Indiana Code
Chapter 7. Minors
7.1-5-7-11. Exception for Certain Places

Sec. 11. (a) The provisions of sections 9 and 10 of this chapter shall not apply if the public place involved is one (1) of the following:
(1) Civic center.
(2) Convention center.
(3) Sports arena.
(4) Bowling center.
(5) Bona fide club.
(6) Drug store.
(7) Grocery store.
(8) Boat.
(9) Dining car.
(10) Pullman car.
(11) Club car.
(12) Passenger airplane.
(13) Horse racetrack facility holding a recognized meeting permit under IC 4-31-5.
(14) Satellite facility (as defined in IC 4-31-2.1-36).
(15) Catering hall under IC 7.1-3-20-24 that is not open to the public.
(16) That part of a restaurant which is separate from a room in which is located a bar over which alcoholic beverages are sold or dispensed by the drink.
(17) Entertainment complex.
(18) Indoor golf facility.
(19) A recreational facility such as a golf course, bowling center, or similar facility that has the recreational activity and not the sale of food and beverages as the principal purpose or function of the person's business.
(20) A licensed premises owned or operated by a postsecondary educational institution described in IC 21-17-6-1.
(21) An automobile racetrack.
(22) An indoor theater under IC 7.1-3-20-26.
(23) A senior residence facility campus (as defined in IC 7.1-3-1-29(c)) at which alcoholic beverages are given or furnished as provided under IC 7.1-3-1-29.
(24) A hotel other than a part of a hotel that is a room in a restaurant in which a bar is located over which alcoholic beverages are sold or dispensed by the drink.
(25) The location of an allowable event to which IC 7.1-3-6.1 applies.
(26) The location of a charity auction to which IC 7.1-3-6.2 applies.
(27) A tour of a brewery as provided in IC 7.1-3-20-16.4, if the minor is in the company of a parent, legal guardian or custodian, or family member who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
(28) A farm winery and any additional locations of the farm winery under IC 7.1-3-12, if the minor is in the company of a parent, legal guardian or custodian, or family member who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age and the minor is accompanied by the adult in any area that the adult may be present whether or not the area:
(A) is separated in any manner from where the wine is manufactured, sold, or consumed within the farm winery premises; or
(B) operates under a retailer's permit.
(29) An artisan distillery under IC 7.1-3-27, if:
(A) the person who holds the artisan distiller's permit also holds a farm winery permit under IC 7.1-3-12, or IC 7.1-3-20-16.4(a) applies to the person; and
(B) the minor is in the company of a parent, legal guardian or custodian, or family member who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
(30) An art instruction studio under IC 7.1-5-8-4.6.
(31) The licensed premises of a food hall under IC 7.1-3-20-29 and the food and beverage vending space of a food hall vendor permittee under IC 7.1-3-20-30. However, sections 9 and 10 of this chapter apply to a bar within the food and beverage vending space of a food hall vendor permittee under IC 7.1-3-20-30 that serves alcoholic beverages intended to be consumed while sitting or standing at the bar.
(b) For the purpose of this subsection, "food" means meals prepared on the licensed premises. It is lawful for a minor to be on licensed premises in a room in which is located a bar over which alcoholic beverages are sold or dispensed by the drink if all the following conditions are met:
(1) The minor is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
(2) The minor is in the company of a parent, guardian, or family member who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older.
(3) The purpose for being on the licensed premises is the consumption of food and not the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
[Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-2-1-9(b).]
Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1; Acts 1975, P.L.74, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.100-1983, SEC.7; P.L.15-1994, SEC.10; P.L.105-1995, SEC.6; P.L.71-1996, SEC.5; P.L.72-1996, SEC.22; P.L.117-2000, SEC.1; P.L.72-2004, SEC.16; P.L.224-2005, SEC.33; P.L.2-2007, SEC.133; P.L.10-2010, SEC.10; P.L.196-2015, SEC.18; P.L.153-2015, SEC.12; P.L.196-2015, SEC.19; P.L.270-2017, SEC.19; P.L.279-2019, SEC.9; P.L.285-2019, SEC.59; P.L.150-2021, SEC.5; P.L.105-2022, SEC.9.