Bus. & Prof. Code, § 24073 · Article 5. Transfer of Licenses
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 24073
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
No retail license limited in numbers, off-sale beer and wine license, on-sale beer and wine license, on-sale beer and wine public premises license, on-sale beer license, on-sale beer public premises license, or on-sale general license for seasonal business, shall be transferred unless before the filing of the transfer application with the department the licensee or the intended transferee records in the office of the county recorder of the county or counties in which the premises to which the license has been issued are situated a notice of the intended transfer, stating all of the following:
(a) The name and address of the licensee.
(b) The name and address of the intended transferee.
(c) The kind of license or licenses intended to be transferred.
(d) The address or addresses of the premises to which the license or licenses have been issued.
(e) An agreement between the parties to the transfer that the consideration for the transfer of the business and license or licenses, if any there be, is to be paid only after the transfer is approved by the department.
(f) The place where the purchase price or consideration for the transfer of the business and license or licenses is to be paid, the amount of such purchase price or consideration, and a description of the entire consideration, including a designation of cash, checks, promissory notes, and tangible and intangible property, and the amount of each thereof.
(g) The name and address of the escrow holder referred to in Section 24074, or of the guarantor referred to in Section 24074.4, as the case may be.
A copy of the notice of intended transfer, certified by the county recorder, shall be filed with the department together with a transfer application.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 816.
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