Pennsylvania Underage Drinking Law
As every state, Pennsylvania has a number of laws dealing with alcohol and all persons that are under the federal drinking age of twenty-one. Here is a list and some explanations of the various laws.
-Possession of alcohol by anyone under twenty one is illegal. Any minor found in possession of alcohol will be prosecuted.
-Consumption of alcohol by anyone under twenty one is illegal. Any minor found drinking or having drank alcohol by proof of a sobriety test will be prosecuted.
-Underage Purchase of alcohol by anyone under twenty one is illegal. Any minor found purchasing alcohol will be prosecuted. The law makes the exemption for operations where the police monitors a transaction in order to see if the retailer will sell alcohol to minors.
-Providing alcohol to minors is expressly prohibited except under special circumstances.
-No one under the age of eighteen can sell or serve alcohol.
-Anyone found using a fake identification card in order to purchase alcohol will be prosecuted.
-Anyone under twenty one that is arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, even if the blood alcohol content is below the legal limit will be prosecuted.
-Perhaps Pennsylvania's harshest detail, anyone found purchasing, possessing, consuming alcohol or driving under the influence faces a mandatory driving license suspension of ninety days.
Pennsylvania has some of the strictest laws and penalties among all U.S. states in regards to underage drinking. The harshest of these is probably the above mentioned driver's license revocation. Anyone under the age of twenty one who has the legal right to drive will face a revocation of their driving priveledges even if they were not driving under the influence and were simply caught possessing alcohol.
