Spokane Valley, WA Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

00 plus applicable court costs and fees, to open or consume liquor or possess an open container of liquor in a public place, except as otherwise provided by RCW Title 66, the state liquor code. The rule reaches any public place, not just streets and sidewalks, so it covers parks, parking lots, and other city-owned or city-maintained property that isn't specifically carved out elsewhere in the code. The section builds in a vehicle exception: an open container kept in the trunk, or in a part of the vehicle not normally occupied by the driver or passengers, does not violate the section, but the code specifically states a utility compartment or glove compartment counts as part of the occupied area, so stashing a bottle there does not qualify for the trunk exception.

Two further carve-outs exist for passengers: anyone riding in a public conveyance that has been commercially chartered for group use, and anyone riding in a for-hire vehicle licensed under city, county, or state law, is not in violation even with an open container. 010, which separately adopts by reference the state liquor statutes governing identification cards, licensed-premises inspections, and search-and-seizure authority under RCW Title 66.