California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §25177: Every person who sells, offers for sale, or keeps for sale distilled spirits in any package which has been refilled or partly refilled is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is illegal to sell, offer for sale, or possess for sale distilled spirits in refilled or partially refilled packages. Violation is a misdemeanor.

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Every person who sells, offers for sale, or keeps for sale distilled spirits in any package which has been refilled or partly refilled is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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