Apply In-Person

1. To apply for a Spirit license, you should visit the Resident Magistrate's Court in your parish to make an application to the Clerk of Court and you will also need to submit a duplicate copy of this application to the superintendent of police in your area.
2. Obtain the application form for application a spirit license form from the nearest police. You can view a sample in “Documents to Uses” section below.
3. Complete the application form clearly stating all the required details stated in the “Instructions” section below.
4. Then make an application to the health public department to obtain the health certificate.
5. Visit the Inland Revenue department to pay the licence duty and stamp duty on the licence.
6. Then submit the complete application to the Resident Magistrate's Court in your parish and a duplicate of the application to the superintendent of police in your area.
7. Then the license will be processed at the Magistrate's Court and they will conduct an inspection in your premise to determine, if it is suitable to be issued a spirit license.
8. You will be summoned by the clerk of the Magistrate's Court for a court hearing regarding your application and the decision made by the court.
9. Upon a successful application, you'll be contacted by the clerk within approximately 14 days from the date of the granting of the licence.

Note:

• Before you begin to apply, you’ll need to identify what type of license you will need for your business. You should know that the various types of spirit license:

1. Wholesale license
2. Town retail license
3. Town-off license
4. Village retail license
5. Tavern license
6. Hotel license
7. Occasional special license
8. Club license

• The application submission must be made at least 21 days before one of the fixed dates for application hearings. You must visit the court session to be granted the licence.
• The licence may be refused by the Licence Authority if the premises are deemed unfit for such business operation.

• Complete application form
• Business registration certificate
• Health certificate
• Payment receipt
• Identification documents

Ministry of Justice
Address: 61 Constant Spring Road ,Kingston 10
Phone: (876) 906-4923-31
Toll Free: 1888-4-justice (587-8423) - Toll free from anywhere in Jamaica.
Fax: (876) 906-1712
E-mail: customer.service@moj.gov.jm
Contact details and other offices: Link
Resident magistrate court and other courts location map and contact details:Link

• Registered business owners who wish to operate business that require spirit license
  

• View spirit license fee via this link: Link
  

• One year
  

• Application from: Link
  

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• Within one month

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The application should include the following:

• The nature of the license applied for
• A full description of the premises for which the same is desired and as nearly as may be the situation of the same
• A clear statement indicating whether you have ever before held a license under the spirit license Act or Law 31 of 1905 which is now repealed and if so when and where and whether your licence was at any time forfeited
• A clear statement indicating whether the premises for which the license is desired have, within the twelve months immediately preceding the application, been licensed under the spirit license Act
• Establish that you are able to read and write the English language and to keep account books in English
• A clear statement indicating whether you have at any time within five years before your application been convicted of any offence against the spirit license Act.
  

• Names
• Address
• Reasons for applying
• Signature and dates

• This license proves that you can sell alcohol as required by law and it is illegal to operate a business that sell alcohol without having a Spirit Licence and persons found operating without a licence will be charged

• Spirit License Act: Link
  

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• Local Authority of Jamaica: Link
  

More information which might help people.