Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor

From the Law Office of Alison Grinter in Dallas, Texas

1 Degree
2 Statute
3 Collateral Consequences
4 Notes

Degree

Purchasing alcohol for, or furnishing alcohol to a minor is a Class A Misdemeanor

Statute

§ 106.06. PURCHASE OF ALCOHOL FOR A MINOR; FURNISHING ALCOHOL TO A MINOR.

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, a person commits an offense if he purchases an alcoholic beverage for or gives or with criminal negligence makes available an alcoholic beverage to a minor.
(b) A person may purchase an alcoholic beverage for or give an alcoholic beverage to a minor if he is the minor's adult parent, guardian, or spouse, or an adult in whose custody the minor has been committed by a court, and he is visibly present when the minor possesses or consumes the alcoholic beverage.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 514, ch. 194, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 437, § 4, eff. Sept. 1,
1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 934, § 79, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1013, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts
2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1097, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.