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

Section 24078. - 24078. A special onsale general license may be transferred from...

Section 24079. - 24079. (a) An on-sale general license or off-sale general license...

Section 24080. - 24080. Every application filed by the intended transferee with the...

Section 24081. - 24081. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law in this...

Section 24082. - 24082. The license of a licensee whose licensed premises have...

CHAPTER 7 - Suspension and Revocation of Licenses

Section 24200. - 24200. The following are the grounds that constitute a basis...

Section 24200.1. - 24200.1. The following are additional bases upon which the department...

Section 24200.5. - 24200.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24200, the department shall...

Section 24200.6. - 24200.6. The department may revoke or suspend any license if...

Section 24200.7. - 24200.7. The department shall revoke or suspend any license if...

Section 24201. - 24201. Accusations may be made to the department by any...

Section 24202. - 24202. (a) All state and local law enforcement agencies shall...

Section 24203. - 24203. Accusations against any on-sale or off-sale licensee may be...

Section 24204. - 24204. The Director of the State Department of Public Health...

Section 24205. - 24205. The license of any taxpayer shall be automatically suspended...

Section 24206. - 24206. All accusations against licensees for violating or permitting the...

Section 24207. - 24207. All accusations against licensees for violating or permitting the...

Section 24208. - 24208. The periods of one year and three years referred...

Section 24209. - 24209. When an arrest is made of any person, for...

Section 24211. - 24211. The department may on its own motion at any...

CHAPTER 8 - Hearings

Section 24300. - 24300. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 11440.30 of the...

Section 24301. - 24301. The department shall not create a record by videographic...

Section 24310. - 24310. (a) Any person requesting a transcript from the department...

Section 24400. - 24400. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, two or more...

CHAPTER 12 - Beer Price Posting and Marketing Regulations

Section 25000. - 25000. (a) Each manufacturer, importer, and wholesaler of beer shall...

Section 25000.2. - 25000.2. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Acquire” means...

Section 25000.5. - 25000.5. (a) Every beer manufacturer, whether located within or without...

Section 25000.6. - 25000.6. (a) A provision in an agreement between a beer...

Section 25000.7. - 25000.7. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any agreement for the...

Section 25000.9. - 25000.9. (a) Any beer manufacturer who unreasonably withholds consent or...

Section 25001. - 25001. The schedule of prices filed may be changed or...

Section 25002. - 25002. The first schedule of prices filed by a licensee...

Section 25003. - 25003. Filed price schedules are subject to public inspection only...

Section 25004. - 25004. Upon the filing of an original schedule of prices...

Section 25005. - 25005. Any director, officer, agent, or employee of any licensee...

Section 25006. - 25006. The department may adopt such rules, including but not...

Section 25007. - 25007. Except as provided in Section 25000.5, no manufacturer, importer,...

Section 25008. - 25008. (a) Any trade association having as members licensed beer...

Section 25009. - 25009. Any defendant in any action brought under this chapter...

Section 25010. - 25010. The department shall not suspend or revoke the license...

CHAPTER 13 - Labels and Containers

ARTICLE 1 - Distilled Spirits

Section 25170. - 25170. Any person who delivers to the premises of any...

Section 25171. - 25171. Any rectifier or wholesaler of distilled spirits who delivers...

Section 25171.1. - 25171.1. The provisions of Section 25171 shall not apply to...

Section 25172. - 25172. Any unlicensed person or any on- or off-sale general...

Section 25173. - 25173. Any industrial alcohol dealer, distilled spirits manufacturer, craft distiller,...

Section 25174. - 25174. The department may seize any distilled spirits sold, served,...

Section 25175. - 25175. Any person who sells at retail any potable spirituous...

Section 25176. - 25176. Every person who refills or causes to be refilled...

Section 25177. - 25177. Every person who sells, offers for sale, or keeps...

Section 25178. - 25178. No on-sale general licensee or any person employed by...

Section 25179. - 25179. (a) Only agave spirits produced entirely from agaves grown...

ARTICLE 2 - Beer

Section 25200. - 25200. (a) A package or sealed container of beer shall...

Section 25201. - 25201. (a) A manufacturer, importer, or wholesaler of beer shall...

Section 25202. - 25202. (a) Manufacturers’ names, brand names, print, or markings first...

Section 25203. - 25203. Every manufacturer or bottler of beer in this State...

Section 25205. - 25205. (a) Any container of beer or alcoholic beverage, other...

Section 25206. - 25206. No retailer shall dispense any draught beer upon which...

ARTICLE 3 - Wine

Section 25235. - 25235. It is unlawful for any person to sell to...

Section 25236. - 25236. Only dry wine produced entirely from grapes grown within...

Section 25237. - 25237. It is unlawful to make any representation that a...

Section 25238. - 25238. Every winegrower or bottler of wine of any kind...

Section 25239. - 25239. Every person who, with intent to defraud, either falsely...

Section 25240. - 25240. (a) Any wine labeled with a viticultural area appellation...

Section 25241. - 25241. (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that for...

Section 25242. - 25242. (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that for...

Section 25243. - 25243. No provision of this article shall preclude a wine...

Section 25244. - 25244. (a) Any wine labeled with a viticultural area appellation...

Section 25245. - 25245. (a) Any wine labeled with a viticultural area appellation...

Section 25246. - 25246. (a) Any wine labeled with an American Viticultural Area...

Section 25247. - 25247. (a) Any wine labeled with an American Viticultural Area...

Section 25248. - 25248. (a) Any wine labeled with an American Viticultural Area...

CHAPTER 14 - Seizure and Forfeiture of Property

Section 25350. - 25350. The department may seize the following alcoholic beverages: (a)...

Section 25351. - 25351. Any person who possesses alcoholic beverages which are subject...

Section 25352. - 25352. The department or its employees may seize any unlicensed...

Section 25353. - 25353. When alcoholic beverages or any other property are seized...

Section 25354. - 25354. Alcoholic beverages manufactured or produced in this state by...

Section 25355. - 25355. Any alcoholic beverages or other property seized for forfeiture...

Section 25356. - 25356. Any person whose alcoholic beverages or other property, except...

Section 25357. - 25357. Any petition filed pursuant to Section 25356 shall be...

Section 25358. - 25358. The department may order the alcoholic beverages or other...

Section 25359. - 25359. Any beverage or other property seized by the department...

Section 25360. - 25360. When alcoholic beverages or other property are seized or...

Section 25361. - 25361. Notice of the seizure and of the intended forfeiture...

Section 25362. - 25362. Within 20 days after service of the notice of...

Section 25363. - 25363. If at the end of 20 days after the...

Section 25364. - 25364. If a verified answer has been filed, the forfeiture...

Section 25365. - 25365. At the time set for the hearing, any of...

Section 25366. - 25366. If the fact is determined that the alcoholic beverages...

Section 25367. - 25367. At the time set for the hearing the claimant...

Section 25368. - 25368. If the lienholder, mortgagee, or vendor proves the facts...

Section 25369. - 25369. In any case the Department of Finance may, within...

Section 25370. - 25370. Upon a judgment in favor of the forfeiture, the...

Section 25371. - 25371. When alcoholic beverages or other property are seized under...

Section 25372. - 25372. Any officer, employee, or agent of the Department of...

Section 25373. - 25373. Any peace officer of this State upon seizing any...

Section 25374. - 25374. Nothing contained in this chapter applies to common carriers...

Section 25375. - 25375. (a) Upon 10 days notice to a person who...

CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions

Section 25500. - 25500. (a) No manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer’s agent, rectifier, California winegrower’s...

Section 25500.1. - 25500.1. (a) The listing of the names, addresses, telephone numbers,...

Section 25501. - 25501. No manufacturer, bottler, importer, or wholesaler of products of...

Section 25502. - 25502. (a) No manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer’s agent, California winegrower’s agent,...

Section 25502.2. - 25502.2. (a) A person employed or engaged by an authorized...

Section 25503. - 25503. No manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer’s agent, California winegrower’s agent, rectifier,...

Section 25503.1. - 25503.1. (a) Anything in this division to the contrary notwithstanding,...

Section 25503.2. - 25503.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this division, any...

Section 25503.3. - 25503.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any...

Section 25503.4. - 25503.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a...

Section 25503.5. - 25503.5. (a) A winegrower, beer manufacturer, or a beer and...

Section 25503.51. - 25503.51. (a) A distilled spirits wholesaler, rectifier, brandy manufacturer, or...

Section 25503.55. - 25503.55. (a) A beer manufacturer, a licensed beer and wine...

Section 25503.56. - 25503.56. (a) An authorized licensee, or a designated representative of...

Section 25503.57. - 25503.57. (a) (1) An authorized licensee, or its designated representative,...

Section 25503.6. - 25503.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a...

Section 25503.61. - 25503.61. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a...

Section 25503.7. - 25503.7. A winegrower, beer manufacturer, or beer and wine wholesaler...

Section 25503.8. - 25503.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a...

Section 25503.85. - 25503.85. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a...

Section 25503.9. - 25503.9. (a) Nothing in this division prohibits a winegrower, a...

Section 25503.10. - 25503.10. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the...

Section 25503.11. - 25503.11. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a manufacturer,...

Section 25503.12. - 25503.12. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a retail...

Section 25503.13. - 25503.13. (a) In order to alleviate the adverse economic and...

Section 25503.14. - 25503.14. Notwithstanding any provision of this division, any retail off-sale...

Section 25503.15. - 25503.15. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a...

Section 25503.16. - 25503.16. (a) Nothing in this division shall prohibit the issuance...

Section 25503.17. - 25503.17. Nothing in this division shall prohibit the issuance or...

Section 25503.18. - 25503.18. Nothing in this division shall prohibit the issuance or...

Section 25503.19. - 25503.19. (a) Nothing in this division shall prohibit the issuance...

Section 25503.20. - 25503.20. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a manufacturer,...

Section 25503.21. - 25503.21. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a licensed...

Section 25503.22. - 25503.22. (a) Nothing in this division shall prohibit the issuance,...

Section 25503.23. - 25503.23. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a beer...

Section 25503.24. - 25503.24. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any...

Section 25503.26. - 25503.26. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a...

Section 25503.27. - 25503.27. (a) Anything in this division to the contrary notwithstanding,...

Section 25503.28. - 25503.28. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the...

Section 25503.29. - 25503.29. (a) Nothing in this division shall prohibit the issuance,...

Section 25503.30. - 25503.30. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a...

Section 25503.31. - 25503.31. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a...

Section 25503.32. - 25503.32. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 25500 and 25503, a beer manufacturer,...

Section 25503.33. - 25503.33. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a...

Section 25503.34. - 25503.34. (a) A holder of a winegrower’s license, a beer...

Section 25503.35. - 25503.35. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 25500 and 25503, a beer manufacturer,...

Section 25503.36. - 25503.36. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, an...

Section 25503.37. - 25503.37. (a) Nothing in this division shall prohibit the issuance,...

Section 25503.38. - 25503.38. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a...

Section 25503.39. - 25503.39. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a...

Section 25503.41. - 25503.41. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any...

Section 25503.42. - 25503.42. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a...

Section 25503.45. - 25503.45. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a...

Section 25504. - 25504. Any person violating any provision of Sections 25500 to...

Section 25504.5. - 25504.5. The provisions of Sections 25500 to 25503, inclusive, and...

Section 25505. - 25505. No on-sale licensee, or any officer, director, employee, or...

Section 25506. - 25506. Except as authorized by this division, no off-sale general...

Section 25507. - 25507. The provisions of Section 25506 do not prohibit a...

Section 25508. - 25508. Any person who held an interest in, or was...

Section 25509. - 25509. (a) A distilled spirits manufacturer, a brandy manufacturer, a...

Section 25510. - 25510. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a manufacturer...

Section 25511. - 25511. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a manufacturer...

Section 25512. - 25512. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any...

CHAPTER 16 - Regulatory Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - In General

Section 25600. - 25600. (a) (1) No licensee shall, directly or indirectly, give...

Section 25600.05. - 25600.05. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Beer manufacturer”...

Section 25600.1. - 25600.1. (a) An authorized licensee may conduct consumer contests, subject...

Section 25600.2. - 25600.2. (a) An authorized licensee may conduct or sponsor consumer...

Section 25600.3. - 25600.3. (a) A nonretail licensee shall not offer, fund, produce,...

Section 25600.5. - 25600.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a manufacturer...

Section 25601. - 25601. Every licensee, or agent or employee of a licensee,...

Section 25602. - 25602. (a) Every person who sells, furnishes, gives, or causes...

Section 25602.1. - 25602.1. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 25602, a cause of...

Section 25602.2. - 25602.2. The director may bring an action to enjoin a...

Section 25602.3. - 25602.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, no licensee...

Section 25603. - 25603. Every person, not authorized by law, who brings into...

Section 25604. - 25604. It is a public nuisance for any person to...

Section 25605. - 25605. No off-sale licensee shall deliver any alcoholic beverages pursuant...

Section 25606. - 25606. It is unlawful for any person to use any...

Section 25607. - 25607. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d),...

Section 25607.5. - 25607.5. A nonprofit corporation that is required to obtain a...

Section 25608. - 25608. (a) Every person who possesses, consumes, sells, gives, or...

Section 25608.5. - 25608.5. (a) On the portion of the Lower American River,...

Section 25608.10. - 25608.10. (a) On the portion of the Truckee River, from...

Section 25608.12. - 25608.12. (a) On the portion of the Sacramento River, from...

Section 25609. - 25609. Every person who, in response to an inquiry or...

Section 25610. - 25610. (a) Any person who erases, removes, obliterates, destroys, or...

Section 25611.1. - 25611.1. Any manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer’s agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer,...

Section 25611.2. - 25611.2. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any alcoholic beverage...

Section 25611.3. - 25611.3. A beer wholesaler may sell or rent exterior signs...

Section 25612. - 25612. Signs or other advertising matter used in connection with...

Section 25612.5. - 25612.5. (a) This section shall apply to licensees other than...

Section 25613. - 25613. Every holder of an on-sale retail license who gives,...

Section 25614. - 25614. Any person who violates any of the provisions of...

Section 25616. - 25616. Any person who knowingly or willfully files a false...

Section 25617. - 25617. Every person convicted for a violation of any of...

Section 25618. - 25618. Every person convicted of a felony for a violation...

Section 25619. - 25619. Every peace officer and every district attorney in this...

Section 25620. - 25620. (a) Any person possessing any can, bottle, or other...

Section 25621. - 25621. (a) No person shall purchase, offer for sale, or...

Section 25621.5. - 25621.5. (a) A licensee shall not, at its licensed premises,...

Section 25622. - 25622. (a) Beer to which caffeine has been directly added...

Section 25623. - 25623. (a) A person shall not possess, purchase, sell, offer...

Section 25623.5. - 25623.5. (a) A person shall not possess, purchase, sell, offer...

ARTICLE 2 - Hours of Sale and Delivery of Alcoholic Beverages

Section 25631. - 25631. Any on- or off-sale licensee, or agent or employee...

Section 25632. - 25632. Any retail licensee, or agent or employee of such...

Section 25633. - 25633. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person...

ARTICLE 3 - Women and Minors

Section 25657. - 25657. It is unlawful: (a) For any person to employ,...

Section 25658. - 25658. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), every...

Section 25658.1. - 25658.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, no...

Section 25658.2. - 25658.2. (a) A parent or legal guardian who knowingly permits...

Section 25658.4. - 25658.4. (a) No clerk shall make an off sale of...

Section 25658.5. - 25658.5. (a) Any person under 21 years of age who...

Section 25659. - 25659. For the purpose of preventing the violation of Section...

Section 25659.5. - 25659.5. (a) Retail licensees selling keg beer for consumption off...

Section 25660. - 25660. (a) Bona fide evidence of majority and identity of...

Section 25660.5. - 25660.5. Any person who sells, gives, or furnishes to any...

Section 25661. - 25661. (a) Any person under 21 years of age who...

Section 25662. - 25662. (a) Except as provided in Section 25667 or 25668,...

Section 25663. - 25663. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), no licensee...

Section 25663.5. - 25663.5. Notwithstanding Section 25663 or any other provision of law,...

Section 25664. - 25664. (a) (1) The use, in any advertisement of alcoholic...

Section 25665. - 25665. Any licensee under an on-sale license issued for public...

Section 25666. - 25666. (a) In a hearing on an accusation charging a...

Section 25666.5. - 25666.5. If a person is convicted of a violation of...

Section 25667. - 25667. (a) Any person under the age of 21 years...

Section 25668. - 25668. (a) A qualified student may taste an alcoholic beverage,...

ARTICLE 4 - Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) Training Program Act of 2017

Section 25680. - 25680. For purposes of this article: (a) “Alcohol server” means...

Section 25681. - 25681. (a) On or before January 1, 2020, the department...

Section 25682. - 25682. (a) Beginning July 1, 2022, a licensee that is...

Section 25683. - 25683. A person shall not perform duties that include the...

Section 25684. - 25684. The failure of a licensee to comply with this...

Section 25685. - 25685. (a) The department may adopt rules that it determines...

Section 25686. - 25686. Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand...

CHAPTER 17 - Administrative Provisions

Section 25750. - 25750. (a) The department shall make and prescribe those reasonable...

Section 25750.5. - 25750.5. (a) For a period of 365 days following the...

Section 25751. - 25751. For the performance of its duties the department has...

Section 25752. - 25752. No licensee may manufacture, import, sell or distribute alcoholic...

Section 25753. - 25753. The department may make any examination of the books...

Section 25754. - 25754. The director and the persons employed by the department...

Section 25755. - 25755. (a) The director and the persons employed by the...

Section 25757. - 25757. The department may authorize any of its executive officers...

Section 25758. - 25758. When a person attends as a witness in any...

Section 25758.5. - 25758.5. In any hearing before the department pursuant to Section...

Section 25759. - 25759. When license fees are required to be paid on...

Section 25760. - 25760. Notice of any act of the department required by...

Section 25761. - 25761. All money collected as fees pursuant to this division,...

Section 25762. - 25762. (a) All fines and forfeitures of bail imposed for...

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

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DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES