Business and Professions Code section 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.

Source: Section 25178, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=25178. (updated Jan. 1, 1973; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/business_and_professions_code_section_25178

Original Source: Section 25178, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=25178. (last accessed May 12, 2025).