529.021 PURCHASE, CONSUMPTION OR POSSESSION BY MINOR; MISREPRESENTATION.
   (a)   Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4301, no person under the age of 21 years shall purchase beer or intoxicating liquor.
(ORC 4301.63)
   (b)   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Division (b) was repealed because substantially equivalent State law, Ohio R.C. 4301.632, was repealed in 2002.)
   (c)   Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4301, no person shall knowingly furnish any false information as to the name, age, or other identification of any person under 21 years of age, for the purpose of obtaining, or with the intent to obtain, beer or intoxicating liquor for a person under 21 years of age, by purchase, or as a gift.
(ORC 4301.633)
   (d)   Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4301, no person under the age of 21 years shall knowingly show or give false information concerning his or her name, age, or other identification for the purpose of purchasing or otherwise obtaining beer or intoxicating liquor in any place in this municipality where beer or intoxicating liquor is sold under a permit issued by the Division of Liquor Control, or sold by the Division of Liquor Control.
(ORC 4301.634)
   (e)   Whoever violates division (a) of this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). The court imposing a fine for a violation of this section may order that the fine be paid by the performance of public work at a reasonable hour rate established by the court. The court shall designate the time within which the public work shall be completed.
(ORC 4301.99(E))
   (f)   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Division (f) was repealed because the penalty for a substantially equivalent State law, Ohio R.C. 4301.632, was repealed in 2002.)
   (g)   (1)   Whoever violates division (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. If, in committing a first violation of division (d), the offender presented to the permit holder or his or her employee or agent a false, fictitious, or altered identification card, a false or fictitious driver's license purportedly issued by any state, or a driver’s license issued by any state that has been altered, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months.
      (2)   On a second violation in which, for the second time, the offender presented to the permit holder or his or her employee or agent a false, fictitious, or altered identification card, a false or fictitious driver's license purportedly issued by any state, or a driver's license issued by any state that has been altered, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months. The court also may impose a class seven suspension of the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operation privilege from the range specified in Ohio R.C. 4510.02(A)(7).
      (3)   On a third or subsequent violation in which, for the third or subsequent time, the offender presented to the permit holder or his or her employee or agent a false, fictitious, or altered identification card, a false or fictitious driver's license purportedly issued by any state, or a driver's license issued by any state that has been altered, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months. Except as provided in this division, the court also may impose a class six suspension of the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in Ohio R.C. 4510.02(A)(6), and the court may order that the suspension or denial remain in effect until the offender attains the age of 21 years. The court, in lieu of suspending the offender’s temporary instruction permit, probationary driver’s license, or driver’s license, instead may order the offender to perform a determinate number of hours of community service, with the court determining the actual number of hours and the nature of the community service the offender shall perform.
(ORC 4301.99(F))