Title 3, Title 3 Beverages

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 with a…

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 court having jurisdiction…

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 outs…

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 beverage is delivered in a curricul…

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 purchase…

(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 of the document, of t…

(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 transport the rema…

(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 for bona fide researc…

(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 the purpose of conduct…

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.

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 suspension shall be deter…

(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 or her twen…

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 allows any person who has not reached his or her twe…

(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) Underag…

(a) It is unlawful for: (1) A person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday to enter any premises licensed for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages for the purpose of purchasing or having served or delivered to him or her alcoholic beverages; or (2) A perso…

(a)(1) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall issue to any person upon request, who is under twenty-one (21) years of age, an identification card upon payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and, upon presentation of a certified birth or baptismal cer…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his or her possession any cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or fraudulently altered official Rhode Island identification card; (2) To lend his or her Rhode Island identi…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a fraudulent identification card, as defined in §§ 11-18-20.1 and 3-8-6, or a fraudulent license to operate a motor vehicle. (b) Each incident of manufacturing or distributing a fraudulent identification card or…

(a) Any person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday and who operates a motor vehicle upon the public highways, except when accompanied by a parent, legal guardian, or another adult who is over the age of twenty-one (21) years and related, whether by blood, …