ATC Compliance
Anyone who is or will be serving alcohol beverages at any of our locations will need to be properly licensed by the Indiana Alcohol & Tobacco Commission (ATC). Below are instructions and information on how to complete this process anong with several others.
If you already have ATC documents, you can upload them to our office HERE
Apply for a new ATC Permit
Follow the instructions below to apply for a new Employee permit, Volunteer Employee permit, or Restricted (19 & 20-year-old) permit.
1) Navigate to www.in.gov/atc
2) Click on “Get Started”
3) Click “Online Application for Individual Permits” and then “Online Employee and Salesman Application”
4) Under Employee Permits click on First Time Application
5) Enter new users Birth Date and Social Security Number and click Search
o If the person already exists in the Indiana Licensing Database, their name and address will be populated on the Registration page and your new application will be linked to your existing record
6) Cost must be paid for by the employee at the time of applying for the permit
o $30 for 19/20 Year Old Restricted Plus $4.50 Processing Fee
o $45 for 21 or Older Plus $4.50 Processing Fee
Re-Print issued ATC License
The Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission is now offering the ability for employee permit applicants and permittees to print their own permit from their licensing homepage. Permittees will no longer need to pay the $10 reissuance fee to the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission, they can print a reissuance at any time from the site.
1) Navigate to www.mylicense.in.gov
2) Input User ID and Password
If you do not remember user ID or Password go to:
1) Register a Person
2) Scroll down to Search
3) Enter (2) fields only, then search.
Registration - Your record has been found. You can change your address if different. If User ID and Password is already there, go back to (mylicense.in.gov)
USER ID: at bottom of page
· The online applications can use their User ID and password they currently have change if you want to).
· Print button located on the right.
Renew ATC Permit
Permits are eligible to renew 90 days prior to expiration and can be renewed until they have been expired for 120 days. Your login ID is your Permit Number and your password is the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number.
1) Navigate to www.in.gov/atc
2) Click on “Get Started”
3) Click “Online Application for Individual Permits” and then “Online Employee and Salesman Application”
4) Under Employee Permits click on Renewal
5) Enter User ID and Password
6) Follow Instructions
ATC Certified Server Training
Indiana state law requires completion of a certified server training program for persons holding an Employee Permit to dispense alcoholic beverages. The certification must be obtained no later than 120 days from the date of hire at an alcohol establishment. This must be completed every time ATC is renewed.
To assist permit holders in meeting this requirement, the Indiana Alcohol & Tobacco Commission now offers online certified server training. There is no charge for the ATC online training, and it meets all requirements for server certification. There are two ways to access this training.
To take the online ATC Certified Server Training course following the instructions below and be sure to be connected to a printer:
1) Be hooked up to a printer
2) Navigate to www.in.gov/atc
3) Click on “Alcohol Resources” on the left
4) Select “Alcohol Permit Information”
5) Scroll down to “Additonal Information & Resources” click on “Server Training Classes”
6) Under number 2 click on “Online Training” (2 hour training class)
7) Set up an account and Fill out the information
o If you already have an account – After you log in
o Click the Education Tab on the left navigation menu to access the server training
8) Once finished print off the Server Training Certificate and give one to the store and keep one
Restricted Employee Permit Laws
A person who is 19 or 20 years old may hold a restricted employee permit issued by the Alcohol & Tobacco Commission for the purpose of serving alcoholic beverages in the dining room of a hotel or restaurant.
In order to acquire a restricted employee permit, the 19 or 20-year-old employee must first successfully complete a State certified server training program. This training is available through the Excise Police District in your area. Here is a list of scheduled Server Training Programs.
The restricted employee should then submit an application to the Indiana Alcohol & Tobacco Commission with the certification attached along with other information required by the application.
In order for the restricted employee to serve alcoholic beverages at a permit premises, the employee must be supervised by a person who has successfully completed a State certified server training program.
The restricted employee may not act as a bartender or serve alcoholic beverages in the bar room of a permit premises.
The restricted employee may not mix drinks. The restricted employee may not draw beer from a tap or spigot into a pitcher or mug. They may not pour pre-mixed beverages into containers to be served at a table or dining area.
The restricted employee may only serve in family areas of retail establishments. This includes only family rooms, family areas of restaurants with approved limited separation and dining rooms at fraternal or social clubs.
The restricted employee may garnish a drink prepared by a licensed bartender and may uncork and pour wine from a bottle at a customer's table in the dining area of a family room if the customer orders a bottle of wine.
The restricted employee may serve alcoholic beverages in the banquet room of a hotel or restaurant but may not serve alcoholic beverages over a bar or act as a bartender.
The restricted employee may not serve drinks in a recreational area such as a pool room or arcade room. The restricted employee may not serve drinks in the concourse area of a recreational center. They also may not serve drinks in the stands at a sports arena.
When the restricted employee becomes twenty-one years old, the employee must surrender the restricted permit and obtain an unrestricted permit in order to continue to serve alcoholic beverages. There is a $45 fee to obtain the 3-year unrestricted employee permit.