Bus. & Prof. Code, § 23779 · Article 1. In General
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 23779
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
No wholesale license shall be issued to any person who does not in good faith actually carry on or intend to carry on a bona fide wholesale business by sale to retail licensees of the alcoholic beverage designated in the wholesale license, and the department may revoke any wholesale license when the licensee fails for a period of 45 days actively and in good faith to engage in the wholesale business and shall revoke any distilled spirits wholesaler’s license held by any person who fails to comply with applicable provisions of Sections 23378, 23379, 23776, 23777, and 23778. Sale by a wholesale licensee to himself as a retail licensee is not the transaction of a bona fide wholesale business.
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History
Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 447.
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Business and Professions Code
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 23378Printed as Sections 23378, 23379, 23776, 23777, and 23778
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 23379Printed as Sections 23378, 23379, 23776, 23777, and 23778
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 23776Printed as Sections 23378, 23379, 23776, 23777, and 23778
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 23777Printed as Sections 23378, 23379, 23776, 23777, and 23778
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 23778Printed as Sections 23378, 23379, 23776, 23777, and 23778
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