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A person must be at least 15-17 years of age to publicly drink an alcoholic beverage in Texas, with some exceptions. [1]Texas is one of ten states (California, Colorado, Maryland, Montana, New York, Texas, West Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) that allow consumption by minors in the presence of consenting and supervising family members.
Sale or distribution of grain alcohol higher than 60% ABV is illegal (legal if it is sold by a pharmacy or drug store to a person with a prescription), but there is no upper limit for other distilled liquors (B&P 23403). [21] [22] You may serve alcohol if you are at least 21 years of age. City and county governments can set different sale hours.
Both age limits apply for following states: Illinois: The legal purchase age is 19 for beer and wine, and 21 for liquor. Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.: The legal purchase age is 18 for beer and wine, and 21 for liquor.
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In most of Texas, drinking alcohol in public doesn’t break any laws. But in certain places, including parts of Fort Worth, you could end up getting charged and fined.
Drunk driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle with the operator's ability to do so impaired as a result of alcohol consumption, or with a blood alcohol level in excess of the legal limit. [1] For drivers 21 years or older, driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher is illegal.
Texas law does not specifically ban public alcohol ... alcohol consumption is legal between 10 a.m. and noon Sunday at an establishment that also sells food to the customer and at a winery, fair ...
In the United States, open-container laws are U.S. state laws, rather than federal laws; thus they vary from state to state.. The majority of U.S. states and localities prohibit possessing or consuming an open container of alcohol in public places, such as on the street, while 24 states do not have statutes regarding the public consumption of alcohol. [1]