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# Age verification

This section describes how to use the [AgeVerification endpoint](https://rest.avatax.com/swagger/ui/index.html?urls.primaryName=Alcohol%20Shipping%20Verification#/Age%20Verification/post_api_v2_ageverification_verify) to verify that purchasers or recipients of alcoholic beverage transactions are within the legal age limit for the jurisdiction(s) where you are shipping to.

**Important:** Running the Age Verification endpoints in production will incur costs. Review the [Avalara Supplemental Terms](https://www.avalara.com/us/en/legal/avatax-terms.html) for more information.

## The IDology Age Verification solution

AvaTax has incorporated the [Age Verification](https://www.idology.com/age-verification/) solution from IDology, a GDB Company. For beverage alcohol transactions, this solution performs a public records lookup to verify whether a person is at least 21 years old.

## Requirements

Your AvaTax account must have an active AgeVerification subscription.

## Limitations

The AvaTax SDKs cannot be used for age verification.

[Previous](https://developer.avalara.com/avatax-for-bevalc/understanding-shipping-verification/delete-shipment-registration)

[Next](https://developer.avalara.com/avatax-for-bevalc/age-verification-api/verify-age)

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