California Business and Professions Code
§ 25658
BPC § 25658 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 9 · Ch. 16 · Art. 3
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), every person who sells, furnishes, gives, or causes to be sold, furnished, or given away any alcoholic beverage to any person under 21 years of age is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b)Except as provided in Section 25667 or 25668, any person under 21 years of age who purchases any alcoholic beverage, or any person under 21 years of age who consumes any alcoholic beverage in any on-sale premises, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(c)Any person who violates subdivision (a) by purchasing any alcoholic beverage for, or furnishing, giving, or giving away any alcoholic beverage to, a person under 21 years of age, and the person under 21 years of age thereafter consumes the alcohol and thereby proximately causes great bodily injury or death to themselves or any other person, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 613, Sec. 3. (SB 498) Effective January 1, 2024.