Union County, NC Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

Article III of Chapter 30, Use of Alcoholic Beverages on County Property, applies specifically to "park property," defined in Sec. " Sec. " Subsection (b) extends that ban to public streets running through park property for anyone who is not inside a vehicle, while noting that consumption and possession inside a motor vehicle is instead governed by state law. Subsection (c) goes further for stronger alcohol, making it "unlawful for any person to possess or consume fortified wine, spirituous liquor, or mixed beverages on park property" with no open-container carve-out at all, meaning even a sealed bottle of liquor is barred on park grounds.

Sec. S. 18B-101 and 18B-300: malt beverages up to 15 percent alcohol by volume, unfortified wine up to 16 percent, fortified wine between 16 and 24 percent, and mixed or spirituous drinks covering distilled spirits and premixed cocktails. Sec. 30-45 requires the parks and recreation director to post signs at each park's main vehicular entrances warning that alcohol is prohibited by county ordinance.