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As part of the area-wide rule that allows shoppers and diners to walk around with open-container alcohol at the 3rd Street ...
Open container laws prohibit the possession of open containers of alcohol within a vehicle. Typically, these laws apply to areas of the car that are readily accessible to vehicle occupants.
It is also illegal to have an empty container of alcohol in a vehicle, according to Los Angeles-based law group Eisner Gorin LLP.. Exceptions to the law. Drivers and passengers can store open ...
An open container is any container of alcohol with the seal broken. It doesn’t actually have to be open. If the container has been opened at all, it’s considered an open container, even if the ...
A motorist in California wine country suspected of driving under the influence last weekend had an open container of alcohol ...
In an earlier column, Getting There asked whether the state's open-container law could apply to non-alcoholic beer, which is defined as having an alcohol content less than 0.5 percent by volume.
Decatur city leaders extended open container alcohol sales through mid-April following a discussion over whether the temporary law’s benefits to local restaurants and bars outweigh the potential ...