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 Columbus
 Code of Ordinances
 Title 23. GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
 Chapter 2325. LIQUOR CONTROL

  § 2325.634. Misrepresentation by a minor.  

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  • (A)

    Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person under the age of twenty-one years shall knowingly show or give false information concerning his name, age, or other identification for the purpose of purchasing or otherwise obtaining beer or intoxicating liquor in any place in this city where beer or intoxicating liquor is sold under a permit issued by the Department of Liquor Control or sold by the Department of Liquor Control.

    (ORC 4301.634)

    (B)

    (1)

    Whoever violates Section 2325.634 of the Columbus City Codes is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. If, in committing a first violation of that section, the offender presented to the permit holder or his 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 which has been altered, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty and not more than one thousand dollars, 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 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 which has been altered, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months. The court also may suspend the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege or deny the offender the opportunity to be issued a driver's or commercial driver's license for a period not exceeding sixty days.

    (3)

    On a third or subsequent violation in which, for the third or subsequent time, the offender presented to the permit holder or his 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 which has been altered, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months. The court also shall suspend the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege or deny the offender the opportunity to be issued a driver's or commercial driver's license for a period of ninety days, and the court may order that the suspension or denial remain in effect until the offender attains the age of twenty-one years. The court also 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(G); Ord. 2535-94.)