Kansas ID scanning laws

No licensee or permit holder, or any owner, officer or employee thereof, shall knowingly or unknowingly permit the possession or consumption of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage by a minor on premises where alcoholic beverages are sold by such licensee or permit holder, except that a licensee's or permit holder's employee who is not less than 18 years of age may serve alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage under the on-premises supervision of the licensee or permit holder, or an employee who is 21 years of age or older.

In order to obtain a prepaid access card from a licensee, each customer shall produce a valid driver's license, identification card or other government-issued document that contains a photograph of the individual and demonstrates that the individual is at least 21 years of age.

At the time of sale at retail of any such container of beer, the retailer or the retailer's employee or agent shall record the keg number; the date of the sale; the purchaser's name and address; and the number on the purchaser's driver's license, Kansas nondriver's identification card or other official or apparently official document that reasonably appears to contain both the purchaser's picture and the purchaser's signature, which shall be exhibited at the time of sale.

It is a class B person misdemeanor punishable by a minimum fine of $200 for any person to: (A) Sell, give or furnish any cigarettes or tobacco products to any person under 21 years of age; or (B) buy any cigarettes or tobacco products for any person under 21 years of age.

K.S.A. 41-2615K.S.A. 41-2640K.S.A. 41-2905K.S.A. 79-332121 CFR 1140.14

It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section if: (1) The defendant permitted the minor to possess or consume the alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage with reasonable cause to believe that the minor was 21 or more years of age; and (2) to possess or consume the alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage, the minor exhibited to the defendant a driver's license, Kansas nondriver's identification card or other official or apparently official document that reasonably appears to contain a photograph of the minor and purporting to establish that such minor was 21 or more years of age.

K.S.A. 21-5607K.S.A. 41-2615K.S.A. 79-3322

Such record shall be kept by the retailer at the premises where the sale was made. Such record shall be kept by the retailer until the container is returned or until the expiration of six months following the date of the sale.

Except as specifically provided by this subsection, records required to be kept by this section shall not be sold, distributed or otherwise released to any person other than an agent of the retailer or to a law enforcement agency.

Display or possess any photograph, photostat, duplicate or facsimile of a driver's license unless authorized by law.

Display or possess any photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction or facsimile of an identification card unless authorized by the provisions of this act.

K.S.A. 8-260K.S.A. 8-1327K.S.A. 41-2905

Such destruction shall be by shredding, erasing or otherwise modifying the personal identifying information in the records to make it unreadable or undecipherable through any means.

K.S.A. 50-6,139bK.S.A. 50-7a01K.S.A. 50-7a02

It shall be a defense to a prosecution under subsection (a) if: (1) The defendant is a licensed retailer, club, drinking establishment or caterer or holds a temporary permit, or an employee thereof; (2) the defendant sold the alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage to the minor with reasonable cause to believe that the minor was 21 or more years of age or of legal age for the consumption of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage; and (3) to purchase the alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage, the person exhibited to the defendant a driver's license, Kansas nondriver's identification card or other official or apparently official document, that reasonably appears to contain a photograph of the minor and purporting to establish that such minor was 21 or more years of age or of legal age for the consumption of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage.

It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this subsection if: (A) The defendant is a licensed retail dealer, or employee thereof, or a person authorized by law to distribute samples; (B) the defendant sold, furnished or distributed the cigarettes or tobacco products to the person under 21 years of age with reasonable cause to believe the person was of legal age to purchase or receive cigarettes or tobacco products; and (C) to purchase or receive the cigarettes or tobacco products, the person under 21 years of age exhibited to the defendant a driver's license, Kansas nondriver's identification card or other official or apparently official document containing a photograph of the person and purporting to establish that the person was of legal age to purchase or receive cigarettes or tobacco products.

K.S.A. 21-5607K.S.A. 41-2615K.S.A. 79-3322