(A) Persons 18 years of age or older may sell or handle liquor or beer.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person under the age of 21 years shall sell or assist in the sale or dispensing of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer.
(2) In any place of business licensed in accordance with this chapter, persons at least 18 years of age may stock, arrange displays, operate the cash register or scanner connected to a cash register, accept payment for, and sack for carry-out intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer. Delivery of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer away from the licensed business premises cannot be performed by anyone under the age of 21 years. Any licensee who employs any person under the age of 21 years, as authorized by this division (A) shall, when at least 50% of the licensee’s gross sales does not consist of non-alcoholic sales, have an employee 21 years of age or older on the licensed premises during all hours of operation.
(3) Persons 18 years of age or older may, when acting in the capacity of a waiter or waitress, accept payment for or serve intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer in places of business which sell food for consumption on the premises if at least 50% of all sales in those places consists of food; provided, that nothing in this section shall authorize persons under 21 years of age to mix or serve across the bar intoxicating beverages or non-intoxicating beer.
(B) Sales to minor; exceptions. No licensee, his or her employee, or any other person, shall procure for, sell, vend, give away, or otherwise supply any intoxicating liquor in any quantity whatsoever to any person under the age of 21 years, except that this section shall not apply to the parent or guardian of the minor nor to the supplying of intoxicating liquor to a person under the age of 21 years for medical purposes only, or to the administering of such intoxicating liquor to such person by a duly licensed physician. No person shall be denied a license or renewal of a license issued under this chapter solely due to a conviction for unlawful sale or supply to a minor while serving in the capacity as an employee of a licensed establishment.
(C) Misrepresentation of age by minor to obtain liquor - use of altered driver’s license, passport, or ID cards.
(1) No person under the age of 21 years shall represent, for the purpose of purchasing, asking for, or in any way receiving any intoxicating liquor, that he or she has attained the age of 21 years, except in cases authorized by law.
(2) In addition to division (C)(1) above, no person under the age of 21 years shall use a reproduced, modified, or altered chauffeur’s license, motor vehicle operator’s license, identification card issued by any uniformed service of the United States, passport, or identification card established in RSMo. § 302.181, for the purpose of purchasing, asking for, or in any way receiving any intoxicating liquor.
(D) Purchase or possession by minor. No person under the age of 21 years shall purchase, attempt to purchase, or possess any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer except as otherwise authorized by law. For purposes of prosecution, a manufacturer sealed container which describes its contents as intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer need not be opened or the contents tested to establish the contents as intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer.
(Prior Code, § 600.060) Penalty, see § 113.99