Alcohol Beverage Control | FAQs for Servers

You must take and pass an approved Alcohol Server Education Course. The classes are conducted by private providers, so times, locations and prices vary. To see the course schedule and provider listing CLICK HERE.

To renew your Servers Certification, you must take another servers certification course.

You may request a copy of your server permit through NM-PLUS, https://nmrldlpi.my.site.com/abc/s/request-duplicate-license.

If you haven’t received your card within 120 days after taking the server class, please call our office at (505) 476-4875.

Anyone who serves and sells alcoholic beverages and packaged liquor.
This includes: owners and lease holders of alcohol licenses; owners of beer and wine licenses; bartenders, bouncers, waiters, waitresses, convenience and grocery store clerks; and resident agents.

Only individuals over 21 years of age may sell or serve alcohol in bars, lounges convenience, grocery and package stores.
18 to 20 year olds may obtain a permit to sell or serve alcohol in a full service restaurant with meals, but may not be a bartender.

Yes, you can, as long as the old vertical ID is present with the temporary horizontal ID when the alcohol sale is completed.

Any ID card issued by a federal, state or municipal government that contains a picture of the person and a birth date showing that they are over 21 years of age.
Some examples are a driver’s license, non-driver ID, military ID, or a passport.
State issued Mobile ID by use of an ISO 18013-5 compliant reader to verify the consumer’s age.
Effective July 1, 2021, the New Mexico state law was revised, for the purposes of the Liquor Control Act an ID is valid even if it has expired.
Except for deliveries of alcoholic beverages, it is unnecessary to ask for ID if the person clearly looks older than 35 years of age.

For Servers