# Idaho Code § 23-505: 23-505 TRANSPORTATION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-505

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 23-505
- **Heading:** 23-505 TRANSPORTATION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 23 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-505

## Text

23-505. Transportation of alcoholic beverages. (1) Alcoholic liquor lawfully purchased may be transported, but no person shall break open, or allow to be broken or opened any container of alcoholic liquor, or drink, or use, or allow to be drunk, or used any alcoholic liquor therein while the same is being transported. Provided however, that an unsealed alcoholic beverage container may be transported in an enclosed trunk compartment or behind the last upright seat of a vehicle which has no trunk compartment.

(2) No person in a motor vehicle, while the vehicle is on a public highway or the right-of-way of a public highway may drink or possess any open beverage containing alcoholic liquor, as defined in section 23-105, Idaho Code, beer as defined in section 23-1001, Idaho Code, or wine as defined in section 23-1303, Idaho Code, unless such person is a passenger in the passenger area of a motor vehicle designed, maintained, or used primarily for the transportation of persons for compensation, or in the living quarters of a recreational vehicle as that term is defined in section 49-119, Idaho Code. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor for the individual in actual physical control of the vehicle, as defined in section 18-8004, Idaho Code, and an infraction for other individuals violating this section.

History:

[23-505, added 1939, ch. 222, sec. 805, p. 465; am. 1996, ch. 254, sec. 1, p. 836; am. 2000, ch. 248, sec. 1, p. 701.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 23-501 23-501 WINE, BEER, MEAD, CIDER, AND OTHER FERMENTED BEVERAGES FOR PERSONAL USE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-501.md)
- [Idaho Code § 23-502 23-502 SACRAMENTAL WINE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-502.md)
- [Idaho Code § 23-503 23-503 DENATURED ALCOHOL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-503.md)
- [Idaho Code § 23-504 23-504 ALCOHOLIC NONBEVERAGES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-504.md)
- [Idaho Code § 23-505 23-505 TRANSPORTATION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-505.md)
- [Idaho Code § 23-506 23-506 PERMISSIVE USES SUBJECT TO REGULATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-506.md)
- [Idaho Code § 23-507 23-507 MANUFACTURERS' LICENSES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-507.md)
- [Idaho Code § 23-508 23-508 MANUFACTURER'S BOND.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-508.md)
- [Idaho Code § 23-509 23-509 MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS NOT TO GIVE LIQUOR AWAY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-509.md)
- [Idaho Code § 23-509A 23-509A SAMPLE TASTING FOR MANUFACTURERS OF DISTILLED SPIRITS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-509A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 23-509B 23-509B DONATIONS FOR BENEVOLENT, CHARITABLE, OR PUBLIC PURPOSES — PERMIT REQUIRED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-509B.md)
- [Idaho Code § 23-510 23-510 INSPECTION OF MANUFACTORY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-510.md)
- [Idaho Code § 23-512 23-512 SALES FOR MEDICAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-512.md)
- [Idaho Code § 23-513 23-513 TERM OF PERMITS OR LICENSES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T23_C5_S23-513.md)

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