The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 7 V.S.A. § 589)
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§ 589. Exhibition of card
An individual shall exhibit “a valid authorized form of identification,” which means
a valid photographic operator’s license, enhanced driver’s license, or valid photographic
nondriver identification card issued by Vermont or another state or foreign jurisdiction,
a U.S. military identification card, or a valid passport or passport card bearing
the photograph and signature of the individual upon demand of a licensee, an employee
of a licensee, or a law enforcement officer. On the failure of an individual to produce
and exhibit a valid authorized form of identification upon demand of a licensee, the
licensee shall be entitled to refuse to sell the individual any alcoholic beverage.
Sale or furnishing of any alcoholic beverages by a licensee to an individual exhibiting
a valid authorized form of identification shall be prima facie evidence of the licensee’s
compliance with the law prohibiting the sale or furnishing of alcoholic beverages
to minors. (Added 1963, No. 145, § 2; amended 1989, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1995, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1997, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2013, No. 64, § 6; 2017, No. 83, § 108.)