Santa Monica Open Container Violation Lawyers
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Have you been charged with violating Santa Monica open alcohol container law?
Wise Laws Open Container Violation lawyers represent clients throughout Santa Monica in defending against open container charges.
It is unlawful in Santa Monica 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 Santa Monica, for example Las Vegas, you can but other cities you cannot.
Santa Monica Open container laws provide a number of objectives. Most particularly, open container laws mean to:
What are Open Container Laws?
Santa Monica open container law constrains where people can consume alcohol in public. Exactly what a public place is depends on the specific Santa Monica.
Wise Laws deals with many student cases, which may be charged with additional offenses such as minor in possession, or underage consumption. Santa Monica College students may be subject to suspension or expulsion for Santa Monica alcohol offenses that violate school policies when it comes to open container laws.