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169A.35
Statute ID:
10543
Open bottle law.
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Statute Number:
169A.35
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Open bottle law.
Statute ID:
10543
Created:
Oct 19, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Oct 19, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
System
Legal Analyst Comment:
Summary Text:
Open bottle law.
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169A/35.html
Legislative Session:
0 - NA
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Dec 17, 2024
Subdivision 1. As used in this section: (1) "alcoholic beverage" has the meaning given it in section 340A.101, subdivision 2; (2) "distilled spirits" has the meaning given it in section 340A.101, subdivision 9; (3) "motor vehicle" does not include motorboats in operation or off-road recreational vehicles; (4) "possession" means either that the person had actual possession of the bottle or receptacle or that the person consciously exercised dominion and control over the bottle or receptacle; and (5) "3.2 percent malt liquor" has the meaning given it in section 340A.101, subdivision 19. Subd. 2. It is a crime for a person to drink or consume an alcoholic beverage, distilled spirit, or 3.2 percent malt liquor in a motor vehicle when the vehicle is upon a street or highway. Subd. 2. It is a crime for a person to drink or consume an alcoholic beverage, distilled spirit, or 3.2 percent malt liquor in a motor vehicle when the vehicle is upon a street or highway. Subd. 3. It is a crime for a person to have in possession, while in a private motor vehicle upon a street or highway, any bottle or receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage, distilled spirit, or 3.2 percent malt liquor that has been opened, or the seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed. Subd. 3. It is a crime for a person to have in possession, while in a private motor vehicle upon a street or highway, any bottle or receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage, distilled spirit, or 3.2 percent malt liquor that has been opened, or the seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed. Subd. 4. It is a crime for the owner of any private motor vehicle or the driver, if the owner is not present in the motor vehicle, to keep or allow to be kept in a motor vehicle when the vehicle is upon a street or highway any bottle or receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage, distilled spirit, or 3.2 percent malt liquor that has been opened, or the seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed. Subd. 5. A person who violates subdivisions 2 to 4 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
