Indiana requires all purchasers to show ID effective 7/1/2010 Effective 7/1/2010 New ID Law – IC 7.1-5-10-23 states that employees who are selling alcoholic beverages for off premise consumption must require all individuals making a carry out purchase to show a photo I.D. To view the statute in its entirety, click here. In some rare instances, an individual may not have a photo I.D. If the individual wishes to make a purchase for off premise consumption, he/she may complete the following Statement of Age Form and provide it to the permittee, along with two forms of identification showing the purchaser to be at least twenty-one years of age. Here is the new language IC 7.1-5-10-23 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 23. (a) It is a Class B misdemeanor for a permittee or an employee or agent of a permittee to recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally sell, barter, exchange, provide, or furnish another person an alcoholic beverage for consumption off the licensed premises without first requiring the person to produce: (1) a driver’s license; (2) an identification card issued under IC 9-24-16-1 or a similar card issued under the laws of another state or the federal government; or (3) a government issued document; bearing the person’s photograph and birth date showing that the person is at least twenty-one (21) years of age. (b) In a criminal or administrative proceeding, it is a defense to a charge under this section that the individual to whom the permittee or employee or agent of the permittee sold, bartered, exchanged, provided, or furnished alcoholic beverages for consumption off the licensed premises was or reasonably appeared to be more than fifty (50) years of age. Note section (b) – it appears one has a defense if the person ‘looks’ over 50 years old.
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