Legal Documents of Maryville

Any establishment within the corporate limits of the City of Maryville, Tennessee which sells beer or alcoholic beverages shall prominently display on the premises a sign not less than six inches (6") high and ten inches (10") wide reading: "A minor attempting to purchase alcoholic beverages will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." Such establishment shall further prominently display a sign not less than six inches (6") high and ten inches (10") wide reading: "Any person selling beer or alcoholic beverages within the corporate limits of the City of Maryville, Tennessee shall be required to have produced to him or her a facially valid government issued identification showing that the age of the prospective purchaser of the beer or alcoholic beverages is twenty-one (21) years of age or older. If such identification is not produced by the prospective purchaser, the beer or alcohol beverages shall not be sold. Such identification shall be required prior to the sale of beer or alcoholic beverages regardless of the apparent age of the prospective purchaser. The identification provided shall be a document issued by a state governmental agency."

Signs required under this section shall be purchased by each license holder of any beer, liquor or alcoholic beverage sales license in the City of Maryville at a reasonable price from the City of Maryville. (1999 Code, § 8-402)