§ 3-8-1. Sales on Sundays and holidays — Sales to underage persons, intoxicated persons, and persons of intemperate habits. Licenses issued under this title shall not authorize the sale or service of beverages on Sunday, nor on Christmas day excepting licensed taverns, clubs, victualing houses, and retail Class F licensed places when served with food […]
§ 3-8-1.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 239, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 142, § 1.
§ 3-8-10. Possession of beverage by underage persons. Any person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday and has in his or her possession any beverage as defined in this title shall be fined one hundred fifty dollars ($150) to seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) for the first offense, three hundred dollars […]
§ 3-8-11. [Reserved.]
§ 3-8-11.1. Furnishing or procurement of alcoholic beverages for underage persons. (a) As used in this section: (1) “furnish” means to provide with, supply, give or purchase; (2) “procure” means to get possession of, obtain by particular care and effort; and (3) “permit” means to give permission for, or approval of, the possession or consumption […]
§ 3-8-11.2. Penalty for violation of § 3-8-11.1. (a) Any person who violates § 3-8-11.1 and either pleads nolo contendere or is convicted of a first misdemeanor violation shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and/or imprisoned for a period […]
§ 3-8-11.3. Agency or misrepresentation no defense. It is no defense to a prosecution for a violation of § 3-8-11.2, that in the transaction upon which the prosecution is based, any person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday acted as the agent or representative of another, or that the defendant dealt […]
§ 3-8-11.4. Report of convictions involving altered or fraudulent driver’s license. Upon final conviction of any person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday of having used an altered or fraudulent driver’s license for the purposes of causing the sale to him, her, or another of alcoholic beverages, the clerk of the […]
§ 3-8-12. Expungement of certain criminal records. The court records of conviction of any person convicted of a violation of § 3-8-6, 3-8-9, or 3-8-10, while between the age of eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21) shall be expunged without the requirement of filing a motion pursuant to chapter 1.3 of title 12; provided, that all […]
§ 3-8-13. Use of alcoholic beverages in a licensed curriculum. This chapter does not apply to a person who gives or causes to be given any alcoholic beverage to a student under the age of twenty-one (21) years, nor does this chapter apply to any of these students who receives any alcoholic beverage, if the […]
§ 3-8-14. Sale of beverages by bottle. The department of business regulation shall adopt rules and regulations authorizing the holders of Class B-V licenses issued pursuant to this title to sell aquardiente by the bottle, for consumption on the premises of the license holder because this beverage is generally purchased by the bottle by ethnic […]
§ 3-8-15. Sales of kegs of beer — Restrictions. (a) Every retailer of kegs of beer shall affix a removable label to each keg of beer sold which shall contain the name, address, date of birth, type of identification document used to verify the date, and the last four (4) digits of the identification number […]
§ 3-8-16. Restaurants: Off premise transportation of wine. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or in the Rhode Island general laws to the contrary, a holder of a retailer’s Class B license shall be permitted to provide to a patron, and the patron shall be allowed to retain and remove from the premises and […]
§ 3-8-17. Possession or sale of powdered alcohol prohibited. (a) It is unlawful for a person, firm, or corporation to use, offer for use, purchase, offer to purchase, sell, offer to sell, or possess powdered alcohol, subject to the provisions of § 3-11-5. (b) This section shall not apply to the use of powdered alcohol […]
§ 3-8-18. Possession or sale of alcohol without liquid device prohibited. (a) It is unlawful for a person to use, offer for use, purchase, offer to purchase, sell, offer to sell, or possess an alcohol-without-liquid device as defined in § 3-1-1. (b) This section shall not apply to a healthcare provider that operates primarily for […]
§ 3-8-2. Age restriction for bartenders. No person under the age of eighteen (18) may act as a bartender for the purposes of mixing, preparing, serving, or selling from a bar used for the purpose of dispensing beverages in any licensed establishment operating under a Class B-C-D-F or F1-G-J or K license. History of Section.G.L. […]
§ 3-8-3. Suspension of license for employment of underage bartender. Any licensee who violates, or permits to be violated, the provisions of § 3-8-2 is subject to the suspension of license for a period of at least three (3) calendar days for the first offense. If additional violations occur, the number of calendar days of […]
§ 3-8-4. Drinking by or hiring of underage persons. (a) Use of a credit card for the purchase of beverages may be permitted by all classes of license holders and, notwithstanding the purchase of alcoholic beverages by credit card, license holders shall not sell or furnish beverages to any person who has not reached his […]
§ 3-8-5. Penalty for violations relating to underage persons. Any person who sells or suffers to be sold or delivered any beverage to a person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday either for his or her own use or the use of his or her parents or any other person, or […]
§ 3-8-5.1. Compliance check. (a) As used in this section the term “compliance check” means the sending of a minor into a retail outlet to see if that minor could purchase alcohol. As used in this section the term “purchase survey” refers to compliance checks that are a part of a statewide survey. (b) Underage […]
