Pennsylvania Frequently Asked Questions

If you would like to file on-line but do not have a computer, most public libraries have computers available to use for this filing. While the Board encourages licensees to renew their licenses on-line, it is not necessary. You may mail your renewal appli

If your licensed premises is not in operation for fifteen (15) consecutive days, you must return the license and, if applicable, your wholesale purchase permit cards, to the Board no later than the expiration of the fifteen (15)-day period. In order to place your license in such “safekeeping”, you must return the formal license to the Board’s Bureau of Licensing.

The mailing address is PLCB, Bureau of Licensing, P.O. Box 8940, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-8940. You may physically return the license to the Bureau of Licensing, Room 101 Northwest Office Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17124. Include a request that it be kept in safekeeping and the name and address of the person to be contacted of license-related issues.

If the closing of the establishment coincides with the filing of the renewal or validation application, you may initiate this action in that process.
You still maintain ownership of the license while the Board is holding it. A license may be placed in safekeeping for a period no longer than three (3) consecutive years. The license must be renewed and/or validated during that period.

Keep in mind that, once you no longer have your liquor license to display, you have neither the privileges nor the restrictions as a licensee who is operating under its liquor license.