California Code
DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
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...