California

Business and Professions Code - BPC

10,525 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 23046 — “Air common carrier” means a person engaged in regularly scheduled air transportation between fixed termini under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Boar
• § 23047 — “Scheduled flight” means a regularly scheduled and advertised flight of an air common carrier but does not mean each daily operation of airplanes upon such flight.
• § 23049 — It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide a governmental organization which will ensure a strict, honest, impartial, and uniform administration and enforcement of the
• § 2305 — The revocation, suspension, or other discipline, restriction, or limitation imposed by another state upon a license or certificate to practice medicine issued by that state, or the revocation, suspens
• § 23050 — There is in the state government, in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, a Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
• § 23051 — On and after January 1, 1955, the department shall succeed to all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction now conferred on the State Board of Equalization under Section 22
• § 23052 — The provisions of Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code shall govern and apply to the conduct of the department in every respect the same as if such provisions were herein set
• § 23053 — The director shall be the appointing power of all employees within the department, and all heads of divisions, bureaus and other employees in the department shall be responsible to the director for th
• § 23053.1 — The director may bring an action to enjoin a violation or the threatened violation of any provision of this division, including, but not limited to, subdivision (e) of Section 24200 regarding a licens
• § 23053.5 — The department shall have the function of investigation of violations of Chapters 10, 11 and 15 of this division and rules of the department relating thereto.
• § 23054 — All persons in the state civil service employed on the operative date hereof in the State Board of Equalization in carrying out functions transferred to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control by
• § 23055 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.
• § 23056 — The department shall send a copy of the information sheet prepared by the Department of the California Highway Patrol pursuant to Section 2426 of the Vehicle Code with each renewal notice to any on-sa
• § 23057 — The department shall send, with each renewal notice to any on-sale or off-sale licensee, information regarding the use of persons under the age of 21 years by peace officers to apprehend licensees, or
• § 23058 — In order to facilitate the board’s administration of the Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1 (commencing with Section 6001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), the department shall, each quarte
• § 2306 — If a licensee’s right to practice medicine is suspended, he or she shall not engage in the practice of medicine during the term of such suspension.
• § 23060 — Neither the Director of Alcoholic Beverage Control nor any member of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board shall have or do any of the following: (a) Receive any commission or profit whatsoever
• § 2307 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (i), a person whose certificate has been surrendered while under investigation or while charges are pending or whose certificate has been revoked or suspended or
• § 2307.5 — (a) The board may establish a fee to be paid by a person seeking a license reinstatement or modification of penalty pursuant to Section 2307.
• § 23075 — There is in the state government, in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, an Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board the members of which shall be appointed and shall serve as provide
• § 23076 — All personnel of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board shall be appointed, directed and controlled by the board.
• § 23077 — The Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board shall exercise such powers as are vested in it by Section 22 of Article XX of the Constitution and may adopt such rules pertaining to appeals and other mat
• § 23080 — As used in this article, “decision” when used in reference to the department means any final determination of the department imposing a penalty assessment or affecting a license which may be appealed
• § 23081 — On or before the tenth day after the last day on which reconsideration of a final decision of the department can be ordered, any party aggrieved by a final decision of the department may file an appea
• § 23081.5 — An appeal to the board shall be deemed filed on the date it is received by the board electronically or by mail to the principal office; provided, however, an appeal mailed to the board by means of reg
• § 23082 — No decision of the department shall become effective during the period in which an appeal may be filed and the filing of an appeal shall stay the effect of the decision until such time as a final orde
• § 23083 — (a) The board shall determine the appeal upon the record of the department and upon any briefs which may be filed by the parties.
• § 23083.5 — (a) The department shall collect a 3-percent surcharge on the annual fees provided for in Section 23320 on behalf of the appeals board at the same time the department makes its regular collections of
• § 23084 — The review by the board of a decision of the department shall be limited to the questions: (a) Whether the department has proceeded without, or in excess of, its jurisdiction.
• § 23085 — In appeals where the board finds that there is relevant evidence which, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, could not have been produced or which was improperly excluded at the hearing before the
• § 23086 — In all cases, the board shall enter its order within 60 days after the appeal is submitted for decision.
• § 23087 — Whenever any matter is pending before the board or a court of record involving a dispute between the department and a licensee, petitioner or protestant and the parties to such a dispute agree upon a
• § 23088 — An order of the board on appeal from a decision of the department shall be in writing and shall be filed by delivering copies to the parties personally or electronically or by mailing copies to them b
• § 23089 — Final orders of the board may be reviewed by the courts specified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 23090) of this chapter within the time and in the manner therein specified and not otherwise.
• § 23090 — Any person affected by a final order of the board, including the department, may, within the time limit specified in this section, apply to the Supreme Court or to the court of appeal for the appellat
• § 23090.1 — The writ of review shall be made returnable at a time and place then or thereafter specified by court order and shall direct the board to certify the whole record of the department in the case to the
• § 23090.2 — The review by the court shall not extend further than to determine, based on the whole record of the department as certified by the board, whether: (a) The department has proceeded without or in exces
• § 23090.3 — The findings and conclusions of the department on questions of fact are conclusive and final and are not subject to review.
• § 23090.4 — The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to writs of review shall, insofar as applicable, apply to proceedings in the courts as provided by this article.
• § 23090.5 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a court of this state, except the Supreme Court and the courts of appeal to the extent specified in this article, shall not have jurisdiction to review, affi
• § 23090.6 — The filing of a petition for, or the pendency of, a writ of review shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of any order, rule, or decision of the department, but the court before which the p
• § 23090.7 — No decision of the department which has been appealed to the board and no final order of the board shall become effective during the period in which application may be made for a writ of review, as pr
• § 23095 — (a) Whenever a decision of the department suspending a license becomes final, whether by failure of the licensee to appeal the decision or by exhaustion of all appeals and judicial review, the license
• § 23096 — The moneys derived from a payment in compromise under Section 23095 shall be paid to the State Treasury for deposit in the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund.
• § 23097 — In connection with any such petition, the authority of the department is limited to the granting of such stays as are necessary for it to complete its investigation and make its findings and, if it ma
• § 23098 — If the department does not make the findings required in Section 23095, and does not order the suspension permanently stayed, the suspension shall go into effect on the operative date finally set by t
• § 2310 — (a) If a physician and surgeon possesses a license or is otherwise authorized to practice medicine (1) in any state other than California or (2) by any agency of the federal government and that licens
• § 23100 — Any person in possession of a stock of lawfully acquired alcoholic beverages following the revocation of, suspension of, voluntary surrender of, or failure to renew, the license may sell the stock, un
• § 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 inte
• § 23102 — (a) On the death, insolvency or incompetency to act of a natural person who is a licensee, the privileges of the license may be exercised by a competent surviving colicensee for thirty (30) days or un
• § 23104 — Any insurer may, or any common carrier acting as an insurer for losses to persons shipping alcoholic beverages may, after permission has been granted by the department, take possession of and sell any
• § 23104.1 — A retailer may return wine to the seller or to the successor of the seller and the seller or his or her successor may accept the return thereof, except that the seller or his or her successor may not
• § 23104.2 — (a) Subject to the exceptions specified in subdivision (b), a retail licensee may return beer to the wholesaler or manufacturer from whom the retail licensee purchased the beer, or any successor there
• § 23104.3 — A retail licensee may make a return of distilled spirits to the wholesaler, rectifier or manufacturer from whom he purchased the distilled spirits or to the successor of such wholesaler, rectifier or
• § 23104.4 — An executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased person who was not a licensee at the time of his death but in whose estate there is included an inventory of alcoholic beverages, or the guardi
• § 23104.5 — A sheriff or any other person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction may sell alcoholic beverages pursuant to a writ of execution to satisfy a judgment, or to execute a court order, to license
• § 23104.6 — (a) Any nonlicensed person owning bottled vintage wine purchased by that person at retail, is authorized to sell that wine to a licensee authorized to sell that wine if each bottle has a permanently a
• § 23105 — In accordance with rules prescribed by the department, a warehouseman may sell alcoholic beverages to enforce the lien provided for by the Warehouse Receipts Act only to licensees authorized to sell t
• § 23106 — (a) Wine stored in a winery or wine cellar bonded under the internal revenue laws of the United States and brandy in bulk stored in an internal revenue bonded warehouse may be stored by or for any lic
• § 23107 — Any person may, in accordance with rules and regulations to be prescribed by the department, purchase and take delivery of alcoholic beverages within this State for delivery or use without the State a
• § 23108 — Licensees of other states may purchase bulk brandy produced in this State and stored in an internal revenue bonded warehouse in this State or may purchase warehouse receipts covering the brandy for st
• § 23109 — Alcoholic beverages in continuous transit through this State are exempt from the provisions of this division only while in continuous transit through this State in the possession or custody of common
• § 2311 — Whenever any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any acts or practices that constitute or will constitute an offense against this chapter, the superior court of any county, on application o
• § 23110 — This division does not apply to the manufacture, sale, or use of completely denatured ethyl alcohol or special denatured ethyl alcohol, as these substances are defined in the various statutes and regu
• § 23111 — Nothing in this division prevents or restricts the use of tax-free ethyl alcohol under regulation of the Treasury Department of the United States Government by any governmental agency, state or federa
• § 23112 — Nothing in this division prevents or restricts the use of tax-free alcohol or of industrial alcohol or other distilled spirits or wine under regulation of the United States Government in the manufactu
• § 23113 — Alcohol sold for the uses mentioned in Section 23111 may be sold tax-free in packages of not less than one-half pint capacity.
• § 2312 — The Division of Medical Quality shall seek to obtain an injunction against any physician and surgeon within its jurisdiction if the division has reasonable cause to believe that allowing such person t
• § 2313 — The board shall report annually to the Legislature, no later than October 1 of each year, the following information: (a) The total number of temporary restraining orders or interim suspension orders s
• § 2314 — (a) Unless it is otherwise expressly provided, any person, whether licensed under this chapter or not, who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 2315 — (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, any person found guilty of a misdemeanor for a violation of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than
• § 2316 — If a licensed physician and surgeon who provides expertise to the board in the evaluation of an applicant or a licensee is, as a result of providing that expertise, the subject of a disciplinary proce
• § 2317 — If a person, not a regular employee of the board, is hired, under contract, or retained under any other arrangement, paid or unpaid, to provide expertise or nonexpert testimony to the Medical Board of
• § 2318 — In addition to any immunity afforded by Sections 43.
• § 2319 — (a) The board shall set as a goal the improvement of its disciplinary system by January 1, 1992, so that an average of no more than six months will elapse from the receipt of complaint to the completi
• § 2330 — Complainants against licensees of the board, including licensees of allied health boards within the jurisdiction of the board, and of the Board of Podiatric Medicine, who are subject to formal discipl
• § 23300 — No person shall exercise the privilege or perform any act which a licensee may exercise or perform under the authority of a license unless the person is authorized to do so by a license issued pursuan
• § 23300.1 — (a) A written agreement regarding the sharing or splitting of gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages between a licensee and a district agricultural association, the California Exposition a
• § 23301 — Any person violating Section 23300 is guilty of a misdemeanor, except that any person, without having a still license, exercising the privileges or performing any act which a still licensee may exerci
• § 2332 — (a) The Division of Medical Quality or the Health Quality Enforcement Section of the office of the Attorney General may establish panels or lists of experts as necessary to assist them in their respec
• § 23320 — (a) An applicant for a new permanent license, which shall not include duplicate licenses, except as provided in paragraph (4), shall accompany the application with the application fee as specified in
• § 23320.4 — (a) (1) For the purpose of providing economic relief to licensees most severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the department may waive license renewal fees for licenses with expiration dates betw
• § 23320.5 — (a) (1) In addition to the annual fees provided for in subdivision (b) of Section 23320, the department shall collect a surcharge of ten dollars ($10).
• § 23320.6 — (a) The Wine Safety Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury, in trust, to the State Department of Health Services for the purpose of providing funds to better enable its Food an
• § 23321 — The license for trains shall be issued to a railroad company or other person selling distilled spirits on board trains operating in this State, and a duplicate thereof shall be obtained for each train
• § 23321.6 — The license for vessels of more than 1,000 tons burden engaged in interstate and foreign commerce shall be issued to a common carrier by water selling distilled spirits on board vessels operating in t
• § 23321.7 — (a) The on-sale general bona fide public eating place intermittent dockside license for vessels of more than 7,000 tons displacement may be issued for any vessel of more than 7,000 tons displacement w
• § 23325 — When the fee for any license is graduated according to the amount of alcoholic beverages produced under the license, the license fee shall be determined solely upon the gallonage produced, even though
• § 23327 — (a) Persons holding wine growers’ licenses shall report annually at the end of each fiscal year, at the time and in the manner as the department may prescribe, the amount of wine produced by them duri
• § 23328 — If a licensee neglects or refuses to make a report as required by Section 23327, the department shall make an estimate based upon any information in its possession, or that may come into its possessio
• § 23329 — If the department is not satisfied with a report required to be filed by Section 23327, it may make an additional assessment of license fees due based upon the facts contained in the report or upon an
• § 23330 — Any licensee against whom an assessment is made by the department pursuant to Section 23328 or 23329 may petition for reassessment within 15 days after service upon the licensee of notice of the asses
• § 23331 — If a petition for reassessment is filed within 15 days, the department shall reconsider the assessment and, if the licensee has so requested in his petition, shall grant the licensee an oral hearing a
• § 23332 — The order or decision of the department upon a petition for reassessment becomes final upon service upon the licensee of notice of the order or decision.
• § 23334 — On- or off-sale general licensees shall keep books of accounts in which shall be kept records of all distilled spirits acquired by them, or in lieu thereof shall preserve all original bills and invoic
• § 2334 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to the use of expert testimony in matters brought by the Medical Board of California, no expert testimony shall be permitted by any party u
• § 2335 — (a) All proposed decisions and interim orders of the Medical Quality Hearing Panel designated in Section 11371 of the Government Code shall be transmitted to the executive director of the board, or th
• § 23355 — Except as otherwise provided in this division and subject to the provisions of Section 22 of Article XX of the Constitution, the licenses provided for in Article 2 of this chapter authorize the person
• § 23355.1 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the following acts are authorized: (a) Deliveries of distilled spirits by a licensee to a retail licensee may be made from the vendor’s licensed p
• § 23355.2 — (a) For purposes of this section, “controlled access alcoholic beverage cabinet” means a closed container, either refrigerated, in whole or in part, or nonrefrigerated, and access to the interior of w
• § 23355.3 — (a) A licensee may sponsor or otherwise participate in an event conducted by, and for the benefit of, a nonprofit organization in which retail and nonretail licensees are involved as sponsors or parti
• § 23356 — Any manufacturer’s or winegrower’s license authorizes the person to whom it is issued to become a manufacturer or producer of the alcoholic beverage specified in the license, and to do any of the foll
• § 23356.1 — (a) A winegrower’s license also authorizes the person to whom issued to conduct winetastings of wine produced or bottled by, or produced and packaged for, the licensee, either on or off the winegrower
• § 23356.2 — (a) No license or permit shall be required for the manufacture of beer or wine for personal or family use, and not for sale, by a person over 21 years of age.
• § 23356.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, an out-of-state winegrower, after notification to, and approved by, the department, may furnish American wine which the winegrower produces and bo
• § 23356.5 — A wine blender’s license authorizes the person to whom issued to exercise all of the privileges of a winegrower’s license except: (a) To crush and ferment and produce wine from grapes, berries or othe
• § 23356.6 — Except as otherwise provided in this act, all provisions in this division pertaining to winegrowers, or to directors, officers, agents and employees of winegrowers, shall apply to wine blenders and to
• § 23356.7 — Nothing in this division shall be or be construed to be retroactive or to affect the rights of a person holding a winegrower’s license or licenses or winegrower’s duplicate license or licenses at the
• § 23356.8 — A licensed wine blender shall not be issued and shall not own or hold, directly or indirectly, any retailer’s license, nor shall the holder of a retailer’s license be issued or own or hold, directly o
• § 23356.9 — A wine blender’s license does not authorize winetasting activities or the conducting or sponsoring of wine tastings either on or off the wine blender’s licensed premises.
• § 23357 — (a) A licensed beer manufacturer may, at the licensed premises of production, sell to consumers for consumption off the premises beer that is produced and bottled by, or produced and packaged for, tha
• § 23357.1 — An out-of-state beer manufacturer’s certificate authorizes the shipment of beer manufactured without this state to licensed importers within this state.
• § 23357.2 — (a) An out-of-state beer manufacturer’s certificate may be issued by the department upon the written undertaking and agreement by the applicant: (1) That it and its agents and all agencies within this
• § 23357.3 — (a) A beer manufacturer’s license or out-of-state beer manufacturer’s certificate issued to a manufacturer located within the United States authorizes the licensee to conduct tastings of beer produced
• § 23357.4 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, an incorporated beer manufacturer’s trade association may conduct beer tastings on behalf of one or more licensed beer manufacturers for p
• § 23358 — (a) Licensed winegrowers, notwithstanding any other provisions of this division, may also exercise the following privileges: (1) Sell wine and brandy to any person holding a license authorizing the sa
• § 23358.2 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a winegrower or brandy manufacturer, at his or her licensed premises where the sale of wine or brandy is authorized or permitted, when selling to
• § 23358.3 — A wine grape grower’s storage license authorizes the holder to store bulk wine, made from grapes produced by the holder, on the premises of a licensed winegrower and to sell that wine, within this sta
• § 23359 — A wine grower’s license also authorizes the manufacture of grape brandy to be used exclusively in the production of wine by its holder on the premises for which issued and also the sale of grape brand
• § 2336 — The Division of Medical Quality and the California Board of Podiatric Medicine shall adopt rules, pursuant to Chapter 3.
• § 23360 — Licensed brandy manufacturers, notwithstanding any other provisions of this division, may also sell brandy and wine to consumers for consumption off the premises where sold, and to any person holding
• § 23361 — A person holding a brandy manufacturer’s license may also sell grape brandy, fruit brandy, or spirits of wine to licensed wine growers for use by the latter in the production of wine and the productio
• § 23362 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division, a licensed winegrower or brandy manufacturer may be issued and may hold an off-sale general license or a retail package off-sale beer and wine li
• § 23363 — Any licensed manufacturer of distilled spirits originally distilled in this State may sell them to any person holding a license authorizing the sale of distilled spirits.
• § 23363.1 — (a) A distilled spirits manufacturer’s license or a craft distiller’s license authorizes the licensee to conduct tastings of distilled spirits produced or bottled by, or produced or bottled for, the l
• § 23363.2 — (a) A distilled spirits manufacturer not licensed in California may designate in writing a California licensee, other than the holder of any retail license, to conduct tastings of distilled spirits pr
• § 23363.3 — (a) A brandy manufacturer’s license authorizes the licensee to conduct tastings of brandy produced or bottled by, or produced or bottled for, the licensee, on or off the licensee’s premises.
• § 23364 — All provisions of this division relating to the sale and delivery of distilled spirits from distilled spirits wholesalers or rectifiers to on- or off-sale licensees, all provisions of Part 14 of Divis
• § 23365 — Neither a corporation nor a limited partnership required to maintain a register under Section 23405.
• § 23366 — A distilled spirits manufacturer’s agent’s license authorizes any of the following: (a) The possession of distilled spirits in public or private warehouses.
• § 23366.1 — No distilled spirits manufacturer or any agent thereof shall solicit a consumer to purchase amounts or lots of distilled spirits through a specific retailer.
• § 23366.2 — An out-of-state distilled spirits shipper’s certificate authorizes the shipment of distilled spirits manufactured without this state to licensed importers within this state.
• § 23366.3 — (a) An out-of-state distilled spirits shipper’s certificate may be issued by the department upon the written undertaking and agreement by the applicant: (1) That it and its agents and all agencies wit
• § 23366.5 — A winegrower’s license, brandy manufacturer’s license, California winegrower’s agent’s license, beer and wine wholesaler’s license or a distilled spirits manufacturer’s agent’s license also authorizes
• § 23367 — A still license authorizes the person to whom issued to own or possess the number of stills indicated in the license upon the premises for which issued.
• § 23368 — A rectifier’s license authorizes the person to whom issued to cut, blend, rectify, mix, flavor, and color distilled spirits and wine upon which the excise tax imposed by Part 14 of Division 2 of the R
• § 23368.1 — A distilled spirits rectifier’s general license authorizes the person to whom issued to cut, blend, rectify, mix, flavor, and color distilled spirits, and whether so cut, blended, mixed, flavored, or
• § 23369 — In order to qualify for a rectifier’s license, a person shall actually be engaged at the time the license is issued or renewed, or within 30 days thereafter, in the bottling of distilled spirits owned
• § 2337 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, superior court review of a decision revoking, suspending, or restricting a license shall take preference over all other civil actions in the matter of setti
• § 23370 — Nothing in Sections 23368 and 23369 prohibits the issuance of a distilled spirits manufacturer’s agent’s license to any person who is engaged in the bottling of distilled spirits owned solely by other
• § 23371 — A rectifier who also performs the functions of a distilled spirits wholesaler shall comply with all the provisions of this division applicable to a holder of a distilled spirits wholesaler’s license.
• § 23372 — A wine rectifier’s license authorizes the person to whom issued to cut, blend, rectify, mix, flavor, or color wine upon which the excise tax imposed by Part 14 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxatio
• § 23373 — A California winegrower’s agent’s license authorizes any of the following: (a) The possession of wine produced in California and brandy distilled in California in public or private warehouses.
• § 23373.1 — Neither the holder of any wholesaler’s license nor the holder of any retail license may hold a California winegrower’s agent’s license, except that the holder of a wholesaler’s license who has been a
• § 23373.2 — A winegrower or brandy manufacturer may be represented by only one California winegrower’s agent.
• § 23373.4 — A California winegrower’s agent’s license authorizes the holder to furnish samples, to produce and distribute wine lists, to produce and furnish advertising material, retailers’ advertising specialtie
• § 23373.5 — Nothing in this division shall preclude the department from taking disciplinary action against a winegrower or brandy manufacturer for any violation of this division when such violation was committed
• § 23374 — Any importer’s license authorizes the person to whom issued to become an importer of alcoholic beverages specified in the license, to export the alcoholic beverages, and to transfer the beverages to h
• § 23374.5 — A distilled spirits importer’s general license authorizes the person to whom issued to become an importer of distilled spirits and to sell distilled spirits to distilled spirits manufacturers, distill
• § 23374.6 — A beer and wine importer’s general license authorizes the person to whom issued to become an importer of beer or wine and to sell state tax paid beer or wine to beer manufacturer's, wine grower's, bee
• § 23375 — (a) A public warehouse license authorizes the storage of alcoholic beverages for the account of another licensee, including storage in a United States customs bonded warehouse, a United States interna
• § 23375.5 — No distilled spirits importer’s general license shall be issued to any person who holds an interest, directly or indirectly, in an on-sale or off-sale general license.
• § 23375.6 — No beer and wine importer’s general license shall be issued to any person who holds an interest, directly or indirectly, in any retail license.
• § 23376 — A customs broker’s license authorizes the transfer to licensed importers of alcoholic beverages brought into the State in United States internal revenue bond or in United States customs bond and the e
• § 23377 — A wine broker’s license authorizes the person to whom issued to act as a wine broker, for a fee or commission, in the purchase of wine for or on behalf of a person within or without this State authori
• § 23378 — Any wholesaler’s license authorizes the sale of the alcoholic beverage specified in the license only to persons holding licenses issued by the department authorizing the sale of the alcoholic beverage
• § 23378.05 — (a) For any sale or offer of sale of beer by a beer wholesaler within the state, the beer wholesaler shall comply with all of the following: (1) Pursuant to Section 25000.
• § 23378.1 — (a) A California brandy wholesaler’s license may be issued only to the holder of a beer and wine wholesaler’s license, and authorizes the person to whom it is issued (hereafter in this section called
• § 23378.2 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a licensed wholesaler or importer may be issued and may hold retail package off-sale beer and wine licenses if the wholesaler or importer sells wi
• § 23379 — A beer and wine wholesaler’s license also authorizes the labeling, bottling, or packaging of wine in accordance with and subject to the rules of the State Department of Public Health.
• § 23380 — An industrial alcohol dealer’s license authorizes the sale of undenatured ethyl alcohol in packages of more than one gallon for use in the trades, professions, or industries and not for beverage consu
• § 23381 — Any manufacturer's, wine grower's, manufacturer’s agent's, rectifier’s or wholesaler’s license authorizes the licensee to: (a) Deal in warehouse receipts, for the kind of alcoholic beverages which the
• § 23382 — An offer or agreement to sell distilled spirits, which at the time of the offer or agreement are stored in containers larger than one gallon capacity and the ownership of which is represented by a war
• § 23383 — Any manufacturer's, wine grower's, manufacturer’s agent's, importer's, rectifier's, or wholesaler’s license also authorizes the transfer of title to the alcoholic beverages specified in the license to
• § 23384 — Any licensed beer manufacturer, wine grower, brandy manufacturer, rectifier, or wholesaler may, in addition to the other privileges exercised under his or her license and in accordance with rules pres
• § 23385 — Any distilled spirits manufacturer’s or brandy manufacturer’s license and any rectifier’s license authorizes the sale, in conformity with United States internal revenue laws and regulations, of the di
• § 23386 — (a) Any manufacturer’s, wine grower’s, manufacturer’s agent’s, rectifier’s, importer’s, or wholesaler’s license also authorizes the giving away of samples of the alcoholic beverages that are authorize
• § 23387 — In addition to the other privileges exercised under a wholesaler’s or rectifier’s license, a wholesaler or rectifier may sell the alcoholic beverages mentioned in his or her license to persons who tak
• § 23388 — A licensed beer manufacturer or a licensed beer wholesaler, in addition to selling beer at their licensed premises, may sell beer from wagons, trailers, or trucks operated by them to licensees authori
• § 23389 — (a) The department may issue to a beer manufacturer a duplicate of its original license for a location or locations other than its licensed premises of production or manufacture.
• § 23390 — (a) A licensed winegrower or brandy manufacturer, in addition to exercising all the privileges of their license at their licensed premises, may exercise all the license privileges at or from branch of
• § 23390.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, “licensed branch office” means a branch office or warehouse, or United States bonded wine cellar, located away from the licensed winegrower’s or brandy manufacturer’s
• § 23391 — If a violation of any provision of this division or of any rule of the department is committed in the exercise of the license privileges authorized to be exercised at any branch office, and the violat
• § 23392 — If a violation of any provision of this division or of any rule of the department is committed in connection with the premises where the act of manufacturing beer or producing wine is performed, the d
• § 23393 — A retail package off-sale beer and wine license authorizes the sale, to consumers only and not for resale, of beer in containers, and wine in packages and in quantities of 52 gallons or less per sale,
• § 23393.5 — (a) The department may issue a limited off-sale retail wine license which authorizes the sale of wine by the licensee if all of the following conditions are met: (1) Sales are restricted to those soli
• § 23394 — An off-sale general license includes the privileges specified in Section 23393 and authorizes the sale, to consumers only and not for resale, except to holders of daily on-sale general licenses issued
• § 23394.5 — No privileges under an off-sale general license, except as provided in Section 23106, shall be exercised by the licensee in more than one room or building unless the rooms or buildings are contiguous
• § 23394.7 — No privileges under an off-sale license shall be exercised by the licensee at any customer-operated checkout stand located on the licensee’s physical premises.
• § 23395 — Nothing in this division prevents the sale, in packages of less than one-half pint, of bitters or other aromatic or flavoring or medicinal preparations, which are classed for taxing purposes as distil
• § 23396 — (a) Any on-sale license authorizes the sale of the alcoholic beverage specified in the license for consumption on the premises where sold.
• § 23396.1 — (a) An on-sale general license for restricted service lodging establishments authorizes those hotels and motels described in subdivision (b) to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises
• § 23396.2 — (a) An on-sale general license for a wine, food and art cultural museum, and educational center and an on-sale general license for a wine and food cultural museum and educational center authorizes tho
• § 23396.3 — (a) (1) A brewpub-restaurant license is a retail license which may be issued to a bona fide public eating place, as defined in Section 23038.
• § 23396.5 — Notwithstanding any other law, any on-sale licensee that maintains a bona fide eating place in conjunction with such license, any on-sale beer and wine public premises licensee, or any winegrower that
• § 23396.6 — (a) The department may issue to the holder of an off-sale retail license an instructional tasting license at the premises of the off-sale retail license.
• § 23397 — Alcoholic beverages may be served on trains, boats, and airplanes under onsale licenses issued for trains, boats, and airplanes, only to passengers or employees not on duty.
• § 23398 — Nothing in this division prevents the purchase or possession in packages of less than one-half pint capacity of bitters or other aromatic or flavoring or medicinal preparations, which are classed for
• § 23398.5 — Any on-sale license, issued pursuant to this division that authorizes the sale of wine, also authorizes the sale of all of the following: (a) Soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains
• § 23398.7 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, alcoholic beverage sales may occur between 2 a.
• § 23399 — (a) An on-sale general license authorizes the sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits for consumption on the premises where sold.
• § 23399.01 — (a) (1) A beer manufacturer licensee may apply to the department for a beer caterer’s permit.
• § 23399.03 — (a) A winegrower licensee may apply to the department for an estate tasting event permit.
• § 23399.1 — No license or permit shall be required for the serving and otherwise disposing of alcoholic beverages where all of the following conditions prevail: 1.
• § 23399.2 — Premises for which a special onsale general license is issued may be operated only as a club by an organization which meets all the requirements of Section 23037, or by an organization which meets all
• § 23399.3 — (a) An on-sale special beer and wine license for hospitals, convalescent homes, and rest homes, authorizes the sale or service of beer and wine purchased from a licensed winegrower or beer and wine wh
• § 23399.4 — (a) A licensed winegrower may apply to the department for a certified farmers’ market sales permit.
• § 23399.45 — (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Certified farmers’ market” means a location operated in accordance with Chapter 10.
• § 23399.5 — (a) (1) A license or permit is not required for the serving of alcoholic beverages in a limousine by any person operating a limousine service regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, provided the
• § 23399.52 — (a) The department may create and issue a special on-sale general license to a person who owns or operates a facility that is partially located in the County of Placer and partially located in the Cou