§ 5.04.350. Persons under legal age—Penalty.

A.

A person shall not sell, give, or otherwise supply alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that person to be under legal age.

B.

A person or persons under legal age shall not purchase or attempt to purchase, or individually or jointly have alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer in their possession or control; except in the case of liquor, wine or beer given or dispensed to a person under legal age within a private home and with the knowledge, presence, and consent of the parent or guardian, for beverage or medicinal purposes or as administered to the person by either a physician or dentist for medicinal purposes and except to the extent that a person under legal age may handle alcoholic beverages, wine, and beer during the regular course of the person's employment by a liquor control licensee, or wine or beer permittee under this chapter.

C.

A person who is under legal age, other than as licensee or permittee, who violates this section regarding the purchase of or attempt to purchase alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer, or possessing or having control of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer, commits a simple misdemeanor.

(Prior code §2.1-3.0104)

(Ord. No. 1285, § 1, 6-21-2010)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 1285, § 1, adopted June 21, 2010, changed the title of § 5.04.350 from sale to persons under legal age prohibited to persons under legal age—penalty.