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DIVISION 9. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 23000-25762›CHAPTER 6. Issuance and Transfer of Licenses 23950-24082›ARTICLE 5. Transfer of Licenses 24070-24082

§ 24072

California Business and Professions Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The following transfer fees shall be charged by the department:

(a) The fee for transfer of a license other than a retail license from a licensee to another person is a fee equal to 70 percent of the annual fee for the license, except as provided in Section 24071. Section 23322 shall not apply to this transfer fee.

(b) The fee for transfer of a retail license from a licensee to another person is a fee equal to 50 percent of the original fee for the license, but not to exceed one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250), or if no original fee is provided for by law, one hundred dollars ($100).

(c) Except as provided in Section 24082, the fee for transfer of a license from one premises to another premises is one hundred dollars ($100).

(d) Notwithstanding the other fee provisions of this section, the fee for a transfer of an off-sale general license from one county to another county shall be six thousand dollars ($6,000).

(e) The fee for transfer of an on-sale or off-sale retail license to include the mother, father, son, or daughter of a licensee, when no consideration is given for such transfer, shall be one-half of the regular fee for transfer of a license from a licensee to another person, as provided by this section.

All money collected from the fees provided for in this section shall be deposited in the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund as provided in Section 25761.

(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 900, Sec. 15. Effective September 24, 1992.)

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