Mobile ID age verification in Washington

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 Washington State Department of Licensing. Every status below is generated from the same canonical registry used by Laurel’s public support API and device-policy artifacts.

Washington mobile-ID status by wallet and Laurel qualification gate
Wallet	Wallet status	Issuer trust	Automated	Physical	Laurel production
Apple Wallet	Planned	Not yet established	Not yet run	Not yet tested	Not production supported
Google Wallet	Planned	Not yet established	Not yet run	Not yet tested	Not production supported

Official mDL program: Unknown
Laurel qualification: Planned
Laurel production support: No live production-enabled pair
Last reviewed: September 13, 2026

State mobile-ID overview

What first-party sources establish for Washington.

Washington is represented for nationwide qualification planning. The reviewed Apple and Google current lists do not establish wallet availability, and Laurel does not claim production support.

The reviewed registry does not contain a current official program URL. Laurel treats the program status as unknown, without inferring availability from an old announcement or third-party report.

Required next action

Monitor first-party issuer and wallet sources. Merchants can prepare policy, hardware, training, and a physical-ID fallback without representing the jurisdiction as supported.

Next source review due October 5, 2026 .

Jurisdiction review record

The evidence record reviewed for Washington.

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

Washington State Department of Licensing is the issuing authority recorded for Washington (US-WA, State). The exact first-party authority source retained for this review is https://dol.wa.gov/driver-licenses-and-permits; it was reviewed on 2026-09-13.
No dedicated issuer mobile-ID program page was recorded in this review. The program remains Unknown, and monitoring starts with the official issuing authority rather than a third-party summary.
Apple Wallet is planned for this record. The controlling source is “ID in Wallet,” reviewed 2026-09-13.
Google Wallet is planned for this record. The controlling source is “Add your US Driver's License or State ID,” reviewed 2026-09-13.
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 Washington operator can do now.

Monitor Washington State Department of Licensing and the wallet providers for a current issuance notice; avoid promising a launch date.
Monitor Washington State Department of Licensing's driver-license and mobile-ID notices. Laurel did not find a dedicated current program page in this review, so do not infer issuance from a general licensing page.
Keep a documented physical-ID fallback and train staff that “Unable to verify” is not an age decision.
Prepare a managed Android verifier profile with NFC, Bluetooth Low Energy, secure device management, and a tested offline operating procedure.
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 Washington 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.

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: Not yet tested
Offered by Laurel: Not offered
Legal review: Legal review not started

No real credential issued through Washington State Department of Licensing for Washington has been physically qualified by Laurel.
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 Washington.

Washington State Department of Licensing Washington State Department of Licensing. No publication date shown. Retrieved September 13, 2026 .
Jurisdiction Data Maps AAMVA. No publication date shown. Retrieved September 13, 2026 .
ID in Wallet Apple. No publication date shown. Retrieved September 13, 2026 .
Add your US Driver's License or State ID Google. No publication date shown. Retrieved September 13, 2026 .

Page last reviewed September 13, 2026 . Registry version 2026.09.13.1.

Frequently asked questions

Washington mobile-ID questions.

Is a mobile ID from Washington available in Apple Wallet?

The reviewed current Apple source does not establish Apple Wallet availability for Washington. Absence from that list is treated as unknown, not proof that availability is impossible.

Is a mobile ID from Washington available in Google Wallet?

The reviewed current Google source does not establish Google Wallet availability for Washington. Absence from that list is treated as unknown, not explicit unavailability.

Does LaurelID support production age verification for Washington?

No. Washington 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 Washington?

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/washington .