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state · AR · Registry 2026.09.13.1

Mobile ID age verification in Arkansas

Arkansas is currently listed by both Apple Wallet and Google Wallet. Laurel has not completed every production gate for either wallet, so both remain outside production support.

Live operational status has not yet been confirmed. No production support is asserted by this static page.

No jurisdiction-wallet pair is production enabled by the checked-in public delivery model.

Current status

Availability, qualification, and support are different gates.

The issuing authority for this record is Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Office of Driver Services. Every status below is generated from the same canonical registry used by Laurel’s public support API and device-policy artifacts.

Arkansas mobile-ID status by wallet and Laurel qualification gate
Wallet Wallet status Issuer trust Automated Physical Laurel production
Apple Wallet Wallet available Not yet established Not yet run Physical pass Elo M51 Not production supported
Google Wallet Wallet available Not yet established Not yet run Physical pass Elo M51 Not production supported
Official mDL program
Wallet Available
Laurel qualification
In qualification
Laurel production support
No live production-enabled pair
Last reviewed

State mobile-ID overview

What first-party sources establish for Arkansas.

Arkansas passed Laurel's physical Apple Wallet and Google Wallet checks on Elo M51. Official Arkansas certificate bytes have not yet been obtained and independently pinned, so the state remains physical_pass_trust_binding_pending and Laurel does not claim production support.

The issuing authority publishes an official mobile-ID program page. That page can establish a public program claim; it cannot independently make issuer material trusted by Laurel.

Required next action

Complete the remaining qualification gates, repeat-session target, defect review, and explicit audited promotion before enabling production.

Next source review due .

Jurisdiction review record

The evidence record reviewed for Arkansas.

This record identifies the authority, exact first-party source, program finding, provider-list result, predicate evidence, and trust gate used for this page.

  1. Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Office of Driver Services is the issuing authority recorded for Arkansas (US-AR, State). The exact first-party authority source retained for this review is https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/office/driver-services/; it was reviewed on 2026-09-13.
  2. The issuer-specific source reviewed for this record is “Mobile ID,” published by Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. The registry classifies the program as Wallet Available.
  3. Apple Wallet is wallet available for this record. The controlling source is “ID in Wallet,” reviewed 2026-09-13.
  4. Google Wallet is wallet available for this record. The controlling source is “Add your US Driver's License or State ID,” reviewed 2026-09-13.
  5. No jurisdiction-specific Laurel evidence for age_over_21 is recorded; provider protocol capability is not treated as issuer proof. Issuer trust is not established in the public record and remains a separate authoritative-certificate review gate.

Privacy-preserving age verification

Ask the credential for an answer, not an identity.

LaurelID uses the ISO mdoc request for org.iso.18013.5.1.mDL, namespace org.iso.18013.5.1, element age_over_21, with intentToRetain=false. If the required predicate is unavailable, the result is Unable to verify. The verifier does not request date of birth as a fallback.

The platform receives an allowlisted outcome and operational metadata. It does not retain a patron’s name, date of birth, address, portrait, document number, wallet identifier, mobile-ID payload, session transcript, or repeat-visitor identifier.

Requested Retained
age_over_21 false
name / birth date never requested
portrait / document number never requested
identity linkage never created

Merchant and venue preparation

What a Arkansas operator can do now.

  1. Confirm with Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Office of Driver Services which credential channels are currently available; do not treat a wallet-provider listing as Laurel qualification.

  2. Bookmark the reviewed Arkansas mobile-ID program page and record any issuer or enrollment change before scheduling a qualification session.

  3. Keep a documented physical-ID fallback and train staff that “Unable to verify” is not an age decision.

  4. Prepare a managed Android verifier profile with NFC, Bluetooth Low Energy, secure device management, and a tested offline operating procedure.

  5. Review the age-check workflow with privacy and security stakeholders: Laurel requests only age_over_21, sets intentToRetain=false, and does not retain patron identity.

Keep the fallback visible: Acceptance requirements depend on applicable law, merchant policy, and the issuing authority. Laurel’s technical compatibility status is not a legal determination.

Qualification participation

Help qualify Arkansas without claiming support early.

Eligible credential holders, merchants, hardware partners, and resellers can volunteer for a controlled test. Qualification mode is marked “NOT FOR COMMERCE,” requires an operator-selected jurisdiction and wallet, and creates a separate privacy-safe qualification event. A successful test never promotes a wallet automatically.

Contact details submitted here are stored separately from verification telemetry and cannot be linked to a presentation event.

Jurisdiction: Arkansas

Can you participate in an in-person controlled test?

This contact record is handled separately from verification telemetry. Do not submit a driver-license number, date of birth, document image, wallet screenshot, credential payload, or verification-event detail.

Pilot and review

Choose the next conversation based on your role.

Prepare a future pilot

Scope locations, hardware, staff training, fallback policy, and the exact production-support boundary.

Start a pilot

Review the security boundary

Walk through issuer trust, device configuration, offline behavior, event allowlists, and the no-patron-PII architecture.

Request a security review

Prepare a reseller deployment

Align qualification evidence, managed hardware, operator training, and truthful status language before selling.

Explore reseller readiness

Known limitations

What this page does not claim.

Implemented
Implemented
Issuer trust
Issuer trust not available
Tested
Verified with a real credential
Offered by Laurel
Not offered
Legal review
Legal review not started
  • Owner-attested Apple Wallet and Google Wallet physical passes on Elo M51 are recorded for Arkansas, dated 2026-08-10.
  • No reviewed issuing-authority certificate is held for Arkansas from either the authenticated AAMVA publication or an official Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Office of Driver Services endpoint, so Laurel cannot validate its issuer trust and does not enable production support.
  • Acceptance requirements depend on applicable law, merchant policy, and the issuing authority. Laurel's technical compatibility status is not a legal determination.
  • Wallet availability, a registry record, or an operator selection does not independently establish cryptographic issuer trust.

Official sources

Evidence reviewed for Arkansas.

  1. Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Office of Driver Services Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Office of Driver Services. No publication date shown. Retrieved .
  2. Jurisdiction Data Maps AAMVA. No publication date shown. Retrieved .
  3. Mobile ID Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. No publication date shown. Retrieved .
  4. ID in Wallet Apple. No publication date shown. Retrieved .
  5. Add your US Driver's License or State ID Google. No publication date shown. Retrieved .
  6. Owner-attested Apple Wallet and Google Wallet physical interoperability on Elo M51 Laurel Secure. Published or updated August 10, 2026. Retrieved .

Page last reviewed . Registry version 2026.09.13.1.

Frequently asked questions

Arkansas mobile-ID questions.

Is a mobile ID from Arkansas available in Apple Wallet?

Yes. Apple’s current official availability page lists Arkansas. That confirms wallet availability, not Laurel production support.

Is a mobile ID from Arkansas available in Google Wallet?

Yes. Google’s current official availability page lists Arkansas. That confirms wallet availability, not Laurel production support.

Does LaurelID support production age verification for Arkansas?

No. Arkansas has not passed every Laurel production gate. A page in this directory, wallet availability, or an issuer announcement does not independently create production support.

What information does LaurelID request from a mobile ID issued by Arkansas?

The verifier requests only the ISO mdoc age_over_21 predicate and sets intentToRetain=false. It does not fall back to requesting a date of birth, name, address, portrait, or document number.

Browse the nationwide directory or the compatibility overview. Permanent URL: /mobile-id-age-verification/arkansas .