Annual Liquor Licenses

Liquor Licenses are governed by Mass General Laws Chapter 138 and the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (A.B.C.C.)

All of the forms needed to apply for a liquor license transaction can be found at http://www.mass.gov/abcc

The availability of Annual Licenses is determined by population and currently the City of Northampton is over its limit for Annual Licenses per population. Therefore, the City of Northampton does not have any Annual All Alcohol licenses available.

Please contact Clerk of the License Commission with any questions.

Seasonal Liquor Licenses

Seasonal Liquor Licenses run from April 1 to January 15.

On January 7, 2005 the Legislature passed a petition by the City of Northampton to allow the City to convert all issued Seasonal Wine & Malt Licenses to Annual Wine & Malt Licenses. Click the link to view the language that was passed http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw04/sl040494.htm

For more information about applying for a Seasonal Liquor License please contact Clerk of the License Commission at 587-1210. You can also find answers and forms at http://www.mass.gov/abcc

Package Store Licenses

There are two different types of Package Store licenses, All Alcohol and Wine & Malt.Currently the City of Northampton does not have any Package Store Licenses available.

Worker's Compensation Insurance Affidavit

Worker's Comp Affidavit A Worker's Compensation Insurance Affidavit needs to be filed with the issuance of each new or renewed license.