Policy

Each Metropolitan Library System library card has the following signature requirements:

1. Persons age 17 or older are issued cards requiring no signature but their own. Services available depend on the person’s eligibility. (see Eligibility [5])
2. Persons up to age 17 are issued student cards requiring a parent or guardian’s signature. Services available depend on the person’s eligibility (see Eligibility [5]) with the following additional stipulations:
   
   1. Upon issuance, student cards may be used without a parent or guardian’s signature for two weeks to check out no more than two items (other than videos rated R by the MPAA). Subsequent use requires the parent or guardian’s signature.
   2. Before any video rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) may be checked out, the parent or guardian must authorize those borrowing options.
   3. Parents or guardians may review the current borrowing record of their child.
      
      1. Note: Persons not yet in school or kindergarten are encouraged to borrow materials through another member of the family who holds a valid library card. However, persons not yet in school or kindergarten may be issued a card at the parent's or guardian's request.