WAC 172-64-040   Washington state law.  Members of the university community are responsible for the observance of state and federal laws including those that apply to alcohol. Some of the laws most relevant to the university community are the following:

     (1) It is unlawful:

     (a) For anyone under twenty-one years of age to possess alcohol (RCW 66.44.270);

     (b) To sell, purchase, deliver, or furnish alcohol, except a parent or legal guardian, to anyone under twenty-one years of age (RCW 66.44.270);

     (c) To sell purchase, deliver, or furnish alcohol to an intoxicated person (RCW 66.44.200);

     (d) To consume alcohol in a public place, exceptions defined in RCW 66.44.100;

     (e) To misrepresent one's age to obtain alcohol (RCW 66.44.310);

     (f) To drive under the influence of alcohol (RCW 46.61.502 and 46.61.503).

     (2) Driving under the influence:

     (a) It is unlawful to drive if your blood or breath alcohol concentration (BAC) meets or exceeds 0.08 percent or under the influence of drugs (RCW 46.61.502);

     (b) It is unlawful to drive if alcohol has impaired your ability to drive safely, even if your BAC is under the legal limit (RCW 46.61.503);

     (c) For a person under the age of twenty-one, it is unlawful to drive if your blood or BAC meets or exceeds 0.02 percent (RCW 46.61.503).

     (3) Open container law:

     (a) Alcoholic beverages may not be consumed in a vehicle nor be carried within reach of the driver or passengers. Open containers may be carried in a trunk or nonpassenger areas (not glove boxes). Does not apply to vehicles commercially chartered by groups or to the living quarters of motor homes or campers (RCW 66.44.100 and 46.61.519).



[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.35.120(12). 03-18-070, § 172-64-040, filed 8/29/03, effective 9/29/03.]