Vermont Statutes Title 7 Sec. 589
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 7 Sec. 589
- Alcoholic beverages: means malt beverages, vinous beverages, spirits, ready-to-drink spirits beverages, and fortified wines. See
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 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.)