Age checks, delivery eligibility, quantity limits, and staff controls run on every sale — at the register and in your online storefront. The controls are part of checkout, not an afterthought, so doing it right is the default.
Alabama’s delivery law runs to twenty subsections of specific numbers, and the package-store rules add their own. Each card below carries the rule it comes from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Someone who has hit their daily limit at one store has hit it everywhere. Most systems count per account, which means the cap resets with a second email address. We count the person — because that is what the statute says.
Ala. Code § 28-3A-13.1(b)(6) — “per customer in any single 24-hour period”9,000 mL of spirits. 9,000 mL of wine. 288 ounces of draft. The equivalent of 120 twelve-ounce beers. The order is refused before it can be written, not flagged for review afterwards.
§ 28-3A-13.1(b)(6)a–dThe board can inspect any time you are open, and ask for the records while they are standing there. Refusals, voids, price overrides and drawer events already carry who did it and when, so what you hand over is a filtered export rather than an afternoon of digging.
§ 28-3A-25(a)(5)–(6)Recipient 21 or over, identification scanned, signature captured. Nothing left unattended, nothing to a residence hall, nothing to another licensee, every package sealed and labeled as containing alcohol.
§ 28-3A-13.1(b)(9)–(b)(18)An order has to reach the customer on the day it leaves your shelf, and never more than 75 miles out. Both are limits the system holds to, so your driver is not the one keeping count.
§ 28-3A-13.1(b)(1), (b)(17)No sales after 2 a.m. Sunday unless your municipality has opted in by ordinance. Windows are evaluated in the store’s local time, and a window that crosses midnight is handled properly rather than cutting off at the wrong hour.
§ 28-3A-25(a)(19)–(20)Loyalty and rewards on alcohol, premiums and inducements, general merchandise on the sales floor, delivery-only discounts. Each rule is held with the citation it comes from, so when you set up a promotion you are reading the regulation rather than guessing at it.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 20-X-6-.12, 20-X-5-.13, 20-X-6-.21A package store has to carry at least $5,000 wholesale in stock, from no fewer than two distilleries and two wineries, across 500 square feet of selling floor. Those are conditions of your license and they are countable — so we count them, instead of leaving you to find out at an inspection.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 20-X-5-.13Every purchase kept for three years with the date, the actual price paid and the vendor's name — the exact three things the statute asks for, already recorded when you receive an order, and exportable the moment somebody asks to see them.
Ala. Code § 28-3A-25(a)(5)Buying from an unlicensed manufacturer or importer is your violation, not theirs. License numbers and expiry dates sit on the vendor record, so an expired license is something you are told about rather than something you discover afterwards.
§ 28-3A-25(a)(17)Delivery provisions apply to stores holding an Alabama Delivery Service License, and rules are configured for your jurisdiction when you are set up. This describes how the software behaves — it is not legal advice, and your beverage attorney should still review your operation.
Who is allowed to do what, and how a second store differs from the first. No statute spells these out, and they still decide whether the rules above actually hold on a busy night.
Custom roles and per-page permissions, PIN clock-in, and manager approvals keep sensitive actions to the right people.
Configure rules per location and per license so a store in one jurisdiction can follow different requirements than another.
Every state — and often every city or county — writes its own alcohol rules. FoolProof is built so those rules live in your store's configuration and fire at exactly the moment they matter: when an item is added, when a delivery is scheduled, when a sale is tendered. Your team doesn't have to remember the rule, because the system won't let the sale go through without it.
Because FoolProof is your system of record, the history behind every sale, refund, and adjustment stays intact and searchable. When you need to demonstrate compliance — to a distributor, a bookkeeper, or a regulator — the trail is already there, tied to a real transaction rather than reconstructed after the fact.
FoolProof provides software tools that help you operate within the law. You remain responsible for holding the right licenses, verifying age at sale and delivery, and configuring your store's rules to match your jurisdiction. Our compliance features are aids that make the right thing the easy thing — not a substitute for your own legal obligations.
This page describes product features and is not legal advice. Alcohol laws vary by jurisdiction and change over time; consult your attorney and your state's ABC board to confirm your obligations.
See how the compliance controls work on a real sale and delivery.