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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 28-A, § 706: Identification cards, 1987

A licensee may refuse service if a person will not show acceptable identification. A licensee or the licensee’s employee or agent may not provide liquor or imitation liquor to someone under 27 unless age is verified with…

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age verificationidentification cardssale of liquor

Jurisdiction: United States — Maine
Structure: 1 provisions
Official identity: Year 1987
Dates: Enacted 1987 · Source version 1 Oct 2025

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Dates: Enacted 1987 · Source version 1 Oct 2025

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“A licensee may refuse service if a person will not show acceptable identification. A licensee or the licensee’s employee or agent may not provide liquor or imitation liquor to someone under 27 unless age is verified with reliable photographic ID showing date of birth.”

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1. Acceptable identification. A licensee may refuse to serve liquor to any person who fails to display upon request an identification card issued under Title 29‑A, section 1410, including an official identification card issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe in the State as described in Title 29‑A, section 1410, subsection 7, or a motor vehicle operator's license bearing the photograph of the operator and issued under Title 29‑A, chapter 11. [PL 2017, c. 167, §12 (AMD).] 2. Age requirement for identification. A licensee or licensee's employee or agent may not sell, furnish, give or deliver liquor or imitation liquor to a person under 27 years of age unless the licensee or licensee's employee or agent verifies the person is not a minor by means of reliable photographic identification containing that person's date of birth. [PL 2005, c. 38, §1 (NEW).]

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