Business and Professions Code section 25603

Every person, not authorized by law, who brings into any state prison, city or county jail, city and county jail, or reformatory in this State, or within the grounds belonging to any such institution, any alcoholic beverage is guilty of a felony.

Source: Section 25603, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=25603. (updated Jan. 1, 1953; accessed Sep. 8, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 25603, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=25603. (last accessed May 12, 2025).