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The laws relative to drinking age, smoking age, voting age, and adulthood for other legal purposes are (in my opinion) full of contradictions. This page is being updated as of July 28, 2007. To my best knowledge, the following are true as of this date:
Legal drinking age is 18. However, some pubs and other entertainment spots will not allow people under 21 (23 at one place). A valid ID card must be presented. Management usually reserves the right to determine what is a valid ID card.
Free tourist guides available at most tourist stops generally list the current entertainment places and the age limitations at each.
You can smoke legally at 18, but if you seem younger than 27, the vendor must ask for your ID. Laws in Puerto Rico forbid smoking inside any building or anywhere with a roof.
You can vote at eighteen.
You must be twenty-one to be a party to a contract.
In my opinion, these laws are so contradictory that at least some of them may be changed at some time in the future.
Consumption of liquor in the streets is forbidden by
Municipal Ordnances in Old San Juan and in La Parguera. Other municipalities may adopt similar ordnances in the near future.
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