California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 4 - Club Licenses

• Section 23425.
  For the purposes of this article “club” means:(a) Any chapter, aerie, parlor, lodge, or other local unit of an American national fraternal organization which has as...
• Section 23426.
  For the purposes of this article “club” also means any golf club which owns, maintains, or operates a regular golf links together with a clubhouse...
• Section 23426.5.
  (a) For purposes of this article, “club” also means any tennis club that maintains not less than four regulation tennis courts, together with the necessary facilities...
• Section 23427.
  For the purposes of this article “club” also means any yacht club which is a nonprofit organization and is a regular member of a recognized...
• Section 23428.
  For the purposes of this article “club” also means any bar association having an authorized delegate to the American Bar Association and composed entirely of...
• Section 23428.1.
  For the purposes of this article “club” also means any county medical association having an authorized delegate to the California Medical Association and composed entirely...
• Section 23428.2.
  For the purposes of this article “club” also means any rod and gun club which is a nonprofit organization belonging to a recognized national association...
• Section 23428.4.
  For the purpose of this article, “club” also means any nonprofit social club with at least 100 members, which members are mobilehome owners within a...
• Section 23428.5.
  For the purpose of this article “club” also means any press club which is a nonprofit organization and whose members are entitled to exchange privileges...
• Section 23428.6.
  For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any association of livestock, or livestock-allied businessmen, joined together as a nonprofit corporation, registered as such...
• Section 23428.7.
  For the purposes of this article “club” also means any bona fide nonprofit corporation, which is a bona fide horse riding club, which is a...
• Section 23428.8.
  For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West which has as the owner, lessee...
• Section 23428.9.
  For the purpose of this article “club” also means any nonprofit social club which serves daily meals to its members and guests, owns or leases,...
• Section 23428.10.a.
  For the purposes of this article “club” also means any peace officers association which is composed entirely of active and retired peace officers, which holds...
• Section 23428.11.
  For the purposes of this article “club” also means any firemen’s association which is composed entirely of active and retired firemen, which holds regular meetings...
• Section 23428.12.
  For purposes of this article “club” also means any nonprofit social and religious club which owns or leases, operates and maintains a club room or...
• Section 23428.13.
  For purposes of this article, “club” also means any club operated by a common carrier by air at an airport terminal. This type of club...
• Section 23428.14.
  For purposes of this article, “club” also means any club operated by commissioned or noncommissioned officers of the National Guard or Air National Guard which...
• Section 23428.15.
  For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any parlor of the American Citizens Club in existence on the effective date of this chapter...
• Section 23428.16.
  For purposes of this article, “club” also means any nonprofit social luncheon club which is composed entirely of active and retired professional men and businessmen,...
• Section 23428.17.
  For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any department or local forum of the American GI Forum of the U.S. which owns or...
• Section 23428.18.
  For purposes of this article, “club” also means any labor council which is chartered by a national labor organization having affiliates in each state of...
• Section 23428.19.
  For purposes of this article, “club” also means any private club organized to play handball or racquetball, which owns, maintains, or operates a building containing...
• Section 23428.20.a.
  (a) For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any bona fide nonprofit corporation that has been in existence for not less than nine years,...
• Section 23428.21.
  For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any local dental society having an authorized delegate to the California Dental Association and composed entirely...
• Section 23428.22.
  For purposes of this article, “club” also means any nonprofit corporation whose principal purpose is to promote cultural ties and understanding between citizens of a...
• Section 23428.23.
  For the purposes of this article “club” also means any letter carriers local which is chartered by a national labor organization having affiliates in each...
• Section 23428.24.
  For the purposes of this article “club” also means any bona fide nonprofit social organization which has more than 350 members and which has as...
• Section 23428.25.
  For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any Hidalgo Society the purpose of which is to operate for the advancement of education for...
• Section 23428.26.
  For the purposes of this article, “ club” also means any nonprofit property owners’ association having at least 2,500 members. Such an association must have...
• Section 23428.27.
  For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any peace officers’ and employees’ association which is composed entirely of active and retired peace officers...
• Section 23428.28.
  For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any beach and athletic club that owns, maintains, or operates a standard Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)...
• Section 23428.29.
  (a) For the purpose of this article, “club” also means a nonprofit umbrella organization established to provide a central meeting location, resources, and services specifically for...
• Section 23429.
  A club as defined in this article is a bona fide club within the meaning of Section 22 of Article XX of the Constitution.(Added by...
• Section 23430.
  The department may issue one club license to any club as defined in this article.(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1221.)
• Section 23431.
  The holder of a club license may exercise all of the rights and privileges permitted by an on-sale general license but may sell and serve...
• Section 23432.
  Any club which holds an onsale general license which was originally issued to it prior to April 1, 1947, and which transfers its onsale general...
• Section 23433.
  The department may issue an off-sale license to any golf club which has more than 400 bona fide members, which owns, maintains, or operates a...
• Section 23433.5.
  (a) For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any nonprofit lawn bowls club.(b) No license shall be issued to any nonprofit lawn bowls club qualifying...
• Section 23434.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, on and after the effective date of this section, no new club license shall be issued to any...
• Section 23435.
  On and after January 1, 1980, no new club license shall be issued for any club, organization, or association which does not have at least...
• Section 23437.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, no club license issued under this article shall entitle the holder to any off-sale privileges.(Added by Stats. 1977,...
• Section 23438.
  (a) Any alcoholic beverage club licensee which restricts membership or the use of its services or facilities on the basis of ancestry or any characteristic listed...

Last modified: October 22, 2018