Amending Your Alcoholic Beverages Retail License (ABCC)

After September 10 the following transactions will require a Certificate of Compliance issued by the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance:

• Transfer of license
• Change of officers/directors/LLC manager
• Change of ownership
• Change of stock interest
• Change of corporate structure change of category
• Change of classification
• Change of corporate name
• Pledge of license
• Stock or inventory
• Management agreement, and
• Change of non-profit club officers and directors

Please see the guide for instructions on how to obtain a Department of Unemployment Assistance Certificate of Compliance (see Additional Resources).

You are allowed to submit multiple changes to your alcoholic beverages retail license if you wish. To do this, you'll need to complete a monetary transmittal form and pay a processing fee of $200. In addition, you would file any other required paperwork that is specific to the particular change to your license that you request.

Follow these steps for changing the manager associated with your licensed business.

File this amendment to your license if your business has a new address or you implemented a change in its physical structure (e.g., renovations).

If you need to notify the ABCC about a pledge of collateral, please follow these instructions.

This procedures applies to changes in:

• Beneficial interest
• Directors or officers for not-for-profit clubs

Submit these forms if you are changing your business's hours of operation.

Note: A change of hours does not require an ABCC processing fee.

Submit this form if you are changing your business's management agreement.