Empty beer bottles were in the back seat with a passenger in a car. What is the law for empty containers in Iowa and do the empty bottles apply to the open container charge.
Asked on 5/27/14, 7:21 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Luedeman
solo practitioner
In Iowa the open container law addresses itself to "containing an alcoholic beverage.". I do not think empties would have any effect on a pending open container charge except that the fact finder might infer that some drinking had been going on beforehand.
Answered on 5/28/14, 5:55 am
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