Mass Liquor ID (buying, live in, legal)

[s_dot1985]

All I've had my Mass Liquor ID for the past 5 years and it expires next month. I dont drive or do i plan to drive so i wont be getting a driver's license.

I'm trying to get info on how to renew, the RMV's website doesnt great info on Liquor IDs and i dont want to call into the RMV and wait in line for hour to get info, so i said i'll chance my arm here.

I tried renewing online but after i put all my info it said i couldnt renew (no explaination).

I only use my Liquor ID to go to bars so i dont have to bring my passport out. Am i ok going out with an expired ID? i presume only Nazi bouncers would refuse me because its expired.

Also can i renew my ID before it expires? or do i have to wait for it to expire to renew?

Also should i get a Mass ID as opposed to a Liqour ID?

[Cliff Clavin]

How old is the picture? I think you can only renew ounce online, keeping the same picture, until you need to have it updated.

If any bouncer see's the ID has expired, they won't take it. Don't even bother. You'd be better off with a valid MA ID. I used one for a year, and the only spots had I a problem at were The Tam and The Garden. No one else seemed to care. Although I was 35 at the time, so that may have helped.

[s_dot1985]

Originally Posted by Cliff Clavin

How old is the picture? I think you can only renew ounce online, keeping the same picture, until you need to have it updated.

If any bouncer see's the ID has expired, they won't take it. Don't even bother. You'd be better off with a valid MA ID. I used one for a year, and the only spots had I a problem at were The Tam and The Garden. No one else seemed to care. Although I was 35 at the time, so that may have helped.

Cheers Cliff.

The pic is 5 years old.

You had a problem using the Mass ID or Liqour ID in the Tam or Garden?

I go to the Tam a good bit and the Garden, i never had any problems with the Liquor ID in those two places...i've never had any problems using the Liquor ID anywhere.

[Cliff Clavin]

Originally Posted by s_dot1985

You had a problem using the Mass ID or Liqour ID in the Tam or Garden?

Mass ID.

[snatale1]

Originally Posted by s_dot1985

All I've had my Mass Liquor ID for the past 5 years and it expires next month. I dont drive or do i plan to drive so i wont be getting a driver's license.

I'm trying to get info on how to renew, the RMV's website doesnt great info on Liquor IDs and i dont want to call into the RMV and wait in line for hour to get info, so i said i'll chance my arm here.

I tried renewing online but after i put all my info it said i couldnt renew (no explaination).

I only use my Liquor ID to go to bars so i dont have to bring my passport out. Am i ok going out with an expired ID? i presume only Nazi bouncers would refuse me because its expired.

Also can i renew my ID before it expires? or do i have to wait for it to expire to renew?

Also should i get a Mass ID as opposed to a Liqour ID?

I'd spend the extra $$ and get a liscense, who cares if your not going to drive. If you live in a area that it's been working for you, I guess your ok. But most bars and liquor stores give a really hard time or refuse both MA ID's and Liquor ID's which is obviously crap. Then they blame it on the State. I was refused to be served with an expired Lic, like I got younger when it expired. It's pathetic, just a power trip and cheap thrill to screw with people.

[lukec]

You cant renew online if you owe money to the state somehow. Do you not want a driver's license because you are prohibited for legal reasons? If so, that may somehow affected the liquor ID.

The system is byzantine. They only thing they are good at doing is rapidly knowing you owe tickets or fines. I had a problem the last time I got my license renewed for an out of state issue that I resolved five years earlier when I renewed my license.

[s_dot1985]

Originally Posted by lukec

You cant renew online if you owe money to the state somehow. Do you not want a driver's license because you are prohibited for legal reasons? If so, that may somehow affected the liquor ID.

The system is byzantine. They only thing they are good at doing is rapidly knowing you owe tickets or fines. I had a problem the last time I got my license renewed for an out of state issue that I resolved five years earlier when I renewed my license.

I dont owe the state any money that i know off.

If i wanted a driver's license, i presume i'd have to a practical and theory tests correct? tbh that would just be hassle.

I'll probably just renew my liqour id, since its never caused me any problems when i go out and i go out a lot.

Also, does anybody know if i need to let my ID expire before i can get a new one or can i renew a month beforehand?

Thanks again.

[Cliff Clavin]

You can renew at anytime. They're more than happy to take your money.

[theSUBlime]

Mass is a fairly strict state when it comes to alcohol.

As stated before, a Mass Driver's License or Mass Liquor ID (not a Mass ID) are 2 (of 4 items) that are valid forms of identification (if there is ever to be a defense used in a court of law).
Each licensee is allowed to decide for itself what is acceptable identification, and, per Liquor Control Act, policy for checking identification.
>>> http://www.mass.gov/abcc/faqs.htm#j2

I work for a store that sells liquor/wine, and you have no idea how upset people get when I tell them I can't sell them alcohol. One little guy had just turned 21 the day before, and his ID had expired the day before, as much as I felt bad for him, I had to refuse the sale. As the cashier, my own butt is on the line, and I'm not losing my job, and/or getting the store's license suspended...

I personally have a Mass ID and it works most places for me, but I have been denied before, so I understand both sides.

[BostonMike7]

Originally Posted by theSUBlime

Mass is a fairly strict state when it comes to alcohol.

As stated before, a Mass Driver's License or Mass Liquor ID (not a Mass ID) are 2 (of 4 items) that are valid forms of identification (if there is ever to be a defense used in a court of law).
Each licensee is allowed to decide for itself what is acceptable identification, and, per Liquor Control Act, policy for checking identification.
>>> Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC)

I once got caught without my driver's license buying some wine for dinner (kid loves to pull my wallet apart and misplace things) and presented my Firearm LTC as form of ID. Nope, couldn't use it despite being a state issued ID and infinitely more difficult to get than any of the other MA state ID's acceptable for liquor purchase. I left without wine.