City Secretary's Office

CFW Alcohol Permit

The City of Fort Worth has an Alcohol Permitting process that must be completed before the City Secretary will certify a TABC application. The following steps below are for reference. Please visit the Alcohol Permit page for more information.

1. City Location Verification/Distant Check:

   Complete the Location Verification/Distant Check with Development Services located on the 5^th Floor. Contact the Development Services Department at 817-392-2222 for assistance with electronic submissions.

2. Establish your CFW Alcohol Account

   Bring the signed/approved Location Verification/Distance Check, receipts from the distance check, and  TABC application to Treasury Revenue located on the 5^th Floor – Central Cashier to establish your CFW Alcohol Account. You will receive a Billing Acknowledgment form to sign. Treasury Revenue will then initial and date and return a copy to you.  (For processing remotely email the Revenue Office the full TABC application, distance check, and receipt for the alcohol distance check to TreasuryRevenue@fortworthtexas.gov.)

3.  TABC License Certification

   After receiving the Billing Aknowledgment form back initialed & dated by Treasury Revenue. Bring the original TABC application, signed  Alcohol Permit Location Verification/Distance Check, receipts from the distance check, and Billing Acknowledgement initialed and dated by Treasury Revenue to the City Secretary’s Office located on 7^th Floor to complete the City’s portion of the permit. (The City Secretary will not sign off on the TABC license unless we have all documentation listed above.)