Table 1.
Status of 16 Key Underage Drinking Laws in the United States – January 2007
| (1) Possession (APIS)(1–8) | (2) Consumption (APIS)(0–7) | (3) Purchase (APIS)(0–2) | (4) Furnishing/selling (APIS)(5–8) | (5) Age 21 for on-premises servers/seller (APIS)(0–8) | (6) Age 21 for off-premises server/sellers (APIS)(0–4) | (7) Zero tolerance (APIS)(1–10) | (8) Use and lose (APIS)(0–8) | (9) Keg Registration (APIS)(0–8) | (10) RBS Training (ABC)(0–11) | (11) Use of Fake ID (APIS)(1–3) | (12) Transfer/Production of False ID (APIS)(0–2) | (13) Retailer support provisions for false ID (APIS)(0–3) | (14) Social host–underage parties (APIS)(0–8) | (15) GDL with night restrictions (IIHS, CC)(0–3) | (16) State control of alcohol (PIRE)(0–2) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| AK | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| AZ | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| AR | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CA | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| CO | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| CT | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DE | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DC | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| GA | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| HI | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| ID | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| IL | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| IN | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| IA | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| KS | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| KY | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LA | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| ME | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| MD | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| MA | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| MI | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| MN | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MO | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MT | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| NE | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| NV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| NH | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| NJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| MM | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| NY | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| NC | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| ND | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OH | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| OK | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| OR | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| PA | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| RI | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| SD | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| TN | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| TX | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| UT | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| VT | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| VA | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| WA | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| WV | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| WI | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| WY | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total # with law | 51 | 30 | 47 | 51 | 24 | 24 | 51 | 37 | 26 | 33 | 51 | 25 | 46 | 18 | 44 | 18 |