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Cal. Business and Professions Code § 25602.1 (2026)

In General

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Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 25602, a cause of action may be brought by or on behalf of any person who has suffered injury or death against any person licensed, or required to be licensed, pursuant to Section 23300, or any person authorized by the federal government to sell alcoholic beverages on a military base or other federal enclave, who sells, furnishes, gives or causes to be sold, furnished or given away any alcoholic beverage, and any other person who sells, or causes to be sold, any alcoholic beverage, to any obviously intoxicated minor where the furnishing, sale or giving of that beverage to the minor is the proximate cause of the personal injury or death sustained by that person.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1982–2018 · leading case: Burke v. Superior Court, 129 Cal. App. 3d 570 (Cal. Ct. App. 1982).
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Burke v. Superior Court, 129 Cal. App. 3d 570 (Cal. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 5× “1 states one exception to the latter statute (§ 25602): licensed sellers of liquor to "any *573 obviously intoxicated minor" remain civilly liable to injured third parties where the furnishing is the proximate cause of injury. Finally, Civil Code section 1714 now provides, as a…”
Rogers v. Alvas, 160 Cal. App. 3d 997 (Cal. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “” If Business and Professions Code section 25602, subdivision (c), and Civil Code section 1714, subdivision (b), establish that the consumption of alcohol and not the sale or furnishing thereof is the proximate cause of injuries to third persons, how can the sale or furnishing…”
Bass v. Pratt, 177 Cal. App. 3d 129 (Cal. Ct. App. 1986). “) 6 Business and Professions Code section 25602.”
Jones v. Toyota Motor Co., 198 Cal. App. 3d 364 (Cal. Ct. App. 1988). “1 states in part: “Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 25602, a cause of action may be brought by or on behalf of any person who has suffered injury or death against any person licensed, or required to be licensed, pursuant to Section 23300 .”
Klean W. Hollywood, LLC v. Superior Court (Cal. Ct. App. 2018). “” In cases of alcohol furnished to minors, Business and Professions Code section 25602.”
Klean W. Hollywood, LLC v. Superior Court of L. A. Cnty., 230 Cal. Rptr. 3d 168 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2018). “" In cases of alcohol furnished to minors, Business and Professions Code section 25602.”
Ennabe v. Manosa CA2/1 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014). “4th 697 , the Supreme Court held “the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in defendant’s favor” because the exception to social host immunity set forth in Business and Professions Code section 25602.”
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