{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-7.1-3-20-23","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 7.1-3-20-23","heading":"Hotels; in-room vending units","body":"Sec. 23. (a) As used in this section, \"in-room vending unit\" means a closed container that is:\n(1) located in a guest room of a hotel; and\n(2) used for the storage and dispensing of food or beverage (alcoholic or nonalcoholic).\n(b) The holder of a retailer's permit that is issued to a hotel may dispense alcoholic beverages in individual portions to registered hotel guests through in-room vending units.\n(c) Access to the interior of an in-room vending unit must be:\n(1) restricted by a locking device, the opening of which requires use of a key, magnetic card, or similar device; or\n(2) controlled at all times by the holder of a retailer's permit that is issued to a hotel.\n(d) Alcoholic beverages may be dispensed through in-room vending units only:\n(1) on days and at times when the sale of alcoholic beverages is permitted under this title; and\n(2) to persons who are permitted to purchase alcoholic beverages under this title.\n(e) A permittee to whom this section applies may provide a key, magnetic card, or similar device required to gain access to the interior of an in-room vending unit only to a person who is:\n(1) a registered hotel guest; and\n(2) twenty-one (21) years of age or older.\n(f) In order to prevent the illegal furnishing of an alcoholic beverage to a minor, a permittee to whom this section applies shall determine that the registered hotel guest is not a minor (as defined in IC 7.1-1-3-25) prior to providing a key, magnetic card, or similar device required to gain access to the interior of an in-room vending unit to that registered hotel guest.\n(g) Each employee of a permittee to whom this section applies who handles alcoholic beverages for dispensing through an in-room vending unit must be twenty-one (21) years of age or older and hold an employee's permit issued by the commission under IC 7.1-3-18-9.","path":["TITLE 7.1. ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO","ARTICLE 3. PERMITS","Chapter 20. Clubs, Restaurants, and Hotels"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_7.1.html#7.1-3-20-23","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-12T01:57:19Z","sha256":"99d2c009e04f707954e65e6bee4f9397e5a1621081207f198628677ca1ab8f7c","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-7.1-3-20-22","next":"us-in/ic-7.1-3-20-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}