Changes Over Time: Minimum Ages for On-Premises Servers and Bartenders
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Jurisdiction | Date Range | Minimum Age To Serve | Minimum Age To Bartend | Manager or Supervisor Must Be Present | Citations | ||||
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Beer | Wine | Spirits | Beer | Wine | Spirits | ||||
Arizona | 8/9/2017 - 1/1/2021 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 3 Citations | |
Arizona | 1/1/2003 - 8/8/2017 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 2 Citations | |
Arkansas | 5/6/2003 - 1/1/2021 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 7 Citations | |
Arkansas | 1/1/2003 - 5/5/2003 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||
Delaware | 7/17/2018 - 1/1/2021 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 5 Citations | |
Delaware | 1/1/2003 - 7/16/2018 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 4 Citations | |
North Dakota
Any person who is eighteen years of age or older but under twenty-one years of age may be employed by the restaurant to serve and collect money for alcoholic beverages, if the person is under the direct supervision of a person twenty-one or more years of age, but may not be engaged in mixing, dispensing, or consuming alcoholic beverages. | 8/1/2009 - 1/1/2021 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 2 Citations | |
North Dakota
Any person who is nineteen years of age or older but under twenty-one years of age may be employed by the restaurant to serve and collect money for alcoholic beverages, if the person is under the direct supervision of a person twenty-one or more years of age, but may not be engaged in mixing, dispensing, or consuming alcoholic beverages. | 1/1/2003 - 7/31/2009 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||
South Dakota | 7/1/2018 - 1/1/2021 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 4 Citations | |
South Dakota | 1/1/2003 - 6/30/2018 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 2 Citations |