquor. A business in any other Lancaster County municipality is subject only to PLCB's general statewide licensing framework.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Lancaster 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.
- Pennsylvania Dry Municipalities (as of September 2025)Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
Other offices serving Lancaster County
- Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services
- Lancaster County Conservation District
- Lancaster County Sheriff's Office
- Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Ride and Measurement Standards
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Public Bathing Places Program
The full permit list for this jurisdiction
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