SECTIONS 25170-25178 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 25170-25178

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 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.

25171. Any rectifier or wholesaler of distilled spirits who
delivers to the premises of any on- or off-sale general licensee or
any on- or off-sale general licensee who sells or has in his
possession at the licensed premises distilled spirits in packages
containing standards of fill for distilled spirits which do not
conform in all respects to the federal standards established pursuant
to the regulations issued under the Federal Alcohol Administration
Act (27 U.S.C. Secs. 201 et seq.) and any amendments thereto is
guilty of a misdemeanor.

25171.1. The provisions of Section 25171 shall not apply to any
sightseeing, tourist or charter vessels holding on-sale general
licenses for boats and regularly operated for the convenience of the
general public and which have a capacity of carrying 100 or more
passengers.

25172. Any unlicensed person or any on- or off-sale general
licensee who has in his possession any distilled spirits in packages
or containers larger than one gallon is guilty of a misdemeanor,
unless the distilled spirits have been sold and delivered to the
person or licensee by the holder of an industrial alcohol dealer's,
distilled spirits manufacturer's, brandy manufacturer's, or rectifier'
s license for use in the trades, professions, or industries.

25173. Any industrial alcohol dealer, distilled spirits
manufacturer, brandy manufacturer, or rectifier who delivers
undenatured ethyl alcohol or other distilled spirits in packages of
more than one gallon for use in the trades, professions, or
industries is guilty of a misdemeanor, unless the packages bear a
label plainly stating the true and correct name and address of the
industrial alcohol dealer, distilled spirits manufacturer, brandy
manufacturer, or rectifier.

25174. The department may seize any distilled spirits sold, served,
removed, possessed, delivered, or held in any manner in violation of
Sections 25170 to 25173, inclusive.

25175. Any person who sells at retail any potable spirituous liquor
product labeled as whiskey, including blended whiskey and blends of
straight whiskeys, except products containing 20 or more percent of
straight whiskey or whiskeys which have been aged in charred oak
containers for three or more years after distillation and before
bottling is guilty of a misdemeanor, except that this section does
not prohibit the sale at retail of unaged corn whiskey, when so
labeled, or the sale at retail of gins, brandies, rums, cordials,
liqueurs, bitters, or other distilled liquor products, or products
compounded of distilled spirits and other materials, when in no wise
labeled as whiskey or blended whiskey or blends of straight whiskeys,
or the sale at retail of Scotch whiskeys, or spirit whiskeys
containing not less than 5 percent straight whiskey, three years old
or older.

25176. Every person who refills or causes to be refilled with
distilled spirits any distilled spirits container is guilty of a
misdemeanor.

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.

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. 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.