Owensboro Open Container Violation Lawyers

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Have you been charged with violating Owensboro open alcohol container law?

Wise Laws Open Container Violation lawyers represent clients throughout Owensboro in defending against open container charges.

It is unlawful in Owensboro for the driver or passengers to have an "open container" of any alcohol in the car. This applies to open empty containers of alcoholic beverages, or open containers with alcoholic beverages in them.

Open container is a misdemeanor, usually punished by a fine. In a vehicle with multiple occupants in which no one will take the blame, the officer will often cite the person who is closest to the container. Can you hold an alcoholic beverage in a plastic beer cup while walking along the street? It really depends on the open container laws in your Owensboro, for example Las Vegas, you can but other cities you cannot.

Owensboro Open container laws provide a number of objectives. Most particularly, open container laws mean to:

To maintain a respectable quality of life and to keep people from being drunk in public, which equates to less rowdy behavior

Preventing Owensboro car accidents

Giving Owensboro funding for transportation

What are Open Container Laws?

Owensboro open container law constrains where people can consume alcohol in public. Exactly what a public place is depends on the specific Owensboro.

Owensboro Sidewalks

Owensboro Inside a car

Front steps entrance of a Owensboro building

Owensboro Schools

Inside a Owensboro parking lot

Wise Laws deals with many student cases, which may be charged with additional offenses such as minor in possession, or underage consumption. Owensboro College students may be subject to suspension or expulsion for Owensboro alcohol offenses that violate school policies when it comes to open container laws.