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(1) Except as otherwise provided by RCW 66.44.316 and 66.44.350, it shall be a misdemeanor:

     (a) To serve or allow to remain in any area classified by the board as off-limits to any person under the age of twenty-one years;

     (b) For any person under the age of twenty-one years to enter or remain in any area classified as off-limits to such a person, but persons under twenty-one years of age may pass through a restricted area in a facility holding a spirits, beer, and wine private club license;

     (c) For any person under the age of twenty-one years to represent his or her age as being twenty-one or more years for the purpose of purchasing liquor or securing admission to, or remaining in any area classified by the board as off-limits to such a person.

     (2) The Washington state liquor control board shall have the power and it shall be its duty to classify licensed premises or portions of licensed premises as off-limits to persons under the age of twenty-one years of age.

[1998 c 126 § 14; 1997 c 321 § 53; 1994 c 201 § 8; 1981 1st ex.s. c 5 § 24; 1943 c 245 § 1 (adding new section 36-A to 1933 ex.s. c 62); Rem. Supp. 1943 § 7306-36A. Formerly RCW 66.24.130 and 66.44.310.]

Notes:

Effective date -- 1998 c 126: See note following RCW 66.20.010.      Effective date -- 1997 c 321: See note following RCW 66.24.010.      Severability -- Effective date -- 1981 1st ex.s. c 5: See RCW 66.98.090 and 66.98.100. Minors, access to tobacco, role of liquor control board: Chapter 70.155 RCW.