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DIVISION 9. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 23000-25762›CHAPTER 16. Regulatory Provisions 25600-25686›ARTICLE 2. Hours of Sale and Delivery of Alcoholic Beverages 25631-25633

§ 25631

California Business and Professions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Any on- or off-sale licensee, or agent or employee of that licensee, who sells, gives, or delivers to any persons any alcoholic beverage or any person who knowingly purchases any alcoholic beverage between the hours of 2 o’clock a.m. and 6 o’clock a.m. of the same day, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

For the purposes of this section, on the day that a time change occurs from Pacific standard time to Pacific daylight saving time, or back again to Pacific standard time, “2 o’clock a.m.” means two hours after midnight of the day preceding the day such change occurs.

(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 744, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)

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