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79 <br />CHAPTER 529 <br />Liquor Control <br />529.01 Definitions. <br />529.02 Sales to minors; prohibitions and <br /> misrepresentations. <br />529.03 Sales to intoxicated persons. <br />529.04 Liquor consumption or open <br /> container in motor vehicle. <br />529.05 Permit required. <br />529.06 Printed warnings to be posted. <br />529.07 Open container prohibited. <br />529.08 Hours of sale or consumption. <br />529.99 Penalty. <br />CROSS REFERENCES <br />See sectional histories for similar State law <br />Prohibiting sale of intoxicating liquor on Sunday -see Ohio R.C. 4301.22(D) <br />Local option -see Ohio R. C. 4301.32 et seq. , 4303.29 <br />Disorderly conduct; intoxication -see GEN. OFF. 509.03 <br />Using weapons while intoxicated -see GEN. OFF. 549.03 <br />529.01 DEFINITIONS. <br />As used in the Codified Ordinances: <br />(a) "Alcohol" means ethyl alcohol, whether rectified or diluted with water or not, <br />whatever its origin may be, and includes synthetic ethyl alcohol. Such term <br />excludes denatured alcohol and wood alcohol. <br />(b) "Intoxicating liquor" and "liquor" include all liquids and compounds, other than beer <br />as defined in subsection (c) hereof, containing one-half of one percent (0.5%) or <br />more of alcohol by volume which are fit to use for beverage purposes, from whatever <br />source and by whatever process produced, by whatever name called and whether <br />or not the same are medicated, proprietary or patented. Such phrase includes <br />wine as defined in Ohio R.C. 4301.01 even if it contains less than four percent <br />(4%) of alcohol by volume, mixed beverages as defined in Ohio R.C. 4301.01 <br />even if they contain less than five percent (5%) of alcohol by volume, alcohol and <br />all solids and confections which contain any alcohol. <br />(c) "Beer", "malt liquor" or "malt beverages" includes all brewed or fermented malt <br />products containing one-half of one percent (0.5%) or more of alcohol by volume <br />but not mare than six percent (6%) of alcohol by weight. <br />(d) "Person" includes firms and corporations. (ORC 4301.01) <br />529.02 SALES TO MINORS; PROHIBITIONS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS. <br />(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or Ohio R.C. Chapter 4301, no <br />person shall sell beer or intoxicating liquor to a person under the age of twenty-one <br />years, or buy beer or intoxicating liquor for, or furnish it to, a person under the age <br />of twenty-one years, unless given by a physician in the regular line of his practice or <br />given for established religious purposes, or unless the person under twenty-one <br />years of age is accompanied by a parent, spouse or legal guardian. <br />1988 Replacement <br />