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May an on-sale licensee stack drinks or sell and serve drinks a few minutes before 2 am and permit patrons to remain on the premises consuming alcoholic beverages after that hour? May an on-sale licensee stack drinks or sell and serve drinks a few minutes before 2 am and permit patrons to remain on the premises consuming alcoholic beverages after that hour? No. It is a misdemeanor for any retail licensee or employee of the licensee to permit any person, including himself, to consume alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises between 2 am and 6 am of the same day. (Section 25632) As a former Investigator for the State of California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Russell has more than 13 years of experience in dealing with California liquor license laws, rules and regulations that confront licensees when buying and selling a liquor license. In fact, as a trainer of new investigators for the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control in California, he not only knows the law—he taught it. ABC Liquor License Specialists was started after years of observing how the entire buying and selling and processing of liquor licenses worked from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control's side, as well as the restaurant, convenience store, grocery store and club owners’ perspective—
