2025 Georgia Codes – Page 5

3-3-24.1

Alcohol - Minors not to bounce at/enter bar

Minor - Entering/bouncing at bars prohibitedPersons under 21 prohibited from bouncing at or entering drinking establishments

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “bouncer” means an individual primarily performing duties related
to verifying age for admittance, security, maintaining order, or safety, or a combination thereof.
(b) No person shall allow or require an individual under the age of 21 to serve as a bouncer on a premises
or in an establishment where alcoholic beverages are dispensed, served, or sold pursuant to a license issued
under this title.
(c) No individual under the age of 21 shall enter or be allowed to enter a bar unless he or she is accompanied
by his or her parent, guardian, or spouse who is 21 years of age or older. This subsection shall not apply to
an individual while he or she is attending a live musical concert or live presentation of the performing arts
for which he or she has paid an admission charge.

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Alcohol - Furnish to prisoners

Furnishing alcohol to prisoners

(a) No person knowingly and intentionally shall:
(1) Offer for sale, sell, barter, exchange, give, provide, or furnish alcoholic beverages to any person confined
in any jail, penal institution, correctional facility, or other lawful place of confinement; or
(2) Introduce or possess any alcoholic beverages in the buildings of the Georgia War Veterans Home oper-
ated for the use and care of disabled war veterans.
(b) Nothing contained in this Code section shall prevent or prohibit:
(1) The administration of alcohol by the staff of the institutions provided for in subsection (a) of this Code
section to any prisoner, patient, or lawful inmate in strict compliance with the prescription of a licensed
physician; or
(2) The staff members of the Georgia War Veterans Home who maintain their domicile on the grounds of
such institution from possessing alcoholic beverages for their own consumption or for that of their families
or persons invited to their homes, except patients or lawful inmates of such institution.
(c) No person shall knowingly allow any other person to violate this Code section.

3-3-27

Alcohol - Bootlegging