Section 25-713 - Retail licensee required to post current legal drinking age and notice of requirement to produce valid identification displaying proof of age

Retail licensee required to post current legal drinking age and notice of requirement to produce valid identification displaying proof of age

A retail licensee shall post a notice, maintained in good repair and in a place clearly visible from the point of entry to the establishment, stating:

(1) The minimum age required for the purchases of an alcoholic beverage; and

(2) The obligation of the patron to produce a valid identification document displaying proof of legal drinking age.

CREDIT(S)

(Jan. 24, 1934, 48 Stat. 331, ch. 4, § 20; Aug. 27, 1935, 49 Stat. 901, ch. 756, § 10; June 29, 1953, 67 Stat. 104, ch. 159, § 404(g); Sept. 29, 1982, D.C. Law 4-157, § 12, 29 DCR 3617; Sept. 26, 1984, D.C. Law 5-106, § 2, 31 DCR 3381; Feb. 24, 1987, D.C. Law 6-178, § 2(a), 33 DCR 7654; Mar. 7, 1987, D.C. Law 6-217, § 12, 34 DCR 907; Sept. 11, 1993, D.C. Law 10-12, § 2(c), 40 DCR 4020; May 24, 1994, D.C. Law 10-122, § 2(i), 41 DCR 1658; May 3, 2001, D.C. Law 13-298, § 101, 48 DCR 2959.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

D.C. Law 13-298 amended and enacted into law Title 25 of the District of Columbia Official Code. The text of this section is derived from provisions formerly found in D.C. Code § 25-121(e). For notes from former § 25-121, see § 25-781.
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 25-713.
1973 Ed., § 25-121.
Legislative History of Laws
For D.C. Law 13-298, see notes following § 25-101.

Current through September 13, 2012