California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §25178: No on-sale general licensee or any person employed by such licensee shall sell, offer for sale, or keep for sale an empty distilled spirits bottle.

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

On-sale general licensees and their employees cannot sell or possess empty distilled spirits bottles. Violations result in civil penalties up to $100 or license suspension/revocation, not criminal charges.

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No on-sale general licensee or any person employed by such licensee shall sell, offer for sale, or keep for sale an empty distilled spirits bottle. No criminal penalty shall be imposed for a violation of this section. For such a violation the department may impose a monetary penalty of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or suspend or revoke a license.

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