A license shall be purely a personal privilege, good for not to exceed 1 year after issuance unless revoked sooner as provided in this chapter, and shall not constitute property, nor shall it be subject to attachment, garnishment or execution, nor shall it be alienable or transferable, voluntarily or involuntarily, or subject to being encumbered or hypothecated. The license shall cease upon the death of the licensee and shall not descend by the laws of testate or intestate devolution; provided, that executors or administrators of the estate of any deceased licensee, and the trustee of any insolvent or bankrupt licensee, when the estate consists in part of alcoholic liquor, may continue the business of the sale or manufacture of alcoholic liquor under the order of the appropriate court, and may exercise the privileges of the deceased or insolvent or bankrupt licensee after the death of the descendant, or the insolvency or bankruptcy until the expiration of the license but not longer than 6 months after the death, bankruptcy or insolvency of the licensee. No refund of any portion of the license fee shall be made.
(1968 Code § 46.10) (Ord. 57-0-17, passed 8-14-1959; Am. Ord. 01-3-1233, passed 3-12-2001)