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Buying Alcohol for a Minor

KRS 530.070 — giving or buying alcohol for a minor is a Class A misdemeanor

Unlawful transaction with a minor in the third degree is, other than as a licensed retailer, knowingly selling, giving, buying or procuring alcohol for a minor. It is also knowingly inducing or helping a minor into other crime or habitual truancy. It is a Class A misdemeanor.

  • KRS 530.070
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  • The alcohol part does not apply to the minor's own parent or guardian.
  • A defendant may show the sale was induced by false identification and the buyer looked of age.
  • KRS 530.070

No one may help a person under twenty one buy alcohol or be served it.

  • KRS 244.085
Sources for this section (2)
  1. KRS 530.070 — Unlawful transaction with minor in the third degree
  2. KRS 244.085 — Minors not to possess or purchase liquor nor to misrepresent age -- Use of fraudulent identification -- Prohibition against minors remaining on premises where alcoholic beverages sold

Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Kentucky attorney.

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