Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 179:10-a

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any person under the age of 21 years, who possesses beverage or liquor with the intent to purchase said beverage or liquor, and who does or omits to do anything which, under the circumstances as such person believes them to be, is an act or omission constituting a substantial step towards the purchase of an alcoholic beverage shall be guilty of a violation.