Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 23-604 (2026)
Minors — Purchase, consumption or possession prohibited.
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Minors — Purchase, consumption or possession prohibited.
Any person under twenty-one (21) years of age who shall purchase, attempt to purchase, or otherwise consume or possess any alcohol beverage, including any distilled spirits, beer or wine, shall be guilty of an infraction upon a first violation and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor upon a subsequent conviction and shall be punished according to the schedule set out in section 18-1502, Idaho Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1976–2005 · leading case: State v. Bennett, 125 P.3d 522 (Idaho 2005).
State v. Bennett, 125 P.3d 522 (Idaho 2005). “Ouellette (collectively, "appellants") were cited for violating I.C. § 23-604, which prohibits individuals under twenty-one years of age from purchasing, consuming, or possessing alcoholic beverages.”
Ransom v. City of Garden City, 743 P.2d 70 (Idaho 1987). “The officer in all likelihood was being nice, but the fact is that, unless a jury says so, it is not reasonable conduct for anyone to entrust the keys of a vehicle to a person observably drunk, and who in fact and contrary to Chief Justice Shepard's view, could have been…”
Voyles v. City of Nampa, 548 P.2d 1217 (Idaho 1976). “The ordinance instead is directed toward the control of public intoxication and is a proper exercise of the authority granted to the city by I.C. § 50-302 to maintain the peace, good government, and welfare of the city.”
State v. Doe, 79 P.3d 165 (Idaho Ct. App. 2003). “For example, the underage possession of alcohol, I.C. § 23-604, and underage possession of tobacco, I.”
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