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Ind. Code § 7.1-5-10-15

Sale to intoxicated person prohibited

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Gariup Const. Co., Inc. v. Foster (1988)

Most recently applied in Rogers v. Martin (December 2015)

Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1

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Sec. 15. (a) A person who, knowing that another person is intoxicated, sells, barters, delivers, or gives away an alcoholic beverage to the intoxicated person commits a Class B misdemeanor.

(b) In any civil proceeding in which damages are sought from a permittee or a permittee's agent for the refusal to serve a person an alcoholic beverage, it is a complete defense if the permittee or agent reasonably believed that the person was intoxicated or was otherwise not entitled to be served an alcoholic beverage.

(c) After charges have been filed against a person for a violation of subsection (a), the prosecuting attorney shall notify the commission of the charges filed.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.