No person shall consume or drink any intoxicating liquor of
any kind or any beer on any public street, sidewalk, park or on the
outside of any other public place which does not have a liquor license
permitting outside consumption.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person under the
age of twenty-one (21) years shall sell or assist in the sale or dispensing
of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer.
In any place of business licensed in accordance with this Chapter,
persons at least eighteen (18) years of age may stock, arrange displays,
operate the cash register or scanner connected to a cash register,
accept payment for, and sack for carry-out intoxicating liquor or
non-intoxicating beer. Delivery of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating
beer away from the licensed business premises cannot be performed
by anyone under the age of twenty-one (21) years. Any licensee who
employs any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, as authorized
by this Subsection, shall, when at least fifty percent (50%) of the
licensee's gross sales does not consist of non-alcoholic sales, have
an employee twenty-one (21) years of age or older on the licensed
premises during all hours of operation.
Persons eighteen (18) years of age or older may, when acting in the
capacity of a waiter or waitress, accept payment for or serve intoxicating
liquor or non-intoxicating beer in places of business which sell food
for consumption on the premises if at least fifty percent (50%) of
all sales in those places consists of food; provided that nothing
in this Section shall authorize persons under twenty-one (21) years
of age to mix or serve across the bar intoxicating beverages or non-intoxicating
beer.
Sales To Minor — Exceptions. No licensee, his/her
employee, or any other person, shall procure for, sell, vend, give
away or otherwise supply any intoxicating liquor in any quantity whatsoever
to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, except that
this Section shall not apply to the parent or guardian of the minor
nor to the supplying of intoxicating liquor to a person under the
age of twenty-one (21) years for medical purposes only, or to the
administering of such intoxicating liquor to such person by a duly
licensed physician. No person shall be denied a license or renewal
of a license issued under this Chapter solely due to a conviction
for unlawful sale or supply to a minor while serving in the capacity
as an employee of a licensed establishment.
No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall represent,
for the purpose of purchasing, asking for or in any way receiving
any intoxicating liquor, that he/she has attained the age of twenty-one
(21) years, except in cases authorized by law.
In addition to Subsection (C)(1) of this Section, no person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall use a reproduced, modified or altered chauffeur's license, motor vehicle operator's license, identification card issued by any uniformed service of the United States, passport or identification card established in Section 302.181, RSMo., for the purpose of purchasing, asking for or in any way receiving any intoxicating liquor.
Minors In Possession Of Intoxicating Liquor, Non-Intoxicating Beer. Any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, who purchases or attempts to purchase, or has in his/her possession, any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer as defined in Section 600.010 is in violation of this Section. For purposes of prosecution under this Section, a manufacturer-sealed container describing that there is intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer therein need not be opened or the contents therein tested to verify that there is intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer in such container. The alleged violator may allege that there was no intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer in such container, but the burden of proof of such allegation is on such person, as it shall be presumed that such a sealed container describing that there is intoxicating liquor or any non-intoxicating beer therein contains intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer.
In
all prosecutions under this Section, said presumptions shall be considered
by the Court as competent and substantial evidence, and in all events
shall remain within the case to be considered together with the other
evidence on the subject.