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Alert: DABT License Renewal Deadline (Updated)

Update (11.9.22): DBPR Emergency Order 2022-05 extends DBPR Emergency Order 2022-01’s renewal deadline from Oct 31, 2022, to Nov 22, 2022, for some #DBPR licenses. Licenses renewed on or before Nov 22, 2022 will not be assessed any late fees. Read more >> https://bit.ly/3W8RekH

Update (9.30.22): DBPR EMERGENCY ORDER 2022-01 extends the renewal deadline from Sep 30 or Oct 1, 2022, to Oct 31, 2022, for many DBPR licensees. Licenses renewed on or before Oct 31, 2022 will not be assessed any late fees. Read more >> https://bit.ly/3dQYLmH

Don’t forget to renew your Florida alcoholic beverage license! The license year for all manufacturers, brokers, sales agents, importers, and passenger common carriers in listed counties runs from October 1 – September 30.

In addition, the September 30 deadline applies to vendors or distributors of alcoholic beverages in the following counties:

  • Alachua

  • Baker

  • Bay

  • Bradford

  • Calhoun

  • Citrus

  • Clay

  • Columbia

  • Dixie

  • Duval

  • Escambia

  • Flagler

  • Franklin

  • Gadsden

  • Gilchrist

  • Gulf

  • Hamilton

  • Hernando

  • Hillsborough

  • Holmes

  • Jackson

  • Lafayette

  • Lake

  • Leon

  • Levy

  • Liberty

  • Madison

  • Marion

  • Nassau

  • Okaloosa

  • Orange

  • Pasco

  • Pinellas

  • Putnam

  • St. Johns

  • Santa Rosa

  • Seminole

  • Sumter

  • Suwannee

  • Taylor

  • Union

  • Walton

  • Washington

Please note that all licenses not renewed within 60 days of expiration will be cancelled by the Division unless the license is involved in litigation or an administrative action. Click here to learn how to renew your license after the deadline (“delinquent renewals”).