California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §25170: Any person who delivers to the premises of any on- or off-sale general licensee, or any on- or off-sale general licensee who has upon his licensed premises, or any person who possesses any distilled s

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a misdemeanor by delivering, possessing, or having distilled spirits on licensed premises if the container lacks a label showing quantity, proof strength, and manufacturer information.

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Any person who delivers to the premises of any on- or off-sale general licensee, or any on- or off-sale general licensee who has upon his licensed premises, or any person who possesses any distilled spirits the container of which does not bear a label plainly indicating the quantity and proof strength of the contents and the name of the manufacturer, rectifier, importer, or wholesaler thereof is guilty of a misdemeanor. To the extent that such information is blown into the glass of the container, it constitutes a compliance with this section.

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