Section 311.320

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Chapter 311

Effective - 07 Jun 1993, see footnote   

  311.320.  Misrepresentation of age by minor to obtain liquor — use of altered driver's license, passport or I.D. cards, penalties. — 1.  Any person of the age of seventeen years and under the age of twenty-one years who shall represent that he has attained the age of twenty-one years for the purpose of purchasing, asking for or in any way receiving any intoxicating liquor, except in cases authorized by law, shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.  Any person under the age of seventeen years who shall represent that he has attained the age of twenty-one years for the purpose of purchasing, asking for or in any way receiving any intoxicating liquor, except in cases authorized by law, may be considered a delinquent child and may be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of chapter 211.

  2.  In addition to any other penalties established in subsection 1 of this section and established in sections 302.400 to 302.426^*, any person who is less than twenty-one years of age who uses a reproduced, modified or altered chauffeur's license, motor vehicle operator's license, identification card issued by any uniformed service of the United States, passport or identification card established in section 302.181 for the purpose of purchasing, asking for or in any way receiving any intoxicating liquor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars for each separate offense.

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(L. 1947 V. I p. 373 § 4885b, A.L. 1989 H.B. 397, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1316, A.L. 1993 H.B. 63)

Effective 6-07-93

*Sections 577.500 to 577.530 were transferred to sections 302.400 to 302.426 by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17.