Age verification leader, TokenWorks, Inc., announced that its DMV Check service now cross-verifies IDs against official motor vehicle records in 45 states. The milestone follows Pennsylvania’s integration into the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) network, giving businesses direct, source-level fraud defense in another major population center. Pennsylvania is one of the most populous […]
An ID scanner catches fake IDs your staff will miss, but only when your team knows how to use it. Most compliance failures come from good staff who wave a green screen through, skip the photo comparison, or panic when the software flags a problem. Solid training turns your ID scanner into a real line […]
An ID card scanner is an electronic device that reads the data stored on a driver’s license data stripe and displays it on a screen. Many can also scan state IDs and military IDs. An ID scanner clearly displays the age of the customer and makes it easy for a bouncer, bartender or clerk to verify that the customer is old enough to purchase age regulated products like tobacco or alcohol. ID card scanners are commonly used in bars, nightclubs, liquor stores, casinos, police enforcement, and convenience stores.
On September 30, 2026, Florida began issuing a redesigned driver license and identification card. Existing Florida cards stay valid until they expire, so businesses that check IDs will see the old and new designs side by side for years. That overlap is where fake IDs can slip through. Here’s what changed and how to protect […]
Most businesses need a barcode ID scanner for fast, everyday age verification, and a forensic ID scanner when the cost of a missed fake runs high. A barcode scanner reads the data encoded on the back of an ID in about a second. A forensic scanner reads the physical document itself and runs dozens of […]
Every legal cannabis sale starts with one decision at the door: Is this ID real, and is this person old enough? A dispensary ID scanner answers both in about two seconds, reading the barcode, checking the age math for you, and logging the result into an audit trail that proves you verified every customer. That […]
A regular walks in most Saturdays, and your bouncer knows the face well enough that he stops checking their ID. That’s just one way among many that fakes slip through. The gap between a real license and a modern fake has moved somewhere your door staff can’t see it. Today’s counterfeits match the plastic, the […]
An Arkansas customer handing you a phone instead of a plastic card is now a normal moment at the counter, and it changes what “checking ID” actually means. A mobile driver’s license (mDL) carries the same identity data as the physical card, but that data only proves anything when a reader speaks to the credential […]
It’s 11:30 on a Friday night, and your bar’s getting busier. Your bouncer is standing there, squinting at an out-of-state license under a string of patio lights while the guy holding it swears he just looks young for his age. He might. But he also might have bought that license that’s good enough to fool […]
In October 2025, the California DMV began issuing redesigned driver’s licenses and ID cards with updated security features. The new cards added a digital security signature to one of the two barcodes on the back and removed the magnetic strip entirely. California is one of the first states in the country to add this kind […]
