Iowa Code 1995SUPPLEMENT: Section 123.47

123.47 Persons under the age of eighteen---penalty.

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 the age of eighteen, and a person or persons under the age of eighteen 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 the age of eighteen 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 the age of eighteen 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. A person, other than a licensee or permittee, who violates this section regarding the purchase of or attempt to purchase alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer shall pay a twenty-five dollar penalty.

Section History: Early form

[C35, § 1921-f43; C39, § 1921.043; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 123.43; C66, 71, § 123.43, 125.33; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 123.47]

Section History: Recent form

85 Acts, ch 32, § 37; 92 Acts, ch 1231, § 8; 94 Acts, ch 1105, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1172, §2; 95 Acts, ch 191, § 3

Internal References

Referred to in § 123.47B, 123.50, 137C.25C, 232.19, 232.52, 321.213A, 321.216B, 805.16

123.47 Persons under the age of eighteen---penalty.

Section History: Early form

Section History: Recent form

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