What if a minor was caught doing this:

#1: Wrath of Kage. Not to be taken lightly

#2: Revoking of membership, stripped of badge, and likely reported to the authorities. Not to be mean or anything, but the con could be held liable for anything that happened to the minor while here. That means, for legal reasons, said minors need to be deported to the origin family ASAP. And said authorities would probably question the minor about where the fake ID came from.

#3: Possible ban from future cons. Not quite sure on this, but it is possible.

#4: Possible intense punishment from parental units for doing stupid things like that and making them worry. No parent wants a police officer to be escorting their child in the front door. Also, no parent ever wants to have to call the police to report that their child just up and disappeared.

-If someone walks up to you and says they are a pathological liar, would you believe them?

Well, a fake ID might work. I've seen some pretty convincing ones back in my high school days. But it wouldn't matter if they look over 18 or not. I worked the registration lines last year, and we had to get some form of government photo ID. Besides, I'm pretty good at spotting fake IDs. Then the police have to get involved, and it'll be a whole messy thing for the person. I would hope that no under 18 year old would be stupid enough to try that. It's not hard to get parental consent.

Are transformed people who received a fake ID through a sister / parent / roommate / friend with connections, excluded from this rule?
Noy

As already stated: We thoroughly check everyone's ID, minor or not. If we find out someone is using a fake ID, what will happen was described. If someone is trying to attend with no ID, they will not be given a conbadge.

Also note that the minor consent form must not merely be signed, but signed and notarized, due to past issues. We work very hard at Anthrocon to ensure all attendees are whom they say they are, for the security of the convention and its attendees.

If you are aware of anyone who plans to use a fake ID, inform me at registration-2008 (at) anthrocon.org, please.

--Chiaroscuro

Oh no, I'm in trouble then, this is all I have for identification.

http://furryzone.com/user/insane_kangaroo/drivers_license.jpg

With all things considered, just either have a REAL ID and permission form signed by your REAL PARENTS/LEGAL GUARDIAN or just don't go. I had to wait 2 years before I could go to AC. The best thing to do in my opinion is to get a real ID and drag your parents along with you and have them sign it right infront of Kage himself. A friend of mine who is going with me this year who is under 18 is going to do that. That is unless you want like sleeping in a jail cell waiting for the wrath of your parental units to rain apon you! Now who wants that?

*waves* And if you like puppeting, PA Pets Live is a good show to watch.
[Warning: NOT a kids show. PG14+]
http://papawpets.org/PA_Pets_Home.html
PS: WE WILL BE AT AC '08, COME SEE US LIVE!

Aside from all the fan-impacting fecal material mentioned so far, let me add a few:

Whoever you room with is probably in deep doo-doo with the hotel and legal enforcement gentlemen for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. They too can expect, as Kage says, "all of the above."

And just to raise the ante a bit, let us think for a moment about how and why you might get caught at this. Assuming your fake ID is good enough to get you registered, what would make us later question it? Because you were involved in An Incident. You may even have been an innocent bystander, but something happens to cause a closer look at your ID and *boom*. There you are in the hands of the gendarmes, who are notoriously lacking in humor and tolerance on such issues. In fact, it's quite possible that they have even less humor and tolerance than your parents will when they are contacted.

In short, it's not a good idea. Any underage person should either go through their parents and get the notarized stuff, or give up until they reach 18.

Not to mention that some of the staff checking I.D. badges are trained in the use of firearms. *winks*

~Tyrrlin

Ah, the age-old question of uses of fake ID... as Kage puts it, it is a crime in Pennsylvania and presenting a fake ID will get you banned from most major furry cons, and that would put quite a massive crippling blow to your self-esteem, not only that, but also be incredibly bored and all you can do on a fur con weekend is to sit at home and waste your life away holed up in your bedroom playing some sort of game that would keep you distracted for hours on end.

Most places that require you to present your ID, such as liquor stores or night clubs, use special lights to check the authenticity of the ID card, much like the dollar bills. In retrospect, anti-counterfeiting devices are in place, and some stores have begun this practice in association with the dollar bills, kind of what they do here in Canada as well. Much like assaults, presenting a false identification card can be considered a criminal offense, depending on the laws they have within the city, province/state, and country you live in.

Even though I don't like to follow some minor laws, there are major laws that you must follow, left you get a pair of metal bracelets slapped on your wrists and hauled away in a black-and-white car by some boys wearing blue. Such as presenting a LEGITIMATE ID. In addition, con staff do ask to present your ID card for security and protection reasons, and we have to do this, even though some of you out there don't like the rules of the con that they have and possibly try to go that extra mile just to break the rule and think you can get away with it.

In short, fake IDs are never worth the risk, in and outside cons. That's why I'm smart enough to have myself a completely legitimate government-issued ID card. I personally think that they should last a little longer for BC ID cards though, like maybe about five years, much like a Canadian Passport. Oh well.