612.09 ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR.
   (a)   No person shall have possession any spirituous liquor, in excess of one liter, in one or more containers, which was not purchased at wholesale or retail form the Ohio Division of Liquor Control or otherwise lawfully acquired pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapters 4301 and 4303, or any other intoxicating liquor or beer, in one or more containers, which was not lawfully acquired pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapters 4301 and 4303.
(ORC 4301.67)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.
(ORC 4301.99(B))