Glasgow Encouraging or Permitting Use of Alcohol by Minors ordinance (§ 210.2000)
Chapter 210: Offenses · Article XII. Offenses Concerning Minors
In short: If you're over 21, you may not allow anyone under 21 to drink in a vehicle you own or possess, or drink in any vehicle where people under 21 are drinking. Encouraging minors to use alcohol is also an offense; penalties follow Section 100.220.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
A. A person over the age of twenty-one (21) commits the offense of encouraging or permitting the consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors if that person:
1. While the owner or possessor of a motor vehicle, permits or allows or does not prevent the consumption of alcoholic beverages by any occupant of that motor vehicle who is under the age of twenty-one (21).
2. Consumes alcoholic beverages in any motor vehicle in which persons under the age of twenty- one (21) are also consuming alcoholic beverages.
3. It shall be unlawful and an offense under this Code for any person to commit an act of encouraging the use of alcohol by minors.
4. Unless otherwise provided herein, any person guilty of violating any of these provisions of this Section shall be punished as provided in Section 100.220 of the Code of the City of Glasgow.
Official source: City of Glasgow official Code of Ordinances (online), § 210.2000
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.