Hours of Sale for Alcoholic Beverages

Listing of cities and counties

General Information

• Mississippi law provides that package stores (off premises sales only) may open for business from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
• Hours of sale at package stores may be reduced by Commission order in certain areas; however, hours of sale at package stores are not extended.
• Package stores are not allowed Sunday sales and may not open on Christmas Day.
• On-premises permittees may make sales of alcoholic beverages at the permitted location between 10:00 a.m. and Midnight, Monday through Saturday. 
• On New Years Eve, all on-premises permittees may remain open until 1:00 a.m. New Years Day. If New Year’s Eve falls on Sunday, on-premises permittees may open from 1:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• On-premises permittees in areas that have been granted resort status by the Commission are exempt from the above hours-of-operation restrictions. Package stores in resort areas are not exempt from the hours of operation set forth above.
• Sales of alcoholic beverages are not limited or restricted on election days.
• Beer may be sold for off-premises consumption 24/7; however, the hours for sale for off-premises consumption may be restricted by local ordinance. Beer sales on Sunday may be restricted by local ordinance.
• State law establishes the hours for on-premises sales of beer from 7:00 a.m. to Midnight, seven days a week. Through local ordinance, municipal or county governments may further restrict but not extend the hours for on-premises sales of beer.
• If the hours for selling alcoholic beverages have been extended by the Tax Commission, then the hours for beer sales are extended to the same hours of sale as alcoholic beverages for that community or resort area.
  

Extended (or reduced) Hours of Sale for Alcoholic Beverages

In certain specified areas the hours for sale have been extended (or reduced) by the State Tax Commission. The areas where the hours of sale have been extended or reduced are listed below.  Not all qualified resort areas are included in this listing but, only those resorts that encompass an entire city or other distinctive geographical area.