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Tennessee Open Container Law

By Baker Associates

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Tennessee?s open container law, TCA § 55-10-416, is much different from Tennessee?s DUI laws or DWI statutes, though they all aim to prevent the same end result. Tennessee?s open container statute states that it is against the law for a driver to consume any alcoholic beverage, or to possess an open container of alcohol while operating a motor vehicle. This is markedly different from DUI and DWI in that it does not require the driver to actually be under the influence, but only to be in possession of or consuming an alcoholic beverage. Under TCA § 55-10-416, as a Tennessee traffic violation, an open container is any container that has an alcoholic beverage inside, the contents of which are immediately capable of being consumed or the seal of which has been broken...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on April 29, 2009 (boomark / email).

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