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§ 116.087 PERMITTING MINOR TO POSSESS OR CONSUME ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.
   (A)   Any person shall be guilty of a civil offense where he or she knowingly permits a gathering at a residence, which he or she occupies, of two or more persons where any one or more of the persons is under 18 years of age and the following factors also apply:
      (1)   The person occupying the residence knows that any person under the age of 18 is in possession of or is consuming any alcoholic beverage;
      (2)   The possession or consumption of the alcohol by the person under 18 is not otherwise permitted by this code or by the laws of the state; and
      (3)   The person occupying the residence knows that the person under the age of 18 leaves the residence in an intoxicated condition.
   (B)   For the purposes of this section, if the residence has an owner and a tenant or lessee, there is a rebuttable presumption that the residence is occupied only by the tenant or lessee.
(1986 Code, § 4-93) Penalty, see § 116.999