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Have you been charged with violating Richmond 's open alcohol container law? Wise Laws affiliated open container lawyers represent clients throughout Richmond in defending against open container charges.
It is unlawful in Richmond VA 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 Richmond Virginia, for example Las Vegas, you can but other cities you cannot.
Richmond VA Open container laws provide a number of objectives. Most particularly, open container laws mean to:
- To maintain a respectable quality of life and to keep people from being drunk in public, which equates to less rowdy behavior
- Preventing Richmond car accidents
- Giving Richmond funding for transportation
What are Open Container Laws?
A Richmond open container law constrains where people can consume alcohol in public. Exactly what a public place is depends on the specific Richmond.
- Richmond Sidewalks
- Richmond Inside a car
- Front steps entrance of a Richmond building
- Richmond Schools
- Inside a Richmond Virginia parking lot
Wise Laws deals with many student cases, which may be charged with additional offenses such as minor in possession, or underage consumption. Richmond College students may be subject to suspension or expulsion for Richmond VA alcohol offenses that violate school policies when it comes to open container laws.
If you have been cited for open container in Richmond, CALL Wise Laws ASAP 800-270-8184 or fill out our CONTACT FORM, our affiliated attorneys are well versed in open alcohol container law. Wise Laws will protect your rights and work hard to get the Richmond Virginia charges dismissed or reduced, and to ensure the offense has the minimal impact on your life.