State rankings
Legal Open Container States
Legal Open Container States: compare 51 US states on 4 metrics.
Can Passengers Consume Alcohol?
2 values across 51 entries
Penalty
8 values across 50 entries
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51 states
 Alabama | No | §32-5A-330 | Fine | — |
 Alaska | Yes | §28.35.029 | Fine | — |
 Arizona | No | §4-251 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 Arkansas | No | §5-71-212 | Fine and possible jail time | Consumption prohibited, but possession of open containers is allowed. |
 California | No | §23220 | Fine | — |
 Colorado | No | §42-4-1305 | Fine | — |
 Connecticut | Yes | §53a-213 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 Delaware | Yes | Tit. 21, §4177J | Fine | — |
 District of Columbia | No | §25-1001 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 Florida | No | §316.1936 | Fine | — |
 Georgia | No | §40-6-253: | Fine | — |
 Hawaii | No | §291-3.1;et seq: | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 Idaho | No | §23-505 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 Illinois | No | §5/11-502 | License suspension | — |
 Indiana | No | §9-30-15-1et seq | Fine | — |
 Iowa | No | §321.284 | Fine | — |
 Kansas | No | §8-1599 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 Kentucky | No | §189.530 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 Louisiana | No | §32:30 | Fine | — |
 Maine | No | Tit. 29-A, §2112-A | Fine | — |
 Maryland | No | §10-123et seq | Fine | — |
 Massachusetts | No | Ch. 90, §24I | Fine | — |
 Michigan | No | §257.624a | Fine and possible jail time, license points | — |
 Minnesota | No | §169A.35 Subd. 2 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 Mississippi | Yes | — | — | — |
 Missouri | Yes | §577.017 | Fine | — |
 Montana | No | §61-8-460et seq | Fine | — |
 Nebraska | No | §60-6,211.08 | Fine | — |
 Nevada | No | §484B.150 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 New Hampshire | No | §265-A:44 | Fine and license suspension | — |
 New Jersey | No | §39:4-51a | Fine and possible community service | — |
 New Mexico | No | §66-8-138: | Fine and possible jail time, license suspension | — |
 New York | No | Vehicle & Traffic Law §1227:. | Fine | — |
 North Carolina | No | §18B-401 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 North Dakota | No | §39-08-18 | Fine | — |
 Ohio | No | §4301.62 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 Oklahoma | No | Tit. 21, §1220 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 Oregon | No | §811.170 | Fine | — |
 Pennsylvania | No | Tit. 75, §3809 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 Rhode Island | Yes | §31-22-21.1 | Fine and possible license suspension | — |
 South Carolina | No | §61-4-110 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 South Dakota | No | §35-1-9.1 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 Tennessee | Yes | §55-10-416 | Fine | — |
 Texas | No | §49.031 | Fine | — |
 Utah | No | §41-6a-526 | Fine and possible jail time | — |
 Vermont | No | Tit. 23, §1134 | Fine | — |
 Virginia | Yes | §4.1-309.1 | Fine and possible jail time | Open containers held by passengers can create a rebuttable presumption the driver was drinking. |
 Washington | No | §46.61.519 | Fine | — |
 West Virginia | No | §60-6-9 | Fine and possible jail time | Consumption prohibited, but possession of open containers is allowed. |
 Wisconsin | No | §346.935 | Fine | — |
 Wyoming | No | §31-5-235: | Fine and possible jail time | — |
Quick answers
- Where does this legal open container states data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Open Container Laws by State - Forbes; Open Container Laws by State - FindLaw.
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