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2018 Georgia Code 3-3-24 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 3-3-24 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 3-3-24

TITLE 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Section 3. Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages Generally, 3-3-1 through 3-3-46.

ARTICLE 2 PROHIBITED ACTS

3-3-24. Dispensing, serving, selling, or taking orders for alcoholic beverages by persons under 18 years of age.

  1. No person shall allow or require a person in his employment under 18 years of age to dispense, serve, sell, or take orders for any alcoholic beverages.
  2. This Code section shall not prohibit persons under 18 years of age who are employed in supermarkets, convenience stores, breweries, or drugstores from selling or handling alcoholic beverages which are sold for consumption off the premises.

(Ga. L. 1958, p. 640, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1974, p. 460, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 409, § 1; Code 1933, § 5A-510, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1; Code 1933, § 5A-511, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1269, § 22.)

Cross references.

- Designation of person under age 17 who possesses alcoholic beverages as "unruly," § 15-11-2.

Contributing to delinquency of minor, § 16-12-1.

Authority of State Board of Education regarding instructional programs and materials pertaining to effects of alcohol, § 20-2-13.

Age of majority, § 39-1-1.

Admission of persons under age 18 to billiard rooms in which alcoholic beverages are sold, § 43-8-1.

Parents' right of action against persons selling or furnishing alcoholic beverages to underage child, § 51-1-18.

Law reviews.

- For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 189 (1969).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

City ordinance was unconstitutional as conflicting with statute.

- Trial court erred by rejecting entertainers' challenge under the uniformity clause, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec.VI, Para. IV(a), to a city's ordinance prohibiting persons aged 18 to 21 from entering adult entertainment establishments where alcohol was served because the ordinance conflicted with O.C.G.A. §§ 3-3-23 and3-3-24(a), allowing persons over 18 to work in such establishments. Willis v. City of Atlanta, 285 Ga. 775, 684 S.E.2d 271 (2009).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 45 Am. Jur. 2d, Intoxicating Liquors, §§ 267, 276, 343.

C.J.S.

- 48 C.J.S., Intoxicating Liquors, §§ 43, 166, 227, 272.

ALR.

- Liability of state or municipality in tort for damages arising out of sale of intoxicating liquor by state or municipally operated liquor store or establishment, 95 A.L.R.3d 1243.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 3-3-24 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 4

Tibbles v. Teachers Retirement System of Georgia

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2015-07-13

Snippet: presumed to refer to a “calendar year,” OCGA § 1-3-3 (24), unless the context in which it is used indicates

Tibbles v. Teachers Retirement System of Georgia

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2015-07-13

Citation: 297 Ga. 557, 775 S.E.2d 527, 2015 Ga. LEXIS 541

Snippet: presumed to refer to a “calendar year,” OCGA § 1-3-3 (24), unless the context in which it is used indicates

Willis v. City of Atlanta

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2009-09-28

Citation: 684 S.E.2d 271, 285 Ga. 775, 2009 Fulton County D. Rep. 3044, 2009 Ga. LEXIS 466

Snippet: preempted by the general law set forth in OCGA § 3-3-24(a). That statute provides that "[n]o person shall

Stepperson, Inc. v. Long

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1987-02-24

Citation: 353 S.E.2d 461, 256 Ga. 838

Snippet: otherwise penalized. Compare OCGA §§ 3-3-23; 3-3-23.1; 3-3-24. Instead the legislature simply gave a "right of