How to verify ID when presented with Enhanced Driver's Licenses
Posted on: May 15, 2025
First issued by New York, Michigan, Minnesota, Vermont and Washington, other states will soon issue these ultra-secure versions of their drivers’ licenses and ID cards.
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CAN YOU USE AN EXPIRED ID AS PROOF OF AGE?
Posted on: May 15, 2025
Understand when and if an expired ID can be used for age verification, including state-specific laws, business policies, and exceptions. Learn why most establishments require valid, unexpired identification and how to properly verify IDs for age-restricted transactions.
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DOES COSTCO CHECK ID FOR ALCOHOL?
Posted on: May 11, 2025
Discover Costco's ID verification policies for alcohol sales, including what happens during in-store purchases and deliveries. Learn about the legal requirements, consequences of using fake IDs, and how retailers protect themselves from underage sales.
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CAN A BIRTH CERTIFICATE BE USED AS ID FOR ALCOHOL?
Posted on: May 8, 2025
While birth certificates are important official documents, they cannot be used as identification for alcohol purchases. Learn why birth certificates are insufficient for age verification and discover which forms of ID are acceptable for buying alcohol.
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HOW TO CHECK ID FOR ALCOHOL
Posted on: May 4, 2025
Buying alcohol comes with strict laws to prevent sales to underage individuals. Learn the essential steps for properly checking IDs, recognizing security features, and identifying fake IDs to protect your business and ensure compliance with alcohol sales regulations.
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HOW TO CHECK ID CARD DETAILS
Posted on: May 1, 2025
Proper ID verification is essential across multiple industries to maintain trust, uphold laws, and prevent fraud. Learn about the key aspects of verifying ID cards including physical inspection, security features, and personal information validation with this comprehensive guide.
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HOW TO VERIFY A DRIVER'S LICENSE
Posted on: April 27, 2025
Verifying a driver's license is an essential step in preventing fraud and ensuring compliance with laws. Learn the key verification steps including visual inspection, security feature validation, and data verification to protect your business or organization from costly mistakes.
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WHAT IS A VERTICAL ID?
Posted on: April 24, 2025
Vertical IDs are specially designed identification cards issued to individuals under 21 years of age in many U.S. states and Canadian provinces. Learn about their unique purpose, key security features, and how to verify their authenticity in this comprehensive guide.
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KNOWING HOW TO ID: MASTERING THE BASICS
Posted on: April 20, 2025
Understanding how to properly verify identification is crucial in today's world. From spotting security features to checking expiration dates, learn the essential elements of effective ID verification and how the I.D. Checking Guide can help protect your business.
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HOW TO CHECK ID
Posted on: April 18, 2025
In many industries, verifying the authenticity of an ID is a critical task. Whether you're working in government, banking, a restaurant chain, a liquor store, or any other place where IDs are required, knowing how to check IDs accurately can prevent fraud, ensure legal compliance, and protect your business.
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HOW TO KNOW ID IS FAKE
Posted on: April 15, 2025
From preventing financial fraud and underage drinking to ensuring compliance with regulations, accurately identifying individuals is essential for government agencies, banking institutions, and businesses of all kinds.
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IDENTITY CARDS BY A DIFFERENT NAME
Posted on: November 15, 2024
Most countries issue a National ID Card, but not all. For example, in Mexico the ID Card used at banks and in the legal system carries a different name, the “ELECTORAL” card.
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HOW COLOR-SHIFTING INK CAN HELP YOU SPOT A FAKE ID
Posted on: September 26, 2024
Although it’s nearly impossible for counterfeiters to mimic, color-shifting ink can be easily seen with the naked eye. Learn how to check an ID for this important security feature.
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ID Checking Best Practices for Marijuana Dispensaries
Posted on: September 30, 2021
Failure to verify the age of customers and anyone else present in their place of business can lead to significant penalties for marijuana dispensaries. Learn why many prefer physical ID checks over the use of scanners for age verification.
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Why Banks Verify ID and the Drive to a Digital Future
Posted on: October 28rd, 2020
Learn why financial institutions require identity documentation to prevent fraud & how such processes are increasingly going digital in the wake of COVID-19.
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Understanding Know Your Customer (KYC) in a Post-Pandemic World
Posted on: September 28th, 2020
As financial fraud and cybercrime continue to climb, banks are under increasing pressure to ensure that customers opening new accounts are who they say they are. This has become even more important in the age of coronavirus.
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COVID-19's Impact on the Adoption of Online Identity Verification Policies
Posted on: August 31st, 2020
The sudden and urgent nature of the COVID-19 pandemic created numerous challenges for employers, including how to verify the identity of new employees online.
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SCAM ALERT: CELL PHONE FRAUD & CREDIT MULING
Posted on: September 1st, 2016
Learn how organized crime has turned its attention to cell phone theft, "credit muling" schemes, and mobile account hijacking to illegally obtain cell phones for re-sale overseas. Find out how the I.D. Checking Guide and other resources can help put a stop to many of these scams.
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WHICH FORMS OF ID SHOULD BE VERIFIED?
Posted on: August 10th, 2016
A review of which forms of ID are acceptable for verifying age and which forms of ID are acceptable for verifying identity and authorization to work. Get a better understanding of how and when to us the I.D. Checking Guide or U.S. Identification Manual.
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DEBATE: WHAT IS LEGAL NORTH CAROLINA ID?
Posted on: June 20th, 2016
A look at the legal debate over what forms of identification are acceptable as valid I.D. in the State of North Carolina. Learn about the arguments from both sides of the aisle, as well as why this issue is of interest to identification verification professionals.
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CALIFORNIA SMOKING AGE INCREASE - WHAT IT MEANS
Posted on: May 20th, 2016
California recently enacted legislation making it the 2nd state in the Union to require that any purchaser of tobacco products be 21 years of age. One exception is for military members, for whom the age remains at 18. This post explores the impacts of these changes to the law and what they mean for retailers.
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CUBAN IMMIGRATION IS ON THE RISE - HOW WILL YOU VERIFY ID?
Posted on: March 3rd, 2016
With relations between the United States and Cuba normalizing, there has been a recent spike in immigration from Cuba. Citizens of the island nation look to take advantage of preferential treatment for Cuban immigrants while they can. With this influx of Cuban immigrants, learn how to validate and verify Cuban identification documents.
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E-VERIFY WITH DRIVERS LICENSE CHECK BETTER PROTECTS EMPLOYERS
Posted on: September 22nd, 2015
The E-Verify pre-employment check program is a valuable tool to help employers confirm that job applicants have a legal right to work in the United States. But a major drawback to E-Verify is that, in most cases, the program can't authenticate the photo ID supplied by an applicant. Learn how additional ID validation can help.
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What is the REAL ID Act?
Posted on: August 27th, 2015
The REAL ID Act of 2005 is a cooperative effort between the federal government and states, and it can be a source of confusion and misinformation. The following is a snapshot of facts about REAL ID, including the standards that apply to the process used to verify ID and the material quality (including security features) of the card itself.
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ID Barcode: Why It's Not Enough for Verification
Posted on: June 10th, 2015
"Swipe your card, please." It's a request most of us make, or follow, many times a month and with multiple cards. According to David Myers, a forensic science and security expert, barcodes are now used in almost 99% of drivers' licenses, identification cards, and passports issued in the U.S.
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THE "DRIVE-ONLY" LICENSE
Posted on: June 9th, 2015
The trend of issuing driver's licenses to undocumented individuals picked up speed beginning in 2014. California, Colorado, Connecticut, Vermont, and the District of Columbia now grant so-called "drive-only" cards to residents who can't provide proof of legal residency, or who don't have a Social Security card or other documentation required for a standard license.
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HOW TO SPOT A FAKE ID: INFOGRAPHIC
Posted on: July 7th, 2014
When verifying an ID, confirmation of authenticity often needs to be done quickly, which makes careful scrutiny of the driver's license or ID card important. Every day retail clerks, bank tellers, police officers, HR managers, and other professionals have to authenticate an identifying document using the naked eye alone.
