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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]
Laws against drinking in public are known as open container laws, as the presence of an open container of alcohol is seen as evidence of drinking in public and is far easier to witness and prove than the act of drinking. In the United States, open container laws are state laws (rather than federal laws), and therefore they differ between states ...
Map of open container laws in the United States by state, as of September 2007. In the United States, the sale of alcoholic beverages is controlled by the individual states, by the counties or parishes within each state, and by local jurisdictions.
City officials say the move is prompted by complaints about public alcohol consumption; opponents of the proposal say the new rules are unnecessary.
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Nevada state law both protects people from suffering any criminal penalty (including arrest) for the mere act of being drunk in public, and prohibits local jurisdictions from enacting criminal public intoxication laws on their own. Oregon: The state has no laws against public intoxication and actively bans local intoxication ordinances in §430 ...
What is an open container ban? Open container bans, which is what the city of Fort Worth is considering, applies to the public consumption of alcoholic beverages in a central business district.
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