I. No licensee, salesperson, direct shipper, common carrier, delivery agent, nor any other person, shall sell or give away or cause or allow or procure to be sold, delivered, or given away any liquor or beverage to a person under the age of 21 or serve an individual who is visibly intoxicated or who a reasonable and prudent person would know is intoxicated. For all deliveries of packages by common carrier or delivery agent marked “alcoholic beverages” or “alcoholic products,” the carrier shall obtain an adult signature.
II. No licensee, manager or person in charge of a licensed premises shall allow or permit any individual, who is under the age of 21, to possess or consume any liquor or beverage on the licensed premises.

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 179:5

  • Adult: means any individual 21 years of age, or older. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Common carrier: means a person who, for a fee, provides public transportation of goods or persons. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Direct shipper: means any licensee outside the state of New Hampshire who accepts orders placed from New Hampshire, by mail, telephone, Internet, or any electronic or other means, for liquor or beverages and who ships, packages for shipment, or facilitates in any way shipment of said liquor or beverages by a licensed carrier to a New Hampshire location. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Licensee: means the person to whom a license of any kind is issued by the commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Liquor: means all distilled and rectified spirits, alcohol, wines, fermented and malt liquors and cider, of over 6 percent alcoholic content by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, limited liability company or corporation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Premises: means and includes all parts of the contiguous real estate occupied by a licensee over which the licensee has direct or indirect control or interest and which the licensee uses in the operation of the licensed business, and which have been approved by the commission as proper places in which to exercise the licensee's privilege. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1