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29 State House Station
101 Hospital Street
Augusta, Maine 04333-0029
Tel: 207-624-9000 ext 52119
Fax: 207-624-9186
TTY: 207-624-9105

Maine State Identification Cards

Any person who is a Maine resident, or a nonresident temporarily domiciled in the State with a mailing address in the State may apply for an official state non-driver identification card.

State Identification Cards are issued at all motor vehicle branch offices. The fee is $5.00.

Please bring with you two of the following documents for identification. One must indicate your date of birth and the other must bear your written signature.

            Drivers License                       Drivers Permit
            Driver Education Card              Social Security Card
            Passport                                Birth Certificate
            Military ID Card                       Citizenship Papers
            Military Dependent ID Card       Divorce Papers
            Certificate of Marriage              Baptismal Records
            Court Order                             School Records/Transcript (certified)
            Unemployment Card                Concealed Weapons Permit
            Adoption Papers

It looks like in the Great State of Maine being in the United States Military is the same as being unemployed, licensed driver, or merely being having a birth certificate.

As long elected state officals are writing laws which result in this utter disrespect for our service men and women, it is no wonder that a store owner would follow suite.

Recalling the Ken Burns Civil War series were he recounts stories soldiers from the Great State of Maine.. my eyes fill with tears, for that once Great State has lost it's way.

Military ID Card

Military Dependent ID Card

THANK you!

Before we dump on the tobacco shop read the Maine statute below. Tobacconists are constantly harrassed by sales-to- minors stings. The law only recognizes drivers licenses or non-drivers identification cards issued by the DMV. A military ID can be used as one of the two forms of identification that have to be produced to the DMV in order for them to issue a DMV drivers license or id card.

Maine Legislature Title 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
Subtitle 2: HEALTH
Part 3: PUBLIC HEALTH (HEADING: PL 1989, c. 487, @11 (rpr))
Chapter 262-A: RETAIL TOBACCO SALES (HEADING: ENACTED BY PL 1995, c. 470, @9)
Subchapter 2: PROHIBITED SALES, POSSESSION AND USE (HEADING: PL 1995, c. 470, @9 (new))
§1555-A. Identification cards
A licensee may refuse to sell tobacco to any person who fails to display upon request an identification card issued under Title 29-A, section 1410 or a motor vehicle operator's license bearing the photograph of the operator and issued under Title 29-A. [1997, c. 437, §2 (amd).]