What ID do you need at a Las Vegas dispensary?

Nevada's rule: one original government photo ID, 21 or older

Nevada regulation NCCR 7.020 tells a cannabis sales facility to refuse the sale unless the customer produces valid identification showing they are 21 or older, and it requires that document to carry a photograph and the date of birth. The Cannabis Compliance Board has since issued a notice titled Age Verification and Acceptable Identification Requirements, which on its face supersedes the Board's earlier July 2022 and March 2024 guidance. Under that notice, valid identification means an original, government-issued photo ID that contains your photograph, includes your full legal name and date of birth, is issued by a recognized governmental authority, is not falsified, altered, materially damaged or illegible, and is either unexpired or qualifies under the expired-ID exception described below. Separately, NCCR 7.015 requires the staff member to verify your age by checking a government-issued photo ID on an identification scanner approved by the appropriate Board Agent before the sale. That scan is not optional and it is not a formality.

Minimum age

21

Regulations the notice is issued under

NCCR 7.015, 7.020, 15.015 and 15.020

Current CCB notice

Age Verification and Acceptable Identification Requirements

ID must show

Photograph, full legal name, date of birth

The seventeen documents Nevada allows a dispensary to accept

The notice names seventeen acceptable primary documents. They are: a U.S. state or territory driver's license, a U.S. state or territory identification card, a U.S. passport, a U.S. passport card, a DHS trusted traveler card (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI or FAST), U.S. Department of Defense identification including dependents, a Permanent Resident Card, a Border Crossing Card, a state-issued Enhanced Driver's License, a federally recognized tribal identification card, an HSPD-12 PIV card, a foreign government passport recognized by the United States, a Canadian provincial driver's license or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada card, a Transportation Worker Identification Credential, a USCIS Employment Authorization Card (I-766), a U.S. Merchant Mariner Credential, and a Veteran Health Identification Card. That list is broader than the six categories printed in NCCR 7.020(3), and the notice is the Board's own updated guidance to cannabis sales facilities on acceptable forms of identification, the definition of valid identification, and procedures for expired or unscannable ID. If your document is on the notice's list, is original, and reads cleanly, you are set. If it is not on the list, no staff member can make an exception for you.

Out-of-state and international visitors

Any driver's license or ID card issued by a U.S. state or territory counts, so a California, Arizona, Utah or New York license is treated exactly like a Nevada one. NCCR 7.020(3) accepts a driver's license or instruction permit and an identification card issued by this State or any other state or territory of the United States, so there is no Nevada residency requirement. A U.S. passport or the wallet-sized passport card works too, which helps if your home license is damaged or sitting in a hotel safe. Visitors from outside the United States should plan on the passport. A foreign government passport recognized by the United States is acceptable, and so is a Canadian provincial driver's license or an Indian and Northern Affairs Canada card. Beyond those, the notice is blunt. Other foreign driver's licenses or government-issued IDs, voter ID cards among them, shall not be accepted. A UK, Australian or EU driving licence will not get you served on its own. Bring the passport and the question never comes up.

The expired-ID exception is two years wide and no wider

There is one exception to the unexpired rule and it is deliberately narrow. A U.S. state-issued driver's license or identification card that has expired may be accepted provided it has not expired for more than two years and you also present an additional acceptable form of identification confirming your identity. The notice lists a birth certificate, a Social Security card, an employer or work-issued photo ID, or other government-issued documentation as possible secondary items. The expired card itself must clearly display your photograph and date of birth. All other identification documents must be current and unexpired, so an expired passport does not qualify no matter what you pair it with. There is also a set procedure for cards that will not scan. Staff verify the ID is not expired, confirm the presence of security features such as UV markings, holograms, microprinting, tactile elements and laser engraving, require a second photo ID matching the primary if authenticity cannot be confirmed, and log the verification manually.

Expired state license or ID card

May be accepted if not expired for more than 2 years, with an additional identity document

Expired passport

Not accepted

Exception applies to

U.S. state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards only

What actually gets refused at the counter

A refusal is almost always one of five things. The document is not an original, and a photocopy or a picture on a phone is not an original. It carries no photograph or no date of birth. It is falsified, altered, materially damaged or illegible. It is expired and it is not a U.S. state card inside the two-year window. Or it is a foreign driver's license or other foreign government-issued ID that the notice excludes. One more point catches groups out. Under NCCR 6.070(1), the only people who may be on the premises of a cannabis sales facility are registered cannabis establishment agents, a patient who holds a valid registry identification card or letter of approval, that patient's designated primary caregiver, a person who is not a resident of Nevada but is deemed to hold a valid registry card under NRS 678C.470, a person inspecting the establishment, and any other person who is at least 21. If nobody in your group holds a registry card, everyone who comes through the door needs to be 21 or older with their own acceptable ID.

What to have ready before you visit Vegas Treehouse

Vegas Treehouse is a licensed adult-use cannabis dispensary at 4660 S Decatur Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89103. Have your physical ID out of your wallet before you reach the counter, because the scan happens before anything else. Each adult in your party needs their own acceptable document, whether or not they are buying. The notice applies the Board-approved scanner requirement to all sales transactions, so changing how you order does not change what you have to show. If your only ID is an expired state card, bring the second document with you rather than hoping a conversation will cover it. If you are unsure whether your document is on the list, call (725) 565-9333 before you drive over.

Address

4660 S Decatur Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89103

Phone

(725) 565-9333

Required warning

Keep out of reach of children. For use only by adults 21 years of age and older.