Every scan creates a timestamped record. When compliance is questioned, your documentation speaks for you.
IDs have always been forged. That's not new — and it's not what puts your license at risk. What puts your license at risk is being unable to demonstrate that your venue had any real process at all.
Regulators, licensing boards, and courts distinguish between venues that had a documented, technology-backed verification system and those that relied on a bouncer's gut feeling. That distinction often determines whether a fine is levied — and how large it is.
Bar & Club Stats gives your venue the documented record it needs: proof that every patron who entered presented an ID, and that ID showed legal age at the time of entry.
"The New York Police Department encourages the use of ID scanners to deter underage drinking and the quality of life problems associated with it."
Your doorman checked the ID visually. No record exists. You have no documentation of any process. Regulator's word against yours.
High Liability RiskYour app scanned the ID. The barcode data showed a valid, of-age license at 11:23 PM. The timestamped log exists. You followed professional best practice.
Documented Due DiligenceThe app flags it immediately. Your staff is alerted. Entry is denied. The refusal is logged. No question about your process.
Caught & DocumentedMany US states provide some form of affirmative defense for venues that use electronic ID verification — potentially reducing or waiving liability when a minor presents a convincing fake ID. Laws vary significantly by state. This is not legal advice. But it's worth asking your attorney or local licensing authority whether your state offers this protection and how electronic scanning factors into it.
Any iPhone or Android. No IT team, no hardware required. Add your venue, register your devices, and you're scanning.
Point the camera at the barcode. The app reads all 50 states and Canadian provinces in seconds — faster than a manual check.
Every scan is timestamped and stored in the cloud. No manual entry, no paper trail to lose, no relying on staff memory.
Pull your scan history online — for compliance review, for your own audit, or to share with legal counsel if needed.
ID verification doesn't stop at age. Bar & Club Stats also gives your door staff instant access to Ban and VIP lists — so the right call gets made every time, with or without a manager present.
Add a guest who's caused problems once, and every device at your door instantly flags them if they return — no matter who's working or what they look like tonight.
Tag regulars, high-spenders, and guests on the list as VIP. Your door staff sees the flag the instant they scan — faster entry, better experience, zero fumbling with clipboards.
A documented ban list isn't just good operations — it's evidence of a proactive guest management policy. If an incident involving a repeat offender ever comes back to you legally, your ban record shows you took action.
Every scan is recorded with time, date, and ID data. Accessible online, any time — the documented evidence of your compliance process.
Reads barcode driver's licenses from every US state and all Canadian provinces. Flags expired IDs and common barcode failures on the spot.
For high-volume doors, add the optional hardware attachment to read magnetic stripe IDs — rent or purchase directly from Bar & Club Stats.
Add a problem guest once. Every device flags them on return — with a documented incident record that shows you took proactive action.
Fast-track your best guests. Create any group — VIP, Press, Promoters, Staff — with photos and notes your team sees the moment they scan.
Age, gender, zip code, and traffic flow data from every scan — anonymized and accessible online so your compliance spend earns marketing ROI too.
Annotate any individual scan with a free-text note — "barcode damaged, visual check performed," "secondary ID presented," "patron refused entry." Every note becomes part of your compliance record.
Attach a photo to any scan — passports, foreign IDs, or damaged documents that can't be machine-read. A photograph paired with a scan timestamp is some of the strongest documentation you can have. Available as an optional add-on.
Configure custom questions that appear after each scan — consent confirmations, acknowledgment prompts, or any question relevant to your compliance process. Answers are stored with the scan record. Free text, yes/no, or predefined multiple choice.
Bar & Club Stats makes professional ID verification so simple that there's no excuse not to do it every night.
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