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DIVISION 9. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 23000-25762›CHAPTER 13. Labels and Containers 25170-25247›ARTICLE 3. Wine 25235-25247

§ 25239

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

Every person who, with intent to defraud, either falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits the label for any wine or uses the label or bottle of any wine belonging to another, without his or her consent, is guilty of a misdemeanor. The department may seize wine labeled in violation of this section, regardless of where found and may dispose of the wine pursuant to Section 25355.

(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 135, Sec. 3.)

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