California
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage (ABC) in California was established in 1955. California ABC has the power to issue, deny, suspend or revoke any specific alcoholic beverage license. The department has three divisions: administration, licensing and compliance and each division has specific responsibilities.
The types of retail licenses in California are:
- On-Sale General: licensing the sale of all types of alcoholic beverages.
- Off-Sale General: licensing the sale of all types of alcoholic beverages in sealed containers for consumption off the premises.
- On-Sale Beer and Wine: licensing the sale of all types of wine and malt beverages.
- Off-Sale Beer and Wine: licensing the sale of all types of wine and malt beverages in sealed containers for consumption off the premises.
- On-Sale Beer: licensing the sale of malt beverages.
Each licenses require different application processes.
California ABC has investigators, also known as peace officers and they are responsible for investigating and make arrests for any violations if possible.
Read more about this topic: Liquor License, United States
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