Draft chapter 45: Alcohol Consumption and Intoxication
§ 45.01 Persons Under Legal Age
The 2026 draft's § 45.01 beside the current code's § 45.01: removed words are struck through, added words underlined.
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- Permit, license or registration: …of purchasing or attempting to purchase any alcoholic
beverage, wine,beverage from any retail alcohol licensee or wine or beer from any licensee or permittee. (Code…
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1. A person or persons under legal age shall not purchase or attempt to
(Code of Iowa, Sec.
2. A person under legal age shall not misrepresent the person’s age for the purpose of purchasing or attempting to purchase any alcoholic
(Code of Iowa, Sec.
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Current code
§ 45.01 Persons Under Legal Age
As used in this section, “legal age” means twenty-one (21) years of age or more.
1. 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 State laws.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 123.47[2])
2. A person under legal age shall not misrepresent the person’s age for the purpose of purchasing or attempting to purchase any alcoholic beverage, wine, or beer from any licensee or permittee.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 123.49[3])
2026 draft
§ 45.01 Persons Under Legal Age
As used in this section, “legal age” means 21 years of age or more.
1. A person or persons under legal age shall not purchase or attempt to purchase, consume, or individually or jointly have alcoholic beverages in their possession or control; except in the case of any alcoholic beverage 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 during the regular course of the person’s employment by a retail alcohol licensee, or wine or beer permittee under State laws.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 123.47(3))
2. A person under legal age shall not misrepresent the person’s age for the purpose of purchasing or attempting to purchase any alcoholic beverage from any retail alcohol licensee or wine or beer permittee.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 123.49(3))
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