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Underage Drinking Maps and Charts
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All maps and charts for APIS underage drinking policy topics are collected on this page. Clicking on any map or chart jumps to the corresponding full-scale map or chart. Clicking on a title jumps to the corresponding policy description that provides important information for interpreting the maps and charts.
A Note on Interpretation of APIS data: It is frequently helpful to consider APIS Underage Drinking policy topics in connection with one another rather than in isolation, in order to avoid misinterpretation of the data. For example, all States prohibit minors (a term widely used in this context to refer to persons under the age of 21) from possessing alcoholic beverages, but not all States prohibit minors from purchasing alcoholic beverages. The fact that a State does not prohibit underage purchasing should not be interpreted as meaning that the State permits such activity, since the minor would have to violate the possession prohibition in order to complete the purchase. States may create separate offenses because they consider illegal purchase to be a more serious violation. These types of overlapping provisions are most common regarding the Underage Possession/Consumption/Internal Possession of Alcohol policy topic. Note also that various exceptions may apply that may not be identical across the policies. For example, a parent may allow his/her underage child to possess alcohol in any private location but may be prohibited from furnishing the alcohol without exception.
Underage Possession of Alcohol
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Exceptions to Minimum Age of 21
for Possession of Alcohol as of 1/1/2009
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Number of States with Family and Location
Exceptions to Minimum Age of 21
for Possession of Alcohol  |
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Underage Consumption of Alcohol
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Exceptions to Minimum Age of 21
for Consumption of Alcohol as of 1/1/2009
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Number of States with Family and Location
Exceptions to Minimum Age of 21
for Consumption of Alcohol  |
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Underage Internal Possession of Alcohol
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Prohibition of Internal Possession of Alcohol by Persons Under 21 Years of Age as of 1/1/2009
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Distribution of States with Laws Prohibiting Internal Possession of Alcohol by Persons Under 21 Years of Age  |
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Underage Purchase of Alcohol
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Underage Purchase of Alcohol for Law Enforcement Purposes as of 1/1/2009  |
Underage Purchase of Alcohol for Law Enforcement Purposes  |
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Furnishing Alcohol to Minors
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Exceptions to Prohibitions on Furnishing
of Alcohol to Persons under 21 as of 1/1/2009
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Number of States with Family and Location
Exceptions to Prohibition on Furnishing
Alcohol to Persons under Age 21  |
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Affirmative Defense to Furnishing to Underage as of 1/1/2009  |
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Minimum Ages for On-Premises Servers and Bartenders
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Minimum Ages for On-Premises Servers of
Beer as of 1/1/2009  |
Distribution of Minimum Ages for
On-Premises Servers of Beer  |
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Minimum Ages for On-Premises Bartenders of Beer as of 1/1/2009
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Distribution of Minimum Ages for
On-Premises Bartenders of Beer  |
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Types of Beverages for On-Premises Sales and/or
Service by Persons Under 21 as of 1/1/2009  |
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Minimum Ages for Off-Premises Sellers
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Minimum Age to Sell Beer for
Off-Premises Consumption as of 1/1/2009  |
Distribution of Minimum Ages for
Off-Premises Sellers of Beer  |
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Types of Beverages for Off-Premises Sales
by Persons Under 21 as of 1/1/2009  |
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False Identification for Obtaining Alcohol
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False Identification for Obtaining Alcohol
as of 1/1/2009  |
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Procedure for Imposing License Sanction for Use of False ID as of 1/1/2009  |
Distribution of License Suspension/Revocation Procedures for Use of a False ID  |
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False ID Laws with Scanner Provisions as of 1/1/2009  |
Number of States with Scanner Provisions in Their False ID Laws  |
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Affirmative Defense for Sale to Minor with False Identification as of 1/1/2009  |
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Blood Alcohol Concentration Limits:
Youth (Underage Operators of Noncommercial Motor Vehicles)
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Youth Operator BAC Limit Laws
as of 1/1/2009  |
Distribution of Youth Operator BAC Limit Laws  |
Keg Registration
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Keg Registration Laws as of 1/1/2009
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Number of States with
Keg Registration Laws  |
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Loss of Driving Privileges for Alcohol Violations by Minors ("Use/Lose" Laws)
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License Suspension/Revocation for Alcohol Violations by Minors
("Use/Lose") as of 1/1/2009  |
Distribution of License Suspension/Revocation
Procedures for Alcohol Violations by Minors  |
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Prohibitions Against Hosting Underage Drinking Parties
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Prohibitions Against Hosting Underage Drinking Parties as of 1/1/2009  |
Number of States with Prohibitions Against Hosting Underage Drinking Parties  |
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