A.R.S. § 4-404: Sale of alternative nicotine products; identification requirements

A. If a retailer of alternative nicotine products or any other person questions or has reason to question that the person purchasing, attempting to purchase or otherwise procuring or attempting to procure an alternative nicotine product is under twenty-one years of age, the retailer of the alternative nicotine product or other person shall do all of the following:

1. Demand identification from the person.

2. Examine the identification to determine that the identification reasonably appears to be a valid, unaltered identification that has not been defaced.

3. Examine the photograph in the identification and determine that the person reasonably appears to be the same person in the identification.

4. Determine that the date of birth in the identification indicates that the person is not under twenty-one years of age.

B. The following written instruments constitute the only identification that is acceptable under subsection A of this section:

1. An unexpired driver license issued by this state. A driver license that is issued to a person who is under twenty-one years of age does not constitute acceptable identification thirty days after the person reaches twenty-one years of age.

2. An unexpired driver license issued by any other state, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States or Canada if the license includes a picture of the person and the person's date of birth.

3. An unexpired nonoperating identification license issued pursuant to section 28-3165. An unexpired nonoperating identification license that is issued to a person who is under twenty-one years of age does not constitute acceptable identification thirty days after the person reaches twenty-one years of age.

4. A form of identification license issued by any other state, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States or Canada if the license is substantially equivalent to a nonoperating identification license issued pursuant to section 28-3165 and includes a picture of the person and the person's date of birth.

5. An unexpired armed forces identification card that includes the person's picture and date of birth.

6. A valid unexpired passport or a valid unexpired resident alien card that contains a photograph of the person and the person's date of birth.