Except as otherwise provided by law, an employee in a state liquor store or contract liquor store may sell liquor to any person of legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages and may also sell to holders of permits such liquor as may be purchased under such permits.

     Where there may be a question of a person's right to purchase liquor by reason of age, such person shall be required to present any one of the following officially issued cards of identification which shows his/her correct age and bears his/her signature and photograph:

     (1) Driver's license, instruction permit or identification card of any state or province of Canada, or "identicard" issued by the Washington state department of licensing pursuant to RCW 46.20.117.

     (2) United States armed forces identification card issued to active duty, reserve, and retired personnel and the personnel's dependents, which may include an imbedded, digital signature in lieu of a visible signature.

     (3) Passport.

     (4) Merchant Marine identification card issued by the United States Coast Guard.

     (5) Enrollment card issued by the governing authority of a federally recognized Indian tribe located in Washington, if the enrollment card incorporates security features comparable to those implemented by the department of licensing for Washington drivers' licenses. At least ninety days prior to implementation of an enrollment card under this subsection, the appropriate tribal authority shall give notice to the board. The board shall publish and communicate to licensees regarding the implementation of each new enrollment card.

     The board may adopt such regulations as it deems proper covering the cards of identification listed in this section.

     No liquor sold under this section shall be delivered until the purchaser has paid for the liquor in cash, except as allowed under RCW 66.16.041. The use of a personal credit card does not rely upon the credit of the state as prohibited by Article VIII, section 5 of the state Constitution.

[2005 c 206 § 1; 2005 c 151 § 5; 2005 c 102 § 1; 2004 c 61 § 1; 1996 c 291 § 1; 1995 c 16 § 1; 1981 1st ex.s. c 5 § 8; 1979 c 158 § 217; 1973 1st ex.s. c 209 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 15 § 1; 1959 c 111 § 1; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 7; RRS § 7306-7.]

NOTES:

     Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2005 c 102 § 1, 2005 c 151 § 5, and by 2005 c 206 § 1, each without reference to the other. All amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).

     Severability -- Effective date -- 1981 1st ex.s. c 5: See RCW 66.98.090 and 66.98.100.

     Severability -- Effective date -- 1973 1st ex.s. c 209: See notes following RCW 66.08.070.

     Effective date -- 1971 ex.s. c 15: "The effective date of this 1971 amendatory act is July 1, 1971." [1971 ex.s. c 15 § 8.]

Renewal driver's license accepted as proper identification: RCW 46.20.185.