(A) (1) A license shall be a purely personal privilege, good for and not to exceed, one year after issuance unless sooner revoked as is in this chapter provided, and shall not constitute property, nor shall it be subject to being encumbered or hypothecated. Such licenses shall not descend by the laws of the state or interstate devolution, it shall cease upon the death of the licensee; provided that, executors or administrators of the estate of any deceased licensee, when such estate consists in part of alcoholic liquor, may continue the business of the sale or manufacture of alcoholic liquor under order of the appropriate court, and may exercise the privileges of the deceased or insolvent or bankrupt licensee after the death of such decedent, or such insolvency or bankruptcy until the expiration of such license, but no longer than six months, after the death, bankruptcy, or insolvency of such licensee.
(2) A refund shall be made of that portion of the license fee paid for any period in which the licensee shall be prevented from operating under such license in accordance with the provisions of this division (A).
(B) Any licensee may renew his or her license at the expiration thereof, provided he or she is then qualified to receive a license and the premises for which such renewal license is sought are suitable for such purposes.
(2016 Code, § 18.016)