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14 gru 2023 · On Thursday, a state Senate panel approved a bill that would impose a $50 fine on people under 21 found with booze in the state, and for police to notify parents or guardians of those under 18....
Penalties For Underage Possession of Alcohol In NJ. Under New Jersey State Law (§ 2C:33-15) it is illegal for a person under the age of 21 to purchase, consume or possess an alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle, school, place of public assembly, public place or public conveyance.
(1) Any person under the legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages, or under the legal age to purchase cannabis items, who knowingly possesses without legal authority or who knowingly consumes any alcoholic beverage, cannabis item, marijuana, or hashish in any school, public conveyance, public place, or place of public assembly, or motor vehicle...
New Jersey Statute N.J.S.A. 2C:33-17(a) makes it a disorderly persons offense, punishable by up to six month in jail and a $1,000 fine to anyone who purposely or knowingly offers or serves or make available an alcoholic beverage to persons under the legal age for consuming alcoholic beverages or entices or encourages that person to drink an ...
The penalties are the same as for any disorderly persons offense, including a fine of at least $500. If this underage drinking offense is committed in a motor vehicle, the court must suspend the offender’s driver’s license for six months. [4]
Besides giving municipalities a choice on whether to implement such a policy, the revised bill imposed substantially lighter penalties on underage drinkers, and the new law made an exception for alcohol provided by any relative, not just a parent or guardian. [157]
