A server is convinced a customer is presenting a fake ID. Under Bus. & Prof. Code §25659, the server is authorized to:
Explanation
Bus. & Prof. Code §25659 authorizes a licensee or employee to seize identification that shows the holder to be under 21 or that is false — provided a receipt is given to the person it was taken from, and the document reaches the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the premises within 24 hours. There is no written-report duty; the receipt is the part people most often get wrong. Declining to seize creates no civil or criminal liability. Destroying (d) is not authorized; selling or keeping it (b, c) is unlawful.
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