Hudson’s
License Service
1919 North
Loop West Suite 105
(713) 862-0625
(713) 862-1395 Fax
Convenience Stores,
Restaurants, Grocery Stores, Bars, Hotels, Night Clubs, etc.
Articles, By-Laws, Organizational
Meetings, Corporate Book and Seal
County and State
Email address:
TABC Website:
INFORMATION & REQUIREMENTS FOR TABC LICENSES
1) Full legal name, social security number, driver’s license number, date of birth (if married, need same for spouse)
2) Five years residence and 5 years employment history
3) Qualifying persons must be either U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card holder).
4) Qualifying persons must have no felony convictions or felony probation within the last 5 years.
5) If not a U.S. Citizen, bring Passport, Visa, or Resident Alien card.
6) Amount of investment and source of funds (if loan or promissory note, then a copy will be required).
7) Name, Address and Account Number of bank account used for business.
8) Accountant’s name and address if you are not filing your own taxes.
9) Terms of your lease (amount per month, all payments to landlord, and duration of the lease) if you do not own the property.
10) Need information on the owner of the property and owner of the building including name of owner or the entity information that owns the property.
11) You must disclose your interest in any TABC licensed business where you are licensed or where you own property because some types of TABC permits present a conflict of interest with other TABC permits.
12) You must disclose the distance to any School (Public or Private), Church, residence, day care, or hospital near your business location because they could affect your ability to obtain a license at that address. If you do not list the information correctly on your TABC application, your application will be delayed and may require a re-file. As a general rule the location to be licensed must be more than 300 feet from a church measured door to door and more than 1,000 feet from a school measured property line to property line. There are exceptions to the 1,000 foot rule as long as your business is a restaurant or convenience store that is more than 300 feet from the school.
Name of Owner of Business (Person or Entity)
Corporation
Need #1 above for all Officers, Directors and Shareholders
Need Personal History Sheet for All Officers, 2/3 of directors and 51% of Shareholders.
LLC
Need #1 above for all Managers, Members, and Officers
Need Personal History Sheet for All Officers, All Managers, and 51% of Members
Copy of Articles of Organization for LLC
Copy of Regulations or Operating Agreement for LLC
Limited Partnership
Need #1 above on all General and Limited Partners
Need Personal History Sheet for All Officers of the General Partner and 51% of the Limited Partners.
Copy of Certificate of Limited Partnership
Copy of Limited Partnership Agreement
On-Premise Permit must post $5,000.00 Good Conduct Bond
On-Premise Permit locations that have not been licensed by the TABC within the last 2 years must post a 60-day sign at the business. You may obtain your 60-day sign from the local TABC District Office.
On-Premise Permits must send a letter to any residence located within 300 feet measured property line to property line to notify that you are applying for license if you are not applying for FB.
You must send a letter to any school located within 1,000 feet measured property line to property line to notify that you are applying for license.
Restaurants may obtain TABC Food & Beverage Certificate (FB) instead of a Bond. FB permits require the following:
Estimated Food Sales, Alcohol Sales, Total Sales per year
Hours of Food Sales and Alcohol Sales – must sale food the entire time you sale alcohol
List of Kitchen equipment
1. Diagram of entire business including kitchen & dining area
2. Copy of Menu
Mixed Beverage Permit in Harris County must provide name and address of any church or school located within 3,000 feet.
All Mixed Beverage Permits must post a $7,500.00 Tax Security with the Texas State Comptroller immediately after the TABC Mixed Beverage Permit is issued.
All TABC licenses in Montgomery County require that you obtain your Health Permit from the Montgomery County Health Department before your application can be processed.
The TABC requires that the owner or authorized officer interview in their office during the application process.
If there is an existing license at the business location, the old owner will need to surrender the license to the local TABC when the local approval of the application has finished to allow your application to go to TABC Austin for final processing.
Property Tax, Sales Tax and Franchise Tax must be current in order to obtain a TABC license.
You must provide a copy of your TABC license to our office before we may obtain your City alcohol permit.