Sales of beer and intoxicating liquor under all classes of permits and from State liquor stores are subject to the following restrictions, in addition to those imposed by rules or orders of the Department of Liquor Control:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no beer or intoxicating liquor shall be sold to any person under twenty-one years of age. No intoxicating liquor shall be handled by any person under twenty-one years of age, except that a person eighteen years of age or older employed by a permit holder may handle or sell beer or intoxicating liquor in sealed containers in connection with wholesale or retail sales, and any person nineteen years of age or older employed by a permit holder may handle intoxicating liquor in open containers when acting in the capacity of a waiter or waitress in a hotel, restaurant, club or night club, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4301.01(B), or in the premises of a D-7 permit holder. This section does not authorize persons under twenty-one years of age to sell intoxicating liquor across a bar. Any person employed by a permit holder may handle beer or intoxicating liquor in sealed containers in connection with manufacturing, storage, warehousing, placement, stocking, bagging, loading or unloading, and may handle beer or intoxicating liquor in open containers in connection with cleaning tables or handling empty bottles or glasses.
(b) No sales shall be made to an intoxicated person.
(c) No intoxicating liquor shall be sold to any individual who habitually drinks intoxicating liquor to excess, or to whom the Department has, after investigation, determined to prohibit the sale of such intoxicating liquor, because of cause shown by the husband, wife, father, mother, brother, sister or other person dependent upon, or in charge of such individual, or by the mayor of any municipal corporation, or a township trustee of any township in which the individual resides. The order of the Department in such case shall remain in effect until revoked by the Department.
(d) No sales of intoxicating liquor shall be made after two-thirty a.m. on Sunday, except that intoxicating liquor may be sold on Sunday under authority of a permit which authorizes Sunday sale.
This section does not prevent a municipal corporation from adopting a closing hour for the sale of intoxicating liquor earlier than two-thirty a.m. on Sunday or to provide that no intoxicating liquor may be sold prior to that hour on Sunday.
(e) No holder of a permit shall give away any beer or intoxicating liquor of any kind at any time in connection with his business.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no retail permit holder shall display or permit the display on the outside of any licensed retail premises, or on any lot of ground on which the licensed premises are situated, or on the exterior of any building of which the licensed premises are a part, any sign, illustration or advertisement bearing the name, brand name, trade name, trade-mark designation, or other emblem of or indicating the manufacturer, producer, distributor, place of manufacture, production or distribution of any beer or intoxicating liquor. Signs, illustrations or advertisements bearing the name, brand name, trade name, trade- mark, designation or other emblem of or indicating the manufacturer, producer, distributor, place of manufacture, production or distribution of beer or intoxicating liquor may be displayed and permitted to be displayed on the interior or in the show windows of any licensed premises, if the particular brand or type of product so advertised is actually available for sale on the premises at the time of such display. The Liquor Control Commission shall determine by rule the size and character of such signs, illustrations or advertisements.
(g) No retail permit holder shall possess on the licensed premises any barrel or other container from which beer is drawn, unless there is attached to the spigot or other dispensing apparatus the name of the manufacturer of the product contained therein, provided that where such beer is served at a bar the manufacturer’s name or brand must appear in full view of the purchaser. The Commission shall regulate the size and character of the devices provided for in this section.
(h) No sale of any gift certificate shall be permitted whereby beer or intoxicating liquor of any kind is to be exchanged for such certificate.
(ORC 4301.22)