California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 23000. - 23000. This division shall be known and may be cited...

Section 23001. - 23001. This division is an exercise of the police powers...

Section 23001.5. - 23001.5. If any provision of this division or the application...

Section 23002. - 23002. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general...

Section 23003. - 23003. “Alcohol” means ethyl alcohol, hydrated oxide of ethyl, or...

Section 23003.1. - 23003.1. “Powdered alcohol” means an alcohol prepared or sold in...

Section 23004. - 23004. “Alcoholic beverage” includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, and...

Section 23005. - 23005. “Distilled spirits” means an alcoholic beverage obtained by the...

Section 23006. - 23006. “Beer” means any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation...

Section 23007. - 23007. “Wine” means the product obtained from normal alcoholic fermentation...

Section 23008. - 23008. “Person” includes any individual, firm, copartnership, joint adventure, association,...

Section 23009. - 23009. “Licensee” means any person holding a license, a permit,...

Section 23010. - 23010. “Taxpayer” means a person liable for the payment of...

Section 23011. - 23011. “Salesman” means any individual who solicits or receives an...

Section 23012. - 23012. “Beer manufacturer” means any person that has facilities and...

Section 23013. - 23013. “Winegrower” means any person who has facilities and equipment...

Section 23013.5. - 23013.5. A “wine blender” is a person authorized to operate...

Section 23014. - 23014. “Brandy manufacturer” means any person engaged in the manufacture...

Section 23015. - 23015. “Distilled spirits manufacturer” means any person who produces distilled...

Section 23016. - 23016. “Rectifier” means every person who colors, flavors, or otherwise...

Section 23017. - 23017. “Importer” means: (a) Any consignee of alcoholic beverages brought...

Section 23018. - 23018. “Exporter” means any person who sells, delivers, or consigns...

Section 23019. - 23019. “Customs broker” means every person who is authorized to...

Section 23020. - 23020. “Wine broker” means every person, other than a salesman...

Section 23021. - 23021. “Wholesaler” means every person other than a manufacturer, winegrower...

Section 23022. - 23022. “Industrial alcohol dealer” means a person who sells alcohol...

Section 23023. - 23023. “Retailer” means any on- or off-sale licensee. (Added by...

Section 23024. - 23024. “Retailer’s on-sale license” means on-sale beer licenses, on-sale beer...

Section 23025. - 23025. “Sell” or “sale” and “to sell” includes any transaction...

Section 23026. - 23026. “Retail sale” or “sale at retail” means the sale...

Section 23027. - 23027. “Wholesale sale” or “sale at wholesale” means a sale...

Section 23028. - 23028. “Package” means any container or receptacle used for holding...

Section 23029. - 23029. “Case” or “original case” means a standard box or...

Section 23030. - 23030. “To bottle” or “to package” means to bottle, barrel,...

Section 23031. - 23031. “Gallon” or “wine gallon” means that liquid measure containing...

Section 23032. - 23032. “Proof spirits” means that alcoholic liquor which contains one-half...

Section 23033. - 23033. “Proof gallon” means a gallon of proof spirits or...

Section 23034. - 23034. “Still” means any apparatus capable of being used for...

Section 23035. - 23035. “Private warehouse” means any place maintained by a licensee,...

Section 23036. - 23036. “Public warehouse” means any place licensed for the storage...

Section 23037. - 23037. “Club” means a corporation or association which is the...

Section 23038. - 23038. “Bona fide public eating place” means a place which...

Section 23038.1. - 23038.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 23038, “bona fide public...

Section 23038.2. - 23038.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 23038, for purposes of...

Section 23038.3. - 23038.3. Notwithstanding Section 23038, for purposes of issuing an on-sale...

Section 23039. - 23039. (a) “Public premises” means: (1) Premises licensed with any...

Section 23039.1. - 23039.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any on-sale beer...

Section 23040. - 23040. “Within this State” means all territory within the boundaries...

Section 23041. - 23041. “Without the State” means all territory without the boundaries...

Section 23042. - 23042. “Board” means the State Board of Equalization, in the...

Section 23043. - 23043. “Department” means the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, and...

Section 23044. - 23044. “License” means a license authorized to be issued by...

Section 23045. - 23045. “Appeals board” means the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board....

Section 23046. - 23046. “Air common carrier” means a person engaged in regularly...

Section 23047. - 23047. “Scheduled flight” means a regularly scheduled and advertised flight...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Administration

ARTICLE 1 - The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Section 23049. - 23049. It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 23050. - 23050. There is in the state government, in the Business,...

Section 23051. - 23051. On and after January 1, 1955, the department shall...

Section 23052. - 23052. The provisions of Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3,...

Section 23053. - 23053. The director shall be the appointing power of all...

Section 23053.1. - 23053.1. The director may bring an action to enjoin a...

Section 23053.5. - 23053.5. The department shall have the function of investigation of...

Section 23054. - 23054. All persons in the state civil service employed on...

Section 23055. - 23055. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, upon...

Section 23056. - 23056. The department shall send a copy of the information...

Section 23057. - 23057. The department shall send, with each renewal notice to...

Section 23058. - 23058. In order to facilitate the board’s administration of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activity

Section 23060. - 23060. Neither the Director of Alcoholic Beverage Control nor any...

ARTICLE 3 - The Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board

Section 23075. - 23075. There is in the state government, in the Business,...

Section 23076. - 23076. All personnel of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board...

Section 23077. - 23077. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board shall exercise such...

ARTICLE 4 - Appeals From Decisions of the Department

Section 23080. - 23080. As used in this article, “decision” when used in...

Section 23081. - 23081. On or before the tenth day after the last...

Section 23081.5. - 23081.5. An appeal to the board shall be deemed filed...

Section 23082. - 23082. No decision of the department shall become effective during...

Section 23083. - 23083. (a) The board shall determine the appeal upon the...

Section 23083.5. - 23083.5. (a) The department shall collect a 3-percent surcharge on...

Section 23084. - 23084. The review by the board of a decision of...

Section 23085. - 23085. In appeals where the board finds that there is...

Section 23086. - 23086. In all cases, the board shall enter its order...

Section 23087. - 23087. Whenever any matter is pending before the board or...

Section 23088. - 23088. An order of the board on appeal from a...

Section 23089. - 23089. Final orders of the board may be reviewed by...

ARTICLE 5 - Judicial Review

Section 23090. - 23090. Any person affected by a final order of the...

Section 23090.1. - 23090.1. The writ of review shall be made returnable at...

Section 23090.2. - 23090.2. The review by the court shall not extend further...

Section 23090.3. - 23090.3. The findings and conclusions of the department on questions...

Section 23090.4. - 23090.4. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating...

Section 23090.5. - 23090.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a court...

Section 23090.6. - 23090.6. The filing of a petition for, or the pendency...

Section 23090.7. - 23090.7. No decision of the department which has been appealed...

ARTICLE 6 - Stay of Suspension

Section 23095. - 23095. (a) Whenever a decision of the department suspending a...

Section 23096. - 23096. The moneys derived from a payment in compromise under...

Section 23097. - 23097. In connection with any such petition, the authority of...

Section 23098. - 23098. If the department does not make the findings required...

CHAPTER 2 - Authorized Unlicensed Transactions and Exemptions

Section 23100. - 23100. Any person in possession of a stock of lawfully...

Section 23101. - 23101. Any bank, trust company, or financial institution owning or...

Section 23102. - 23102. (a) On the death, insolvency or incompetency to act...

Section 23104. - 23104. Any insurer may, or any common carrier acting as...

Section 23104.1. - 23104.1. A retailer may return wine to the seller or...

Section 23104.2. - 23104.2. (a) Subject to the exceptions specified in subdivision (b),...

Section 23104.3. - 23104.3. A retail licensee may make a return of distilled...

Section 23104.4. - 23104.4. An executor or administrator of the estate of a...

Section 23104.5. - 23104.5. A sheriff or any other person appointed by a...

Section 23104.6. - 23104.6. (a) Any nonlicensed person owning bottled vintage wine purchased...

Section 23105. - 23105. In accordance with rules prescribed by the department, a...

Section 23106. - 23106. (a) Wine stored in a winery or wine cellar...

Section 23107. - 23107. Any person may, in accordance with rules and regulations...

Section 23108. - 23108. Licensees of other states may purchase bulk brandy produced...

Section 23109. - 23109. Alcoholic beverages in continuous transit through this State are...

Section 23110. - 23110. This division does not apply to the manufacture, sale,...

Section 23111. - 23111. Nothing in this division prevents or restricts the use...

Section 23112. - 23112. Nothing in this division prevents or restricts the use...

Section 23113. - 23113. Alcohol sold for the uses mentioned in Section 23111...

CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees

ARTICLE 1 - In General

Section 23300. - 23300. No person shall exercise the privilege or perform any...

Section 23300.1. - 23300.1. (a) A written agreement regarding the sharing or splitting...

Section 23301. - 23301. Any person violating Section 23300 is guilty of a...

ARTICLE 2 - Fees

Section 23320. - 23320. (a) An applicant for a new permanent license, which...

Section 23320.4. - 23320.4. (a) (1) For the purpose of providing economic relief...

Section 23320.5. - 23320.5. (a) (1) In addition to the annual fees provided...

Section 23320.6. - 23320.6. (a) The Wine Safety Fund is hereby created as...

Section 23321. - 23321. The license for trains shall be issued to a...

Section 23321.6. - 23321.6. The license for vessels of more than 1,000 tons...

Section 23321.7. - 23321.7. (a) The on-sale general bona fide public eating place...

Section 23325. - 23325. When the fee for any license is graduated according...

Section 23327. - 23327. (a) Persons holding wine growers’ licenses shall report annually...

Section 23328. - 23328. If a licensee neglects or refuses to make a...

Section 23329. - 23329. If the department is not satisfied with a report...

Section 23330. - 23330. Any licensee against whom an assessment is made by...

Section 23331. - 23331. If a petition for reassessment is filed within 15...

Section 23332. - 23332. The order or decision of the department upon a...

Section 23334. - 23334. On- or off-sale general licensees shall keep books of...

ARTICLE 3 - Rights and Obligations of Licensees

Section 23355. - 23355. Except as otherwise provided in this division and subject...

Section 23355.1. - 23355.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the following...

Section 23355.2. - 23355.2. (a) For purposes of this section, “controlled access alcoholic...

Section 23355.3. - 23355.3. (a) A licensee may sponsor or otherwise participate in...

Section 23356. - 23356. Any manufacturer’s or winegrower’s license authorizes the person to...

Section 23356.1. - 23356.1. (a) A winegrower’s license also authorizes the person to...

Section 23356.2. - 23356.2. (a) No license or permit shall be required for...

Section 23356.3. - 23356.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, an out-of-state...

Section 23356.5. - 23356.5. A wine blender’s license authorizes the person to whom...

Section 23356.6. - 23356.6. Except as otherwise provided in this act, all provisions...

Section 23356.7. - 23356.7. Nothing in this division shall be or be construed...

Section 23356.8. - 23356.8. A licensed wine blender shall not be issued and...

Section 23356.9. - 23356.9. A wine blender’s license does not authorize winetasting activities...

Section 23357. - 23357. (a) A licensed beer manufacturer may, at the licensed...

Section 23357.1. - 23357.1. An out-of-state beer manufacturer’s certificate authorizes the shipment of...

Section 23357.2. - 23357.2. (a) An out-of-state beer manufacturer’s certificate may be issued...

Section 23357.3. - 23357.3. (a) A beer manufacturer’s license or out-of-state beer manufacturer’s...

Section 23357.4. - 23357.4. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division,...

Section 23358. - 23358. (a) Licensed winegrowers, notwithstanding any other provisions of this...

Section 23358.2. - 23358.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a winegrower...

Section 23358.3. - 23358.3. A wine grape grower’s storage license authorizes the holder...

Section 23359. - 23359. A wine grower’s license also authorizes the manufacture of...

Section 23360. - 23360. Licensed brandy manufacturers, notwithstanding any other provisions of this...

Section 23361. - 23361. A person holding a brandy manufacturer’s license may also...

Section 23362. - 23362. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division, a licensed...

Section 23363. - 23363. Any licensed manufacturer of distilled spirits originally distilled in...

Section 23363.1. - 23363.1. (a) A distilled spirits manufacturer’s license or a craft...

Section 23363.2. - 23363.2. (a) A distilled spirits manufacturer not licensed in California...

Section 23363.3. - 23363.3. (a) A brandy manufacturer’s license authorizes the licensee to...

Section 23364. - 23364. All provisions of this division relating to the sale...

Section 23365. - 23365. Neither a corporation nor a limited partnership required to...

Section 23366. - 23366. A distilled spirits manufacturer’s agent’s license authorizes any of...

Section 23366.1. - 23366.1. No distilled spirits manufacturer or any agent thereof shall...

Section 23366.2. - 23366.2. An out-of-state distilled spirits shipper’s certificate authorizes the shipment...

Section 23366.3. - 23366.3. (a) An out-of-state distilled spirits shipper’s certificate may be...

Section 23366.5. - 23366.5. A winegrower’s license, brandy manufacturer’s license, California winegrower’s agent’s...

Section 23367. - 23367. A still license authorizes the person to whom issued...

Section 23368. - 23368. A rectifier’s license authorizes the person to whom issued...

Section 23368.1. - 23368.1. A distilled spirits rectifier’s general license authorizes the person...

Section 23369. - 23369. In order to qualify for a rectifier’s license, a...

Section 23370. - 23370. Nothing in Sections 23368 and 23369 prohibits the issuance...

Section 23371. - 23371. A rectifier who also performs the functions of a...

Section 23372. - 23372. A wine rectifier’s license authorizes the person to whom...

Section 23373. - 23373. A California winegrower’s agent’s license authorizes any of the...

Section 23373.1. - 23373.1. Neither the holder of any wholesaler’s license nor the...

Section 23373.2. - 23373.2. A winegrower or brandy manufacturer may be represented by...

Section 23373.4. - 23373.4. A California winegrower’s agent’s license authorizes the holder to...

Section 23373.5. - 23373.5. Nothing in this division shall preclude the department from...

Section 23374. - 23374. Any importer’s license authorizes the person to whom issued...

Section 23374.5. - 23374.5. A distilled spirits importer’s general license authorizes the person...

Section 23374.6. - 23374.6. A beer and wine importer’s general license authorizes the...

Section 23375. - 23375. (a) A public warehouse license authorizes the storage of...

Section 23375.5. - 23375.5. No distilled spirits importer’s general license shall be issued...

Section 23375.6. - 23375.6. No beer and wine importer’s general license shall be...

Section 23376. - 23376. A customs broker’s license authorizes the transfer to licensed...

Section 23377. - 23377. A wine broker’s license authorizes the person to whom...

Section 23378. - 23378. Any wholesaler’s license authorizes the sale of the alcoholic...

Section 23378.05. - 23378.05. (a) For any sale or offer of sale of...

Section 23378.1. - 23378.1. (a) A California brandy wholesaler’s license may be issued...

Section 23378.2. - 23378.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a licensed...

Section 23379. - 23379. A beer and wine wholesaler’s license also authorizes the...

Section 23380. - 23380. An industrial alcohol dealer’s license authorizes the sale of...

Section 23381. - 23381. Any manufacturer's, wine grower's, manufacturer’s agent's, rectifier’s or wholesaler’s...

Section 23382. - 23382. An offer or agreement to sell distilled spirits, which...

Section 23383. - 23383. Any manufacturer's, wine grower's, manufacturer’s agent's, importer's, rectifier's, or...

Section 23384. - 23384. Any licensed beer manufacturer, wine grower, brandy manufacturer, rectifier,...

Section 23385. - 23385. Any distilled spirits manufacturer’s or brandy manufacturer’s license and...

Section 23386. - 23386. (a) Any manufacturer’s, wine grower’s, manufacturer’s agent’s, rectifier’s, importer’s,...

Section 23387. - 23387. In addition to the other privileges exercised under a...

Section 23388. - 23388. A licensed beer manufacturer or a licensed beer wholesaler,...

Section 23389. - 23389. (a) The department may issue to a beer manufacturer...

Section 23390. - 23390. (a) A licensed winegrower or brandy manufacturer, in addition...

Section 23390.5. - 23390.5. (a) For purposes of this section, “licensed branch office”...

Section 23391. - 23391. If a violation of any provision of this division...

Section 23392. - 23392. If a violation of any provision of this division...

Section 23393. - 23393. A retail package off-sale beer and wine license authorizes...

Section 23393.5. - 23393.5. (a) The department may issue a limited off-sale retail...

Section 23394. - 23394. An off-sale general license includes the privileges specified in...

Section 23394.5. - 23394.5. No privileges under an off-sale general license, except as...

Section 23394.7. - 23394.7. No privileges under an off-sale license shall be exercised...

Section 23395. - 23395. Nothing in this division prevents the sale, in packages...

Section 23396. - 23396. Any on-sale license authorizes the sale of the alcoholic...

Section 23396.1. - 23396.1. (a) An on-sale general license for restricted service lodging...

Section 23396.2. - 23396.2. (a) An on-sale general license for a wine, food...

Section 23396.3. - 23396.3. (a) (1) A brewpub-restaurant license is a retail license...

Section 23396.5. - 23396.5. Notwithstanding any other law, any on-sale licensee that maintains...

Section 23396.6. - 23396.6. (a) The department may issue to the holder of...

Section 23397. - 23397. Alcoholic beverages may be served on trains, boats, and...

Section 23398. - 23398. Nothing in this division prevents the purchase or possession...

Section 23398.5. - 23398.5. Any on-sale license, issued pursuant to this division that...

Section 23399. - 23399. (a) An on-sale general license authorizes the sale of...

Section 23399.1. - 23399.1. No license or permit shall be required for the...

Section 23399.2. - 23399.2. Premises for which a special onsale general license is...

Section 23399.3. - 23399.3. (a) An on-sale special beer and wine license for...

Section 23399.4. - 23399.4. (a) A licensed winegrower may apply to the department...

Section 23399.45. - 23399.45. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Certified...

Section 23399.5. - 23399.5. (a) (1) A license or permit is not required...

Section 23399.52. - 23399.52. (a) The department may create and issue a special...

Section 23399.6. - 23399.6. (a) Any licensee under a winegrower’s license may apply...

Section 23399.65. - 23399.65. (a) A licensed beer manufacturer may apply to the...

Section 23399.7. - 23399.7. Any license issued to any golf course facility, or...

Section 23400. - 23400. An on-sale general license authorizes the purchase and possession...

Section 23401. - 23401. An on-sale general license, with respect to beer and...

Section 23401.5. - 23401.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the...

Section 23402. - 23402. No retail on- or off-sale licensee, except a daily...

Section 23402.5. - 23402.5. (a) A retail licensee shall not sell or offer...

Section 23403. - 23403. No retail licensee, except a pharmacy or drug store...

Section 23404. - 23404. It is unlawful for any salesman to aid or...

Section 23405. - 23405. (a) Any corporation holding a license under this division...

Section 23405.1. - 23405.1. (a) Any limited partnership holding a license under this...

Section 23405.2. - 23405.2. (a) Any limited liability company holding a license under...

Section 23405.3. - 23405.3. If a corporation, limited partnership, or limited liability company...

Section 23405.4. - 23405.4. (a) The department is not required to qualify for...

ARTICLE 4 - Club Licenses

Section 23425. - 23425. For the purposes of this article “club” means: (a)...

Section 23426. - 23426. For the purposes of this article “club” also means...

Section 23426.5. - 23426.5. (a) For purposes of this article, “club” also means...

Section 23427. - 23427. For the purposes of this article “club” also means...

Section 23428. - 23428. For the purposes of this article “club” also means...

Section 23428.1. - 23428.1. For the purposes of this article “club” also means...

Section 23428.2. - 23428.2. For the purposes of this article “club” also means...

Section 23428.4. - 23428.4. For the purpose of this article, “club” also means...

Section 23428.5. - 23428.5. For the purpose of this article “club” also means...

Section 23428.6. - 23428.6. For the purposes of this article, “club” also means...

Section 23428.7. - 23428.7. For the purposes of this article “club” also means...

Section 23428.8. - 23428.8. For the purposes of this article, “club” also means...

Section 23428.9. - 23428.9. For the purpose of this article “club” also means...

Section 23428.10. - 23428.10. For the purposes of this article “club” also means...

Section 23428.11. - 23428.11. For the purposes of this article “club” also means...

Section 23428.12. - 23428.12. For purposes of this article “club” also means any...

Section 23428.13. - 23428.13. For purposes of this article, “club” also means any...

Section 23428.14. - 23428.14. For purposes of this article, “club” also means any...

Section 23428.15. - 23428.15. For the purposes of this article, “club” also means...

Section 23428.16. - 23428.16. For purposes of this article, “club” also means any...

Section 23428.17. - 23428.17. For the purposes of this article, “club” also means...

Section 23428.18. - 23428.18. For purposes of this article, “club” also means any...

Section 23428.19. - 23428.19. For purposes of this article, “club” also means any...

Section 23428.20. - 23428.20. (a) For the purposes of this article, “club” also...

Section 23428.21. - 23428.21. For the purposes of this article, “club” also means...

Section 23428.22. - 23428.22. For purposes of this article, “club” also means any...

Section 23428.23. - 23428.23. For the purposes of this article “club” also means...

Section 23428.24. - 23428.24. For the purposes of this article “club” also means...

Section 23428.25. - 23428.25. For the purposes of this article, “club” also means...

Section 23428.26. - 23428.26. For the purposes of this article, “ club” also...

Section 23428.27. - 23428.27. For the purposes of this article, “club” also means...

Section 23428.28. - 23428.28. For the purposes of this article, “club” also means...

Section 23428.29. - 23428.29. (a) For the purpose of this article, “club” also...

Section 23429. - 23429. A club as defined in this article is a...

Section 23430. - 23430. The department may issue one club license to any...

Section 23431. - 23431. The holder of a club license may exercise all...

Section 23432. - 23432. Any club which holds an onsale general license which...

Section 23433. - 23433. The department may issue an off-sale license to any...

Section 23433.5. - 23433.5. (a) For the purposes of this article, “club” also...

Section 23434. - 23434. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, on...

Section 23435. - 23435. On and after January 1, 1980, no new club...

Section 23437. - 23437. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, no club...

Section 23438. - 23438. (a) Any alcoholic beverage club licensee which restricts membership...

ARTICLE 5 - Veterans Club Licenses

Section 23450. - 23450. As used in this article, “veteran” means any person...

Section 23451. - 23451. Any post, chapter, camp, or other local unit, composed...

Section 23452. - 23452. The department may issue one veterans’ club license to...

Section 23452.5. - 23452.5. The department may also issue one veterans’ club license...

Section 23453. - 23453. (a) The holder of a veterans’ club license may...

Section 23454. - 23454. No member and no officer, agent, or employee of...

Section 23455. - 23455. The department may revoke any license issued pursuant to...

ARTICLE 6 - Craft Distiller s Licenses

Section 23500. - 23500. This act shall be known, and may be referenced...

Section 23501. - 23501. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 23502. - 23502. (a) The department may issue a craft distiller’s license...

Section 23504. - 23504. Notwithstanding any other provision, a licensed craft distiller may...

Section 23504.5. - 23504.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division to...

Section 23506. - 23506. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a...

Section 23508. - 23508. (a) A licensed craft distiller may also have upon...

ARTICLE 7 - Music Venue License

Section 23550. - 23550. For purposes of this article: (a) “On-sale licensee” means...

Section 23552. - 23552. (a) In addition to the licenses specified in Section...

CHAPTER 4 - Imports

Section 23660. - 23660. Postal authorities may refuse delivery of any shipment of...

Section 23661. - 23661. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, alcoholic...

Section 23661.1. - 23661.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an adult passenger...

Section 23661.2. - 23661.2. Notwithstanding any other law, an individual or retail licensee...

Section 23661.3. - 23661.3. (a) Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the...

Section 23661.5. - 23661.5. A person who manufactures or produces wine or beer...

Section 23661.6. - 23661.6. A licensed winegrower who in the course of business...

Section 23661.7. - 23661.7. (a) A person who has purchased wine from a...

Section 23662. - 23662. A shipment shall be deemed to be consigned to...

Section 23663. - 23663. Alcoholic beverages which are consigned to a destination within...

Section 23664. - 23664. A railroad, sleeping car, dining car, boat, or steamship...

Section 23666. - 23666. Alcoholic beverages imported into this State contrary to the...

Section 23667. - 23667. Common carriers transporting alcoholic beverages into this State for...

Section 23668. - 23668. Subject to the provisions of Section 23662, whenever the...

Section 23669. - 23669. If any alcoholic beverages seized under Section 23666 or...

Section 23670. - 23670. Every person violating the provisions of this article is...

Section 23671. - 23671. No beer importer shall purchase any beer not manufactured...

Section 23672. - 23672. A licensed importer shall not purchase or accept delivery...

Section 23673. - 23673. No brand owner of distilled spirits or his agent...

CHAPTER 5 - Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses

ARTICLE 1 - In General

Section 23770. - 23770. A winegrower’s license, or a wine blender’s license, whichever...

Section 23771. - 23771. Except as provided in Section 23771.5, a distilled spirits...

Section 23771.5. - 23771.5. Section 23771 does not prevent a licensed craft distiller...

Section 23772. - 23772. (a) A distilled spirits manufacturer’s or distilled spirits manufacturer’s...

Section 23773. - 23773. The provisions of Sections 23771 and 23772 do not...

Section 23774. - 23774. The provisions of Sections 23771 and 23772 do not...

Section 23775. - 23775. An importer’s license shall be issued only to a...

Section 23776. - 23776. A wholesaler’s license shall not be issued or renewed...

Section 23777. - 23777. No off-sale general license shall be renewed or issued...

Section 23778. - 23778. A distilled spirits wholesaler’s license shall not be held...

Section 23779. - 23779. No wholesale license shall be issued to any person...

Section 23780. - 23780. No distilled spirits wholesaler’s license or rectifier’s license shall...

Section 23784. - 23784. No retailer’s on-sale license shall be issued to any...

Section 23785. - 23785. A retail package off-sale general license, when issued to...

Section 23786. - 23786. (a) The department may issue a special nonprofit sales...

Section 23787. - 23787. The department shall, before issuing any on-sale license for...

Section 23788.5. - 23788.5. An on-sale licensee shall not knowingly employ any person...

Section 23789. - 23789. (a) The department is specifically authorized to refuse the...

Section 23790. - 23790. No retail license shall be issued for any premises...

Section 23790.5. - 23790.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 23791. - 23791. Nothing in this division interferes with the powers of...

Section 23793. - 23793. No new original public premises licenses shall be issued...

Section 23794. - 23794. A license shall not be issued to any applicant...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Conditional Licenses

Section 23800. - 23800. The department may place reasonable conditions upon retail licensees...

Section 23801. - 23801. The conditions authorized by Section 23800 may cover any...

Section 23802. - 23802. Such conditions shall be endorsed upon the license and...

Section 23803. - 23803. (a) The department, upon its own motion or upon...

Section 23804. - 23804. A violation of a condition placed upon a license...

Section 23805. - 23805. The proceedings specified in Section 23800(a), (b), (c), (d),...

ARTICLE 2 - Limitation on Number of Licensed Premises

Section 23815. - 23815. It is hereby determined that the public welfare and...

Section 23816. - 23816. The number of premises for which an onsale general...

Section 23817. - 23817. Until July 1, 1963, the number of premises for...

Section 23817.4. - 23817.4. The Legislature finds and declares that the public welfare...

Section 23817.5. - 23817.5. (a) (1) The number of premises for which an...

Section 23817.7. - 23817.7. (a) Notwithstanding Section 23817.5, the department may approve an...

Section 23817.8. - 23817.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 23817.5, the department may approve an...

Section 23817.9. - 23817.9. For the purposes of Section 23817.5, beginning with the...

Section 23817.10. - 23817.10. Whenever it is made to appear to the department...

Section 23818. - 23818. Population, for the purpose of Sections 23816 and 23817,...

Section 23819. - 23819. Nothing in this article authorizes the cancellation of any...

Section 23820. - 23820. The department may make all rules consistent with the...

Section 23821. - 23821. Whenever it is made to appear to the department...

Section 23824. - 23824. (a) Limitations provided by Section 23816 on the number...

Section 23824.1. - 23824.1. (a) The provisions of Section 23824 shall apply to...

Section 23825. - 23825. As used in this article, “onsale general license” includes...

Section 23826. - 23826. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any...

Section 23826.2. - 23826.2. No new off-sale beer and wine license shall be...

Section 23826.5. - 23826.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any...

Section 23826.7. - 23826.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any...

Section 23826.8. - 23826.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director...

Section 23826.9. - 23826.9. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in...

Section 23826.10. - 23826.10. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,...

Section 23826.11. - 23826.11. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in...

Section 23826.12. - 23826.12. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in...

Section 23826.13. - 23826.13. (a) Notwithstanding this chapter, in any county of the...

Section 23826.14. - 23826.14. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in...

Section 23826.15. - 23826.15. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in...

Section 23826.16. - 23826.16. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in...

Section 23826.17. - 23826.17. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in...

Section 23827. - 23827. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any...

CHAPTER 6 - Issuance and Transfer of Licenses

ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Licenses

Section 23950. - 23950. Application for a license shall be made to the...

Section 23951. - 23951. The application shall contain the following information: (a) The...

Section 23952. - 23952. The application shall also contain a statement to the...

Section 23953. - 23953. (a) The application shall be signed by the applicant....

Section 23954. - 23954. The application shall be verified under oath and accompanied...

Section 23954.6. - 23954.6. As used in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of...

Section 23955. - 23955. Any applicant for a wine grower’s license shall, at...

Section 23956. - 23956. Any applicant for an offsale general license shall, at...

Section 23957. - 23957. Applications for licenses for the retail sale of alcoholic...

Section 23958. - 23958. Upon receipt of an application for a license or...

Section 23958.1. - 23958.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 23958, the department is...

Section 23958.2. - 23958.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 23958, the department is...

Section 23958.4. - 23958.4. (a) For purposes of Section 23958, “undue concentration” means...

Section 23959. - 23959. If an application is denied or withdrawn, the nonrefundable...

Section 23961. - 23961. (a) (1) If, at the conclusion of the period...

Section 23962. - 23962. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 23961,...

ARTICLE 2 - Notices and Protests

Section 23985. - 23985. After filing an application to engage in the sale...

Section 23985.5. - 23985.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, in...

Section 23986. - 23986. (a) Any applicant for an on-sale license shall cause...

Section 23987. - 23987. Upon the receipt by the department of an original...

ARTICLE 3 - Denial of Licenses

Section 24011. - 24011. Immediately upon the denial of any application for a...

Section 24012. - 24012. Upon receipt by the department of a petition for...

Section 24013. - 24013. (a) Protests may be filed at any office of...

Section 24013.1. - 24013.1. If an application for a license is voluntarily withdrawn...

Section 24013.2. - 24013.2. If an application for issuance of a license at...

Section 24013.5. - 24013.5. (a) No license shall be issued for any premises...

Section 24014. - 24014. (a) A protest made by any person other than...

Section 24015. - 24015. (a) If, after investigation, the department recommends that a...

ARTICLE 4 - Issuance and Renewal of Licenses

Section 24040. - 24040. Each license shall be issued to a specific person...

Section 24041. - 24041. Separate licenses shall be issued for each of the...

Section 24041.5. - 24041.5. The provisions of this division do not prohibit the...

Section 24042. - 24042. (a) Any licensee under an on-sale general license or...

Section 24042.5. - 24042.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any licensee...

Section 24043. - 24043. Licenses for trains and boats shall be based on...

Section 24044. - 24044. Licenses for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages may...

Section 24044.5. - 24044.5. (a) The department, in its discretion, may issue an...

Section 24045. - 24045. (a) All licenses, except on-sale general licenses for seasonal...

Section 24045.1. - 24045.1. (a) The department, in its discretion, may issue on...

Section 24045.2. - 24045.2. (a) The department may issue a special temporary retail...

Section 24045.3. - 24045.3. (a) The department may issue a special temporary retail...

Section 24045.4. - 24045.4. (a) The department may issue a special temporary off-sale...

Section 24045.5. - 24045.5. The department in its discretion may issue a temporary...

Section 24045.6. - 24045.6. (a) The department may issue a special temporary on-sale...

Section 24045.7. - 24045.7. (a) (1) The department may issue a special on-sale...

Section 24045.75. - 24045.75. (a) The department may issue a special on-sale general...

Section 24045.76. - 24045.76. (a) The department may issue a special on-sale general...

Section 24045.77. - 24045.77. (a) (1) The department may issue a special on-sale...

Section 24045.78. - 24045.78. (a) The department may issue a special on-sale general...

Section 24045.8. - 24045.8. (a) The department may issue a special temporary off-sale...

Section 24045.85. - 24045.85. (a) The department may issue a special on-sale beer,...

Section 24045.9. - 24045.9. (a) The department may issue a special temporary on-sale...

Section 24045.10. - 24045.10. (a) The department in its discretion may issue, on...

Section 24045.11. - 24045.11. (a) The department may issue a special on-sale wine...

Section 24045.12. - 24045.12. (a) The department may issue a special on-sale general...

Section 24045.13. - 24045.13. (a) The department may issue a special temporary off-sale...

Section 24045.14. - 24045.14. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the...

Section 24045.15. - 24045.15. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the...

Section 24045.16. - 24045.16. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the department...

Section 24045.17. - 24045.17. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may...

Section 24045.18. - 24045.18. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a beer...

Section 24045.19. - 24045.19. (a) The department may issue a special temporary on-sale...

Section 24046. - 24046. Upon receipt of any license, the licensee shall post...

Section 24047. - 24047. Whenever a license certificate is in effect and is...

Section 24048. - 24048. Every license, other than a temporary license or a...

Section 24049. - 24049. The department may refuse to transfer any license when...

Section 24049.5. - 24049.5. (a) The State Board of Equalization or the Franchise...

Section 24051. - 24051. The department may issue and renew on-sale beer licenses...

ARTICLE 5 - Transfer of Licenses

Section 24070. - 24070. Each license is separate and distinct and is transferable...

Section 24070.1. - 24070.1. An on-sale license issued for a bona fide public...

Section 24070.2. - 24070.2. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 24070, any off-sale general...

Section 24070.5. - 24070.5. When a winegrower has failed to carry on business...

Section 24071. - 24071. (a) The license of one spouse may be transferred...

Section 24071.1. - 24071.1. (a) (1) When the ownership of 50 percent or...

Section 24071.2. - 24071.2. (a) (1) When the ownership of 50 percent or...

Section 24072. - 24072. (a) Except as provided in Section 24071, the following...

Section 24072.1. - 24072.1. An on-sale license issued for a bona fide public...

Section 24072.2. - 24072.2. Any person who has an on-sale license issued for...

Section 24072.3. - 24072.3. (a) (1) Any person that has a brewpub-restaurant license...

Section 24072.5. - 24072.5. Any person who has any on-sale general license may...

Section 24073. - 24073. No retail license limited in numbers, off-sale beer and...

Section 24074. - 24074. Before the filing of such a transfer application with...

Section 24074.1. - 24074.1. Any person desiring to act as an escrow holder...

Section 24074.2. - 24074.2. Any person desiring to act as an escrow holder...

Section 24074.3. - 24074.3. (a) Within 30 days after the filing of an...

Section 24074.4. - 24074.4. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24074, no escrow...

Section 24075. - 24075. The provisions of Sections 24073 and 24074 do not...

Section 24076. - 24076. No licensee shall enter into any agreement wherein he...

Section 24077. - 24077. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no license shall...

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DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES