California Code
CHAPTER 2 - Authorized Unlicensed Transactions and Exemptions
Section 23101.

23101. Any bank, trust company, or financial institution owning or possessing alcoholic beverages or warehouse receipts therefor as security for an obligation or as a result of enforcement of a security interest may, after permission has been given by the department, sell the alcoholic beverages or warehouse receipts to a licensee authorized to sell for resale such alcoholic beverages or such warehouse receipts.

(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 865.)