New Jersey alcohol sale hours
New Jersey publishes sale hours for some products and leaves others to local rule.
These are state limits, not local ones
New Jersey lets each city set hours inside the state window. The times below are the outer bound, so where you are buying the hours may be shorter, and they will not be longer.
Beer in New Jersey
Your city or county sets these hours
New Jersey sets no statewide hours for bars and restaurants, or for beer and wine sold to take away. Your municipality decides. The one statewide rule is a ceiling on packaged distilled spirits: no earlier than 9 a.m. and no later than 10 p.m., and even that does not bind Newark or Jersey City.
Wine in New Jersey
Your city or county sets these hours
New Jersey sets no statewide hours for bars and restaurants, or for beer and wine sold to take away. Your municipality decides. The one statewide rule is a ceiling on packaged distilled spirits: no earlier than 9 a.m. and no later than 10 p.m., and even that does not bind Newark or Jersey City.
Liquor in New Jersey
Package store
| Day | Latest legal sale hours |
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| Every day |
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Common questions
- What time can you buy liquor in New Jersey?
- State law allows liquor sales from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. That is the outer limit: a city or county may require earlier closing, so local hours can be shorter but never longer.
- Can you buy alcohol on Sunday in New Jersey?
- Yes. New Jersey allows alcohol from 9 a.m. on Sunday.
Sources
- N.J.S.A. 33:1-40 (Municipal regulation of hours of sale)
- N.J.A.C. 13:2-38 (Limitation of hours for sale at retail of alcoholic beverages in original containers for off-premises consumption)
- N.J.S.A. 33:1-40.3 (Municipal regulation of hours of sale)
- New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Handbook for Retail Licensees
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