San Bernardino Liquor Licenses for Sale

Types of San Bernardino Liquor Licenses

An ideal place to acquire an alcohol license, San Bernardino County mandates that any establishment looking to serve or sell liquor must have a proper liquor license. Located in Southern California, bordering Nevada and Arizona, San Bernardino County has a population of a little over two million people. The largest city in San Bernardino County is Victorville, and the county seat is the city of San Bernardino. In early summer, the San Bernardino County Fair takes place in Victorville, CA, from May to June. One of the main features of San Bernardino County is the Mojave National Preserve. 

To help you legally serve and sell liquor to your customers in San Bernardino, California, we offer online San Bernardino County liquor license auctions for the following permit types:

• Type 20: Permits the sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption in San Bernardino, CA.
• Type 21: Permits all liquor sales -- beer, wine, and spirits -- for off-premises consumption in San Bernardino County.
• Type 41: Permits restaurants to sell beer and wine for on-site consumption in San Bernardino County, California.
• Type 47: Permits restaurants to sell all liquor -- beer, wine, and spirits -- for on-site consumption, as well as beer and wine "to go" for off-site consumption in San Bernardino.
• Type 48: Permits bars and nightclubs to sell all liquor -- beer, wine, and spirits -- for on-site consumption, as well as beer and wine "to go" for off-site consumption in San Bernardino County, CA.
• Type 57: Permits organizations, such as a veteran’s hall or golf course, to sell all liquor -- beer, wine, and spirits -- to members and guests for on-site consumption, as well as beer and wine "to go" for off-site consumption in San Bernardino, California.

Each California liquor license grants the holder the right to sell in a specific California county, such as San Bernardino. Liquor licenses are not transferable between counties. They are, however, transferable between owners, which means you can legally buy or sell any San Bernardino County ABC liquor license.

How to Buy a San Bernardino Liquor License

When you are ready to purchase a liquor license in San Bernardino, you have two choices where to buy one. As a business owner, you may weigh your options and decide to purchase a San Bernardino liquor license on the open market from a liquor license broker like Liquor License Auctioneers. The other option is to acquire an alcohol permit directly from the California ABC. 

Buying an alcohol license in San Bernardino from an alcohol license brokerage is usually the fastest method, and due to the regulated amount of liquor licenses available in San Bernardino County, sometimes it’s your only option to wait for someone to sell a liquor license to you in San Bernardino County. 

Buying and selling liquor licenses in San Bernardino is our area of expertise. Over the years we’ve been in business, we’ve created quite a network of lawyers and business professionals who specialize in this industry. With these connections, we have a strong advantage and are able to provide exclusive San Bernardino alcohol licenses on our bidding platform that are not available from our competitors. When you check our auction platform, you’ll see all the available liquor licenses in San Bernardino that are available at that given time. If you don’t see a specific alcohol permit, please let us know what you are looking for, and our expert liquor license brokers will try to find the type of San Bernardino alcohol license you need for your business. 

Our professional liquor license brokers will guide you through these eight steps to acquire a San Bernardino liquor license.

1. Secure the location: Select the premises you wish to serve or sell liquor. This initial step requires proof that you have purchased, rented, or leased the establishment.
2. Select your liquor license: Assess the needs of your business to determine which type of liquor license you need to sell alcohol legally. Also, this is when you need to choose if you will go through the California ABC or an expert liquor license brokerage such as Liquor License Auctioneers.
3. Open your escrow account: To continue the process of acquiring a San Bernardino County alcohol license, you’ll need to open an escrow account which is where all of your associated alcohol permit funds will exist. The purpose of this escrow account is to make the transfer of liquor license ownership easy.  Per the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, you must open an escrow account when securing a liquor license, utilizing a third party escrow company is recommended.
4. Survey the location: A licensed contractor needs to come out to your establishment to inspect the area where you are seeking to sell liquor. Our expert liquor license brokers can handle this step if you choose.
5. Complete your ABC Application: Once completed, send your ABC application to the CA Alcoholic Beverage Control for review. Liquor License Auctioneers can fill out this application on your behalf.
6. Post a notice: When the CA ABC has reviewed your application, they will send a notice of intent to sell alcohol which must be displayed at your brick-and-mortar location for a period of 30 days.
7. Submit to investigation: Within 30 days, the CA ABC will conduct an inspection of your property and evaluate whether they will grant you the San Bernardino liquor license at this time.
8. Receive the liquor license: If the evaluation goes well, then they will send you the physical alcohol license for San Bernardino. Once you receive the alcohol permit, you need to showcase it at your business location properly.

If you got through each of these eight steps smoothly, you’ve ensured that you’ve met the regulations to legally hold a liquor license in San Bernardino from the state of California. At the same time that you are fulfilling these eight requirements, you should see if the local municipal government has any stipulations that would be a factor in slowing down your progress to obtain a San Bernardino alcohol permit. Sometimes the municipality has additional regulations and zoning permits (CUP’s) that must be met as well. If you want to have your San Bernardino liquor license in a timely manner, it’s a good idea to know what these are. 

There is high competition in the county of San Bernardino, California, to acquire a liquor license. At Liquor License Auctioneers, we set the bar high and pride ourselves on having ethical business practices with honest and fair pricing for our auctions. See our online auction platform and let us know if you need a license that is not featured. If you do see a liquor license in San Bernardino that you are interested in, it’s as easy as making a bid and purchasing.