El Dorado County Municipal Code Ch. 9.12 Possession of Liquor

Any person who has in his or her possession any bottle, can or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or a seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed, while on a public highway and not within a motor vehicle is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished according to the general penalties described in Chapter 1.24.

(Prior Code, § 7521; Code 1997, § 9.12.010)

State Law reference— Possession of open container containing any alcoholic beverage in public, Penal Code § 647.