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Are there 24 hour liquor stores?

Mostly no. 3 states place no hourly limit on some kind of outlet, so a shop there may trade around the clock: New York, South Carolina and Mississippi. Everywhere else the law closes every outlet, and the latest you can buy alcohol runs from 10 p.m. in the strictest states to 5 a.m. in the most permissive. In 9 states there is no statewide closing time at all, and your city or county decides.

The latest you can buy alcohol, by state

The latest closing time the law allows for any kind of outlet, latest first. An individual shop may close earlier by choice, and where a locality sets some hours the row says so.

The latest legal alcohol sale in each of the fifty states, and which states allow round-the-clock sales
StateLatest saleWhereSource
New YorkAround the clockGrocery and convenience storesN.Y. Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 106(5)
South CarolinaAround the clockGrocery and convenience stores and bars and restaurantsS.C. Code Ann. § 61-4-630; § 61-6-2010
MississippiAround the clockGrocery and convenience storesMiss. Code Ann. § 67-3-53 (Prohibited acts; hours of sale)
Alaska5 a.m.Package storesAlaska Stat. § 04.16.010 (Hours of sale and presence on licensed premises (standard closing hours))
Indiana3 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesInd. Code § 7.1-3-1-14 (Times when sales lawful; athletic or sports events in specified counties or cities; auto racing)
West Virginia3 a.m.Bars and restaurantsW. Va. Code § 11-16-18 (Unlawful acts of licensees; criminal penalties)
Ohio2:30 a.m.Bars and restaurantsOhio Admin. Code 4301:1-1-49
Oregon2:30 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesOAR 845-006-0425 (Hours of Sale)
Wisconsin2:30 a.m.Bars and restaurantsWis. Stat. § 125.32(3)(a)
Arizona2 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesAriz. Rev. Stat. § 4-244(15)
California2 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesCal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 25631
Colorado2 a.m.On the hours the state publishes. Other outlets are set locally and may run later.Bars and restaurantsC.R.S. § 44-3-901(6)(b)(I)
Connecticut2 a.m.Bars and restaurantsConn. Gen. Stat. § 30-91(a)
Iowa2 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesIowa Code § 123.49(2)(b) (Code 2026)
Kansas2 a.m.Bars and restaurantsK.S.A. § 41-208 (Regulation vested exclusively in the state)
Michigan2 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesMCL 436.2114(1) (Michigan Liquor Control Code of 1998, Act 58, Sec. 1114(1))
Minnesota2 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesMinn. Stat. § 340A.504, subd. 2
Montana2 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesMont. Code Ann. § 16-3-304 (Closing hours for licensed retail establishments)
New Mexico2 a.m.Bars and restaurantsNMSA 1978 § 60-7A-1 (Hours and days of business)
North Carolina2 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesN.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-1004 (Hours for sale and consumption)
North Dakota2 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesN.D. Cent. Code § 5-02-05 (Dispensing prohibited on certain days - Penalty)
Oklahoma2 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesOkla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 3-125 (Days and Times for Lawful Sale for On-premises Consumption)
Pennsylvania2 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesLiquor Code § 406(a)(2), (a)(3) (47 P.S. § 4-406) (Sales by liquor licensees; restrictions)
Rhode Island2 a.m.Bars and restaurantsR.I. Gen. Laws § 3-7-8 (Class C license)
South Dakota2 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesSDCL § 35-4-81.2 (Times when beverage sales, service, and consumption prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor)
Texas2 a.m.With a Late Hours certificate, which most metro bars hold. Midnight otherwise, and 9 p.m. at package stores.Bars and restaurantsTex. Alco. Bev. Code § 105.03
Vermont2 a.m.On the hours the state publishes. Other outlets are set locally and may run later.Bars and restaurants7 V.S.A. § 62 (Hours of sale)
Washington2 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesWAC 314-11-070 (During what hours can I sell or serve liquor?)
Missouri1:30 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesMo. Rev. Stat. § 311.290 (Time fixed for opening and closing premises — closed place defined — penalty)
Arkansas1 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesArk. Code Ann. § 3-9-233 (Operating hours -- Rules)
Delaware1 a.m.Package storesDel. Code Ann. tit. 4, § 709 (version effective until the contingency in 82 Del. Laws, c. 193, § 5 is met)
Idaho1 a.m.On the hours the state publishes. Other outlets are set locally and may run later.Grocery and convenience storesIdaho Code § 23-1012 (Hours of sale (beer))
Maine1 a.m.Grocery and convenience stores28-A M.R.S. § 4 (Business days and hours)
Nebraska1 a.m.Grocery and convenience storesNeb. Rev. Stat. 53-179(1)
New Hampshire1 a.m.Bars and restaurantsN.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 179:17 (Hours of Sales)
Utah1 a.m.Bars and restaurantsUtah Code § 32B-6-706(4) (Specific operational requirements for on-premise beer retailer license)
VirginiamidnightOn the hours the state publishes. Other outlets are set locally and may run later.Grocery and convenience storesVa. Code § 4.1-120 (When government stores closed)
Georgia11:45 p.m.On the hours the state publishes. Other outlets are set locally and may run later.Package storesO.C.G.A. § 3-3-7 (Local authorization and regulation of sales of alcoholic beverages on Sunday)
Massachusetts11 p.m.Grocery and convenience storesMass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, § 12 (Licenses authorizing sale of beverages to be drunk on premises; ... hours of sale)
Tennessee11 p.m.On the hours the state publishes. Other outlets are set locally and may run later.Grocery and convenience storesT.C.A. § 57-5-301(b)(1) (statewide default), § 57-5-301(b)(3)-(5) (cities and counties may rewrite it), § 57-5-301(b)(5)(A) (displaced entirely in a county containing a liquor-by-the-drink municipality)
New Jersey10 p.m.On the hours the state publishes. Other outlets are set locally and may run later.Package storesN.J.S.A. 33:1-40 (Municipal regulation of hours of sale)
AlabamaVaries by cityVaries within the stateAla. Code § 28-3-25 (Counties and municipalities authorized to extend time of sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday by resolution or referendum)
FloridaVaries by cityVaries within the stateFla. Stat. § 562.14(1) (Regulating the time for sale of alcoholic and intoxicating beverages)
HawaiiVaries by countyVaries within the stateHaw. Rev. Stat. § 281-17(a)(8) (Liquor commission jurisdiction and powers; fixing hours licensed premises may be open)
IllinoisVaries by countyVaries within the state235 ILCS 5/4-1 (Liquor Control Act of 1934; powers of local commissioners)
KentuckyVaries by countyVaries within the stateKy. Rev. Stat. § 244.290 (Sales of distilled spirits or wine when polls are open permitted in wet or moist territory; power of local governments to regulate; Sunday sales)
LouisianaVaries by cityVaries within the stateLa. Rev. Stat. § 26:493 (Local regulatory ordinances)
MarylandVaries by countyVaries within the stateMd. Code Ann., Alc. Bev. § 1-202(b) (Division II prevails over Division I)
NevadaVaries by cityVaries within the stateNev. Rev. Stat. § 244.350 (Sale of intoxicating liquors: licensing and regulation by county liquor board)
WyomingVaries by cityVaries within the stateWyo. Stat. § 12-5-101(d) (Hours of sale generally; local licensing authorities may set hours)

Common questions

Are there 24 hour liquor stores?
Only where the law sets no closing time, which is 3 states: New York, South Carolina and Mississippi. Everywhere else every outlet has a legal closing time, so a shop advertising 24 hours is either in one of those states or is not selling alcohol all night.
What is the latest you can buy alcohol?
5 a.m., in Alaska. Most states close their latest outlet between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., and the table above gives each one.
Which shops stay open latest?
Usually bars and restaurants, which in most states may serve an hour or two after package stores and grocery stores must stop selling. The Where column names the kind of outlet that reaches each state's latest hour.
Why does my state not have a closing time?
9 states fix no statewide hours and leave closing time to the city or county, so there is no single answer for the state. Their rows say so, and their own pages explain who decides.

How this page is sourced

Each row links to the section of that state’s own code or its regulator’s published rule, and is generated from the same data as the state’s own page so the two cannot drift apart. How DrinkLaws checks them.

Last verified . Statutory text current as of January 1, 2026. How DrinkLaws checks this.