The state of Illinois BASSET certification is required for on-premise and off-premise selling and serving of alcohol. Our course has been approved by the state of Illinois Liquor Control Commission (ILCC) since 2012 and recently updated for 2024 requirements. We have over 35 years of experience providing state-approved alcohol seller server training to hundreds of thousands of people and businesses.
We are the number one state-approved and preferred Illinois BASSET certification provider in Illinois. Most employers and alcohol-serving businesses request our course for their staff. If you are an Illinois bartender, server, or manager, our Illinois bartending license is required if you serve alcoholic beverages in bars, nightclubs, restaurants, or events. Our Off-premise Illinois BASSET license is needed if you are only selling alcohol as a liquor store clerk or employee of a convenience store selling beer or wine. Your IL Basset bartender license completion includes the Illinois Liquor Control Commission mailing of your official Illinois BASSET card free to your home.
This course is also commonly known as the Illinois BASSET license, Illinois BASSET training, or usually as the Illinois bartending license certification. With our online BASSET bartender permit course, you can quickly achieve your Basset on the fly today. Our Illinois Liquor Control Commission training provider license is #5A-0105593.
A BASSET card is also required for Uber, Drizly, Grubhub, or DoorDash alcohol delivery or alcohol “To Go” within the state. Those who serve or handle food and alcoholic beverages should take the Illinois food handler certification course. Get your Illinois BASSET License fast with Serving Alcohol today.
Difference between On-Premise and Off-Premise
On-Premise refers to selling and serving alcoholic beverages as a bartender or server in a restaurant, bar, or nightclub.
Off-Premise refers to only selling alcoholic beverages as a clerk in a grocery store, convenience store, or liquor store.
Renew Your Basset Certification
Your Basset license is valid for 3 years from the date of issuance. After your Basset bartender license expires or just before, you must retake the course to renew your BASSET alcohol server license. If you took our training previously, you'll get through the course easier knowing many of Illinois BASSET test answers.
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How Much Is A Basset License In Illinois
An Illinois Basset License only costs $12.99. Be mindful of taking the correct on-premise or Off-premise Basset certification course. On-premise pertains to bartenders and waitstaff who serve alcohol, while off-premise is for those who only sell alcohol as a clerk at a liquor store or convenience store. An on-premise Basset license does cover you for both situations.
How Do I Get A Basset Certification In Illinois
Need your basset on the fly today? Your Illinois BASSET certificate is available to you immediately upon completion of the course. Complete your training tonight and email the certificate to your manager before going to work tomorrow.
How Long Does Illinois Basset Take
An Illinois Basset training takes only a few hours to complete today quickly. Even faster, depending on your pace. The entire course is read aloud with a voice narration speed that can be adjusted for your pace. We help you quickly comprehend the information within the BASSET training. The course can be taken on your iPhone, Android, tablet, Mac, or Windows computer.
What Is BASSET And What Does It Mean
BASSET stands for Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Servers Education and Training. It's a state-approved and required course for anyone selling or serving alcoholic beverages in Illinois to learn Illinois liquor laws and do it responsibly. Alcohol is preferred by employers within the state.
Illinois typically mails your official Basset license to your home address. They use the address you filled out in our system before taking your Illinois Basset course. But, recently, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission (ILCC) stated that they will not be mailing the Basset license cards to your home address. We believe this is a temporary change as they have been instituting many changes and updates to their entire program.
Your Illinois Basset certificate from Serving Alcohol is legal and valid until and after the official Basset License arrives in your mail. If your address in the course profile is wrong or outdated, let us know so we can update the state's database.
Quick Information from ILCC:
For BASSET card requests, please look your information up: Basset Card Download. Fill out the ILCC request form if your name and Student ID# are unavailable. ILCC Basset request form
You have 120 days from your hire date to get BASSET certified.
It can take up to 30 days or more for your BASSET card to be available to download.
If you require information to be updated on your BASSET card, don't hesitate to Contact Us so we can update the ILCC
Currently, the ILCC will not be printing/mailing, or emailing your BASSET card.
You can download your official Basset license directly from the Illinois Liquor Control Commission's website. Click the link below and select "Print My Basset Card." This can be done after 30 days of your certification. They require three pieces of information: your last name, date of birth, and student ID with Serving Alcohol. Your Student ID is on the bottom of the certificate below the wallet card. If you lose our certificate, you can always ask us for your student ID or download it from our Certificate Search weblink.
If you need a replacement BASSET card, you will need your “Training Class Student ID.” Your student ID is on the bottom of our Illinois Basset certificate.
You'll learn alcohol awareness, intervention techniques, server duties, carding procedures, Illinois happy hour laws, and Illinois liquor laws. All in a simple online alcohol server training course that is easy to understand. If you're a bartender, a waiter/waitress, or a server looking to achieve your bartender license, then our course is the one you'll need.
100% Online interactive and self-paced training
USA-Based Customer support
Certification is Valid for 3 years
Who Should Take Our Illinois BASSET Training
Bartenders
Barbacks
Servers & Wait Staff
Restaurant / Bar Supervisors
Restaurant / Bar Managers & Owners
Store Supervisors, Managers, & Owners
Liquor & Convenience Store Clerks
For Owners And Managers Addendum To Your State Certification
To re-print your BASSET license card, please visit the ILCC BASSET Card Lookup. Enter your last name, date of birth, and your student ID from the Basset certification training provider.
If you were certified by Serving Alcohol within the last 3 years, go to our Certificate Search page and we will have your Illinois Basset certificate on file to download.
BASSET Card Lookup with Illinois Liquor Control Commission ILCC
If you need a replacement BASSET card, you will need your “Training Class Student ID.” Your student ID is on the bottom of our Illinois Basset certificate.
The difference between on-premise and off-premise
On-premise BASSET license refers to those who sell AND serve alcohol, such as a bartender or waiter in a restaurant, bar, tavern, or nightclub.
Off-premise BASSET license refers to those who only sell alcohol and don't serve in a liquor store, convenience store, or gas station.
Minimum age to sell or serve alcohol in Illinois
A seller or server must be at least 18 years of age. Local ordinances also regulate server age. For example, Chicago requires sellers/servers to be 21.
The ILCC focuses on compliance, licenses, inspections, violations, hearings, taxes, mail, and web orders, education, responsible sales, and underage sales.
Acceptable forms of ID for purchasing alcohol in Illinois
Acceptable IDs include one of the following:
A valid current driver's license or photo ID card issued by the Illinois Secretary of State's Office or any other State
A valid Armed Forces ID;
A valid U.S. passport or foreign passport (with U.S. travel visa) containing the holder's photograph.
Illinois liquor laws, regulations and rules
In Illinois, you must follow the provisions of the Illinois Liquor Control Act of 1934 and its Rules and Regulations. For a full list of the rules and regulations, please see the BASSET Rules and Regulations page.
Can I sell or serve alcohol with a felony in Illinois
Yes, a felony conviction only prevents a person from obtaining a liquor license in the state of Illinois and not from selling or serving alcohol with a BASSET license.
Happy Hour laws in Illinois
As of July 2015, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission has changed the "Happy Hour Law" to permit licensees to offer discounted drinks for up to 4 hours per day but not more than 15 hours per week.
The state doesn’t have a set closing time for bars, taverns or nightclubs. But most counties allow service of alcoholic beverages until 2 a.m. In Chicago, bars with a late night licenses, can sell until 4 a.m. Sunday through Friday, and until 5 a.m. Saturday.
Mandatory Basset license certification in 102 Counties
Required training dates for alcohol servers in Illinois bars, restaurants
The July 2015 signing of Public Act 99-0046 requires all alcohol servers (and those checking IDs for alcohol service) in Illinois on-premise establishments to complete a Beverage Alcohol Sellers/Servers Education Training (BASSET) class every 3 years. As cited in the law, this mandate took effect for every county in Illinois based upon county population (NOTE: Many local jurisdictions already require servers, waiters, bartenders, managers, and bouncers or security personnel to have a BASSET card. Please visit the Local Survey page for ordinances in your community).
Illinois BASSET license is currently required (as of July 1, 2018)
Local liquor laws and ordinances by county in Illinois
Select a county or municipality name below to view liquor-related information from over 1,000 of the approximately 1,200 local entities in the state of Illinois. Some responding local jurisdictions submitted more than one completed survey, so they may be listed more than once. If your search returns no results, either the entity did not submit a survey or the name entered was misspelled.
Some notes about the survey response categories: Counties serve as the local liquor licensing authority in unincorporated areas. "On-premise" means liquor service in bars, restaurants, and banquet halls; "Off-premise" means sales of packaged liquor.
IMPORTANT: ALL seller/server training (BASSET) students must renew their BASSET certification every three years (or less, if so required by local ordinance). Additionally, state law requires ALL on-premise servers (and those whose job description entails the checking of identification for alcohol purchase or entry into the licensed premises) to be BASSET-certified by a certain date if not already required by local ordinance. Please review the Required Training Dates page for the effective dates of this state training law.
Why choose Serving Alcohol
Our training, approved by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission (ILCC), allows us to provide the Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Servers Education and Training (BASSET) program. Under license number #5A-0105593, we offer either on-premise or off-premise training. The license means we meet all the latest state of Illinois curriculum and program requirements and recommendations.
We have over 35 years of experience with alcohol certification training. Without question, we are the most reputable and experienced professionals in the business. Our founder, Robert Pomplun with Serving Alcohol, has been a key speaker at the Illinois Liquor Control Commission's (ILCC) 9th and 11th Annual College Town Summit. Robert held his presentation in front of representatives from colleges and police departments throughout Illinois who had attended. Robert is scheduled as a key speaker again for more upcoming Illinois Annual College Town Summit meetings. Topics at these meetings included the neurological effects of alcohol, binge drinking, sexual assault, prevention, and recovery on college campuses.
Read more about us and Robert Pomplun on our About Us page.
Compatible devices & web browsers for our course
All you need is a smartphone, tablet, computer, Internet connection, and time. That's it!
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We highly recommend Google Chrome when taking this course. It's much faster and more efficient with interactive training courses.
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Access to online courses and the final exam immediately
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Official Basset Certificate Alcohol Sellers and Servers Education and Training License Number: 5A-0105593
We Meet And Exceed Illinois State Requirements:
The course is ILCC-required official BASSET certification approved and recommended
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The course is approved by the City of Chicago and BASSET-certified renewal or recertification requirements – every 3 years
Responsible Agency – Mayor’s Local Liquor Control Commission (ILCC)
Since 1985, we have provided BASSET training for hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses. This course was created by former bar and restaurant managers, bartenders, and servers. Our Illinois bartending license course incorporates decades of research directly from our staff because we have "been there" working in the alcohol serving environment. Respected and requested by the ILCC, Robert Pomplun with Serving Alcohol has held seminars at a few of the recent Illinois Liquor Control Commission's Annual College Town Summit. Very few alcohol training providers are asked by the ILCC to speak at their annual meetings. With over 35 years of experience, we offer the most reputable Basset certification for bartenders, servers, managers, clerks, and owners. Created by professionals in the industry, our course is the highest approved, endorsed, and required training by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission (ILCC).
Advantages to our online course:
Easily complete at your own pace
Login and out of course as many times as needed to complete
Up to 6 months to complete your course
Only 80% to pass
Retake final exam until pass if needed FREE
Immediately download & email your certificate for FREE
