Is it the law in Arizona to check the ID of someone accompanying a person buying an alcoholic beverage?


If I go into a store to buy alcohol, is the store required and/or allowed to check the ID of a person accompanying me?

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  1. #1 by David J Franco on July 20, 2010 - 6:25 pm

    i dont really get the US law, it’s not exactly like it’s a contractual relationship between the store, the customer and oh everyone within 5 feet of the customer.

  2. #2 by rachellynn200 on July 20, 2010 - 6:47 pm

    The store is not required but if the clerk suspects the alcohol is for minors than they have every right to check their ids also.

  3. #3 by Ingmar on July 20, 2010 - 7:39 pm

    Well, they are under no obligation to sell it to you either. But generally, I don’t see how or why they should have the right to ID bystanders.

  4. #4 by Digger on July 20, 2010 - 7:43 pm

    It is the law not to serve to minors. If the store sells to one person and a minor is with them they can refuse service. It is up to the stores discretion. For example my Dad would take me into the store with him when he was picking up some beers and I was about ten-eleven years old. Using their judgement they figured (correctly…for better or worse) that he wasn’t gonna split it with me. I’ve also gone to a store with a friend that was older but just didn’t happen to have an ID on her, so we had to go to a different store and she waited in the car.

  5. #5 by smartsassysabrina on July 20, 2010 - 8:05 pm

    It isn’t the law, but some stores in Arizona (most notable Albertson’s) will check the ID of everyone in the party. Once, I was with my mother, buying a hundred dollars worth of food and a bottle of wine, and they refused to sell her the wine because she was with me. I never shop there anymore.

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