Iowa Admin. Code r. 185-4.23 - Liquor on unlicensed places
Liquor may be kept and consumed but not sold on unlicensed places under the following conditions:
(1) Liquor may be kept and consumed in a
private home at any time.
(2)
Liquor may be kept and consumed, by the guests or residents, in the residential
or sleeping quarters of a hotel or motel at any time. This is considered as an
extension of the private home.
(3)
Liquor may be consumed at a private social gathering in a private place at any
time.
(4) A private place is a
location which meets all of the following criteria:
a. One to which the general public does not
have access at the time the liquor is kept, dispensed or consumed; one at which
the attendees are limited to the bona fide social hosts and invited
guests.
b. One which is not of a
commercial nature at the time the liquor is consumed or dispensed at the
location.
c. One where goods or
services are neither sold nor purchased at the time the liquor is consumed or
dispensed at the location.
d. One
where the use of the location was obtained without charges or rent or any other
thing of value was exchanged for its use.
e. One which is not a licensed
premises.
f. One where no admission
fees or other kinds of entrance fees, fare, ticket, donation or charges are
made or are required of the invited guests to enter the location.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 123.95.
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