Fake i.d.

Hey! What would happen if i tried to use a fake i.d. to get into a club/bar and got busted?

Fake i.d.

New York State has a law on the books colloquially refered to as the ';ABC'; law which is actually Sec. 65B of the Alcohol Control Law.

Briefly, if you%26#39;re under 21 and present a false or fraudulent document, or a document which is not your own, you can be arrested.

If the document is used to purchase alcohol, you can be fined up to $1,000 and imprisoned for up to six months.

My guess would be a first-time offender might be let off with 30 hours (or less) of community service but you%26#39;d probably have to name names. How did you get the I.D.? Where? Those sort of questions. Someone I knew was busted for possessing a fraudulent I.D. and the police put the fear of God into her to find out how she procured the fake I.D.

It can be a very nasty business, getting arrested.

I really don%26#39;t see the upside to risk this kind of penalty and trauma just to get into a club.

The potential downside is so steep I think I would find some other way to enjoy my time in the city.

Fake i.d.

Don%26#39;t do it. It%26#39;s not worth the consequences.

Here%26#39;s how it happened to my friend:

She was having coffee at a Starbuck%26#39;s and a larcenous team of servers lifted her wallet from her pocketbook while one of the two distracted her.

They went on a shopping binge and the plocie nailed the them with the wallet.

Guess what they found inside the wallet? A fraudulent document the girl used for clubbing.

They called her with both good and bad news. The thieves were caught but she was going to be arrested and charged with a Class B misdemeanor.

As we all know, both felonies and misdemeanors are crimes and they NEVER come off your record.

Never.

Fortunately, she was smart enough to have her families attorney escort her to the precinct and they cut a deal.

It is truly a shame that youth has to be wasted on the young.

9 times out of 10 they%26#39;ll either deny you admission or simply take it away. I take no responsibility but had a fake for 3 years from a shady place on the street and had no problem.

Some places are stricter than others. The nicer establishments tend to care more.

isn%26#39;t it about time the US lifted the archaic law of banning alcohol sales to Under 21%26#39;s? Surely all it does is promote the use of Fake IDs and kids getting a thrill off drinking under age. You can go to war for your country at 18 but can%26#39;t have a single beer till you are 21 - crazy logic.

For once, I can say that the UK is ahead of the US in allowing people to drink (hopefully, responsibly) at 18.

It really is a different culture in the US - I have never once been asked to provide ID to buy a drink since I was 18, and was probably asked twice between the ages of 16-18. I have been asked more times to produce ID to buy a lottery ticket - seriously!

Plus those penalties above seem really harsh for using a Fake ID, really really harsh.

You find it crazy logic that you can go to war at 18 but can%26#39;t buy a drink? Try this on for size.

In California and perhaps a few other states a 14-year-old girl can get pulled out of school to get an abortion and neither the school nor the abortion clinic is allowed to notify her parents it even happened. Of course, if she is caught buying a drink using fake ID after the abortion--she can be arrested and the police are required--by law--to notify her parents and they cannot question her unless at least one parent is present.

thats just crazy.

i have heard that you can%26#39;t buy a drink till you are 23 in some states - is this true?? thats just mental if it is.

Haven%26#39;t heard that, but I do remember that during the soccer hooliganism era of the 90%26#39;s some pubs in England attempted to keep out anyone under 30.

By the way, if you travel to any of the western states in the U.S., keep in mind that in many of them it%26#39;s illegal to tether your horse to a parking meter...even if you put the quarter in.

Stu...now you got me started, so here goes:

In Alaska it%26#39;s illegal to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.

In Alabama putting salt on a railroad track is punishable by death.

In Arkansas you can legally beat your wife but no more than once a month and it%26#39;s actually against the law to mispronounce the name of the state.

In Pasadena, California, it%26#39;s illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss. It is also illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license.

In San Francisco it%26#39;s illegal to wipe off your car with used underwear. And in Los Angeles, eating oranges in the bathtub is against the law.

In Hartford, Connecticut it%26#39;s illegal for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday. It%26#39;s also illegal there to educate a dog.

In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays may be jailed. It%26#39;s also illegal to jog with your eyes closed.

In Georgia, you can%26#39;t change the clothing on a storefront mannequin unless the store window shades are down.

In Hawaii, it%26#39;s illegal to own a mongoose without a permit.

In Idaho, boxes of candy given as romantic gifts must weighh at least 50 pounds.

In Chicago, Illinois it%26#39;s illegal to fish in pajamas or to take a French poodle to the opera.

In Gary, Indiana, it%26#39;s illegal to attend a theater within four hours after eating garlic.

In Kentucky, carrying an ice cream cone in your back pocket is illegal, as is remarrying the same person four times or more.

In New Orleans, fire trucks must stop at red lights even when going to a fire. It is also against the law to gargle in public.

In Maryland, it%26#39;s illegal to play the Randy Newman song ';Short People'; on the radio. Mistreating oysters is also against the law.

In Massachusetts you can%26#39;t wear a goatee without a license, while in Michigan a man legally owns his wife%26#39;s hair.

Minnesota can jail a woman for 30 days for impersonating Santa Claus. It is also illegal to tease skunks.

In St. Louis, Missouri, fireman cannot rescue a woman wearing a nightgown. She must be fully dressed to be rescued.

Montana makes it a felony for a woman to open her husband%26#39;s mail and a misdemeanor to show movies depicting crime.

In New Hampshire, you can%26#39;t dye margerine pink, check into a hotel under an assumed name or sell your clothes to pay off a gambling debt.

In Newark, New Jersey you can%26#39;t sell ice cream after 6 pm unless the customer has a note from their doctor. It%26#39;s also illegal to slurp soup.

In Asheville, North Carolina, it%26#39;s against the law to sneeze on the street.

In North Dakota, serving beer and pretzels at the same bar is against the law.

You can%26#39;t sell cornflakes in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday. And in Youngstown, Ohio, it%26#39;s actually illegal to run out of gas.

In Oklahoma, you can be jailed for making faces at a dog.

In Pennsylvania, ministers are prohibited from performing marriages if either the bride or groom is drunk.

In Newport, Rhode island, you can%26#39;t smoke a pipe after sundown.

In Charleston, South Carolina, all carriage horses must wear diapers.

South Dakota makes it illegal to sleep in a cheese factory.

In Dyersburg, Tennessee, it%26#39;s illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.

And my personal favorite, a recently-passed anti-crime law in Texas requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and explain the the nature of the crime about to be committed against them.

Every one of these is true. And you thought you had problems not being able to get a drink until age 21?

Blooming heck...I%26#39;m glad our council aren%26#39;t following San Fran%26#39;s idea. My car washing regime would have to change.....