Where can i get a card so i can buy alcohole before i'm 21?!
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You cannot legally purchase alcohol in the state of California until you are 21 years old and have proper identification to prove it. Below are the applicable California laws and statutes. They also list the penalties for underage persons using false identification to buy alcohol.
California Codes
California Business and Professions Code
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE SECTION 25657-25667
25657. It is unlawful:
(a) For any person to employ, upon any licensed on-sale premises,
any person for the purpose of procuring or encouraging the purchase
or sale of alcoholic beverages, or to pay any such person a
percentage or commission on the sale of alcoholic beverages for
procuring or encouraging the purchase or sale of alcoholic beverages
on such premises.
(b) In any place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to
be consumed upon the premises, to employ or knowingly permit anyone
to loiter in or about said premises for the purpose of begging or
soliciting any patron or customer of, or visitor in, such premises to
purchase any alcoholic beverages for the one begging or soliciting.
Every person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty
of a misdemeanor.
25658. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), every
person who sells, furnishes, gives, or causes to be sold, furnished,
or given away, any alcoholic beverage to any person under the age of
21 years is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Any person under the age of 21 years who purchases any
alcoholic beverage, or any person under the age of 21 years who
consumes any alcoholic beverage in any on-sale premises, is guilty of
a misdemeanor.
(c) Any person who violates subdivision (a) by purchasing any
alcoholic beverage for, or furnishing, giving, or giving away any
alcoholic beverage to, a person under the age of 21 years, and the
person under the age of 21 years thereafter consumes the alcohol and
thereby proximately causes great bodily injury or death to himself,
herself, or any other person, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(d) Any on-sale licensee who knowingly permits a person under the
age of 21 years to consume any alcoholic beverage in the on-sale
premises, whether or not the licensee has knowledge that the person
is under the age of 21 years, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(e) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) or (3), any
person who violates this section shall be punished by a fine of two
hundred fifty dollars ($250), no part of which shall be suspended, or
the person shall be required to perform not less than 24 hours or
more than 32 hours of community service during hours when the person
is not employed and is not attending school, or a combination of a
fine and community service as determined by the court. A second or
subsequent violation of subdivision (b) shall be punished by a fine
of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or the person shall be
required to perform not less than 36 hours or more than 48 hours of
community service during hours when the person is not employed and is
not attending school, or a combination of a fine and community
service as determined by the court. It is the intent of the
Legislature that the community service requirements prescribed in
this section require service at an alcohol or drug treatment program
or facility or at a county coroner's office, if available, in the
area where the violation occurred or where the person resides.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), any person who violates
subdivision (a) by furnishing an alcoholic beverage, or causing an
alcoholic beverage to be furnished, to a minor shall be punished by a
fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), no part of which shall be
suspended, and the person shall be required to perform not less than
24 hours of community service during hours when the person is not
employed and is not attending school.
(3) Any person who violates subdivision (c) shall be punished by
imprisonment in a county jail for a minimum term of six months not to
exceed one year, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars
($1,000), or by both imprisonment and fine.
(f) Persons under the age of 21 years may be used by peace
officers in the enforcement of this section to apprehend licensees,
or employees or agents of licensees, who sell alcoholic beverages to
minors. Notwithstanding subdivision (b), any person under the age of
21 years who purchases or attempts to purchase any alcoholic beverage
while under the direction of a peace officer is immune from
prosecution for that purchase or attempt to purchase an alcoholic
beverage. Guidelines with respect to the use of persons under the age
of 21 years as decoys shall be adopted and published by the
department in accordance with the rulemaking portion of the
Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
Law enforcement-initiated minor decoy programs in operation prior to
the effective date of regulatory guidelines adopted by the department
shall be authorized as long as the minor decoy displays to the
seller of alcoholic beverages the appearance of a person under the
age of 21 years. This subdivision shall not be construed to prevent
the department from taking disciplinary action against a licensee who
sells alcoholic beverages to a minor decoy prior to the department's
final adoption of regulatory guidelines. After the completion of
every minor decoy program performed under this subdivision, the law
enforcement agency using the decoy shall notify licensees within 72
hours of the results of the program. When the use of a minor decoy
results in the issuance of a citation, the notification required
shall be given within 72 hours of the issuance of the citation. A law
enforcement agency may comply with this requirement by leaving a
written notice at the licensed premises addressed to the licensee, or
by mailing a notice addressed to the licensee.
(g) The penalties imposed by this section do not preclude
prosecution under any other provision of law, including, but not
limited to, Section 272 of the Penal Code.
25658.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division,
no licensee may petition the department for an offer in compromise
pursuant to Section 23095 for a third or any subsequent violation of
Section 25658 that occurs within 36 months of the initial violation.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 24200, the department may revoke a
license for a third violation of Section 25658 that occurs within any
36-month period. This provision shall not be construed to limit the
department's authority and discretion to revoke a license prior to a
third violation when the circumstances warrant that penalty.
(c) For purposes of this section, no violation may be considered
for purposes of determination of the penalty until it has become
final.
25658.2. (a) A parent or legal guardian who knowingly permits his
or her child, or a person in the company of the child, or both, who
are under the age of 18 years, to consume an alcoholic beverage or
use a controlled substance at the home of the parent or legal
guardian is guilty of misdemeanor if all of the following occur:
(1) As the result of the consumption of an alcoholic beverage or
use of a controlled substance at the home of the parent or legal
guardian, the child or other underage person has a blood-alcohol
concentration of 0.05 percent or greater, as measured by a chemical
test, or is under the influence of a controlled substance.
(2) The parent knowingly permits that child or other underage
person, after leaving the parent's or legal guardian's home, to drive
a vehicle.
(3) That child or underage person is found to have caused a
traffic collision while driving the vehicle.
(b) A person who violates subdivision (a) shall be punished by
imprisonment in a county jail for a term not to exceed one year, by a
fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both
imprisonment and fine.
25658.4. (a) On and after January 1, 1992, no clerk shall make an
off sale of alcoholic beverages unless the clerk executes under
penalty of perjury on the first day he or she makes that sale an
application and acknowledgment. The application and acknowledgment
shall be in a form understandable to the clerk.
(1) The department shall specify the form of the application and
acknowledgment which shall include at a minimum a summary of this
division pertaining to the following:
(A) The prohibitions contained in Sections 25658 and 25658.5
pertaining to the sale to, and purchase of, alcoholic beverages by
persons under 21 years of age.
(B) Bona fide evidence of majority as provided in Section 25660.
(C) Hours of operation as provided in Article 2 (commencing with
Section 25630) of Chapter 16.
(D) The prohibitions contained in subdivision (a) of Section 25602
and Section 25602.1 pertaining to sales to an intoxicated person.
(E) Sections 23393 and 23394 as they pertain to on-premises
consumption of alcoholic beverages in an off-sale premises.
(F) The requirements and prohibitions contained in Section 25659.5
pertaining to sales of keg beer for consumption off licensed
premises.
(2) The application and acknowledgment shall also include a
statement that the clerk has read and understands the summary, a
statement that the clerk has never been convicted of violating this
division or, if convicted, an explanation of the circumstances of
each conviction, and a statement that the application and
acknowledgment is executed under penalty of perjury.
(3) The licensee shall keep the executed application and
acknowledgment on the premises at all times and available for
inspection by the department. A licensee with more than one licensed
off-sale premises in the state may comply with this subdivision by
maintaining an executed application and acknowledgment at a
designated licensed premises, regional office, or headquarters office
in the state. An executed application and acknowledgment maintained
at the designated locations shall be valid for all licensed off-sale
premises owned by the licensee. Any licensee maintaining an
application and acknowledgment at a designated site other than the
individual licensed off-sale premises shall notify the department in
advance and in writing of the site where the application and
acknowledgment shall be maintained and available for inspection. A
licensee electing to maintain application and acknowledgments at a
designated site other than the licensed premises shall maintain at
each licensed premises a notice of where the executed application and
acknowledgments are located. Any licensee with more than one
licensed off-sale premises who elects to maintain the application and
acknowledgments at a designated site other than each licensed
premises shall provide the department, upon written demand, a copy of
any employee's executed application and acknowledgment within 10
business days. A violation of this subdivision by a licensee
constitutes grounds for discipline by the department.
(b) On and after January 1, 1992, the licensee shall post a notice
that contains and describes, in concise terms, prohibited sales of
alcoholic beverages, a statement that the off-sale seller will refuse
to make a sale if the seller reasonably suspects that the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Act may be violated, and a statement that a minor
who purchases or attempts to purchase alcoholic beverages is subject
to suspension or delay in the issuance of his or her driver's license
pursuant to Section 13202.5 of the Vehicle Code. The notice shall
be posted at an entrance or at a point of sale in the licensed
premises or in any other location that is visible to purchasers of
alcoholic beverages and to the off-sale seller.
(c) On and after January 1, 1998, a retail licensee shall post a
notice that contains and describes, in concise terms, the fines and
penalties for any violation of Section 25658, relating to the sale of
alcoholic beverages to, or the purchase of alcoholic beverages by,
any person under the age of 21 years.
(d) Nonprofit organizations or licensees may obtain videotapes and
other training materials from the department on the Licensee
Education on Alcohol and Drugs (LEAD) program. The videotapes and
training materials may be updated periodically and may be provided in
English and other languages, and when made available by the
department, shall be provided at cost.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) "Off-sale seller" means any person holding a retail off-sale
license issued by the department and any person employed by that
licensee who in the course of that employment sells alcoholic
beverages.
(2) "Clerk" means an off-sale seller who is not a licensee.
(f) The department may adopt rules and appropriate fees for
licensees that it determines necessary for the administration of this
section.
25658.5. Any person under the age of 21 years who attempts to
purchase any alcoholic beverage from a licensee, or the licensee's
agent or employee, is guilty of an infraction and shall be punished
by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or the person
shall be required to perform not less than 24 hours or more than 32
hours of community service during hours when the person is not
employed or is not attending school, or a combination of fine and
community service as determined by the court. A second or subsequent
violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more
than two hundred fifty dollars ($250), or the person shall be
required to perform not less than 36 hours or more than 48 hours of
community service during hours when the person is not employed or is
not attending school, or a combination of fine and community service,
as the court deems just. It is the intent of the Legislature that
the community service requirements prescribed in this section require
service at an alcohol or drug treatment program or facility or at a
county coroner's office, if available, in the area where the
violation occurred or where the person resides.
25659. For the purpose of preventing the violation of Section
25658, any licensee, or his or her agent or employee, may refuse to
sell or serve alcoholic beverages to any person who is unable to
produce adequate written evidence that he or she is over the age of
21 years. A licensee, or his or her agent or employee, may seize any
identification presented by a person that shows the person to be
under the age of 21 years or that is false, so long as a receipt is
given to the person from whom the identification is seized and the
seized identification is given within 24 hours of seizure to the
local law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the licensed
premises. A licensee, his or her agent or employees decision to not
seize a license shall not create any civil or criminal liability.
25659.5. (a) Retail licensees selling keg beer for consumption off
licensed premises shall place an identification tag on all kegs of
beer at the time of sale and shall require the signing of a receipt
for the keg of beer by the purchaser in order to allow kegs to be
traced if the contents are used in violation of this article. The
keg identification shall be in the form of a numbered label
prescribed and supplied by the department that identifies the seller.
The receipt shall be on a form prescribed and supplied by the
department and shall include the name and address of the purchaser
and the purchaser's driver's license number or equivalent form of
identification number. A retailer shall not return any deposit upon
the return of any keg that does not have the identification label
required pursuant to subdivision (a).
(b) Any licensee selling keg beer for off premise consumption who
fails to require the signing of a receipt at the time of sale and
fails to place a numbered identification label on the keg shall be
subject to disciplinary action pursuant to this division. The
licensee shall retain a copy of the receipt, which shall be retained
on the licensed premise for a period of six months. The receipt
records shall be available for inspection and copying by the
department or other authorized law enforcement agency.
(c) Possession of a keg containing beer with knowledge that the
keg is not identified as required by subdivision (a) is a
misdemeanor.
(d) Any purchaser of keg beer who knowingly provides false
information as required by subdivision (a) is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
(e) The identification label required pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall be constructed of material and made attachable in such a manner
as to make the label easily removable for the purpose of cleaning
and reusing the keg by a beer manufacturer.
(f) The department is authorized to charge a fee not to exceed the
actual cost of supplying receipt forms and identification labels
required pursuant to subdivision (a). Fees collected pursuant to
this subdivision shall be deposited in the Alcohol Beverage Control
Fund.
(g) As used in this section, "keg" means any brewery-sealed,
individual container of beer having a liquid capacity of six gallons
or more.
25660. (a) Bona fide evidence of majority and identity of the
person is a document issued by a federal, state, county, or municipal
government, or subdivision or agency thereof, including, but not
limited to, a motor vehicle operator's license or an identification
card issued to a member of the Armed Forces, that contains the name,
date of birth, description, and picture of the person.
(b) In the event an identification card issued to a member of the
Armed Forces is provided as proof of majority and lacks a physical
description, proof of majority may be further substantiated if a
motor vehicle operator's license or other valid bona fide
identification issued by any government jurisdiction is also
provided.
(c) Proof that the defendant-licensee, or his or her employee or
agent, demanded, was shown, and acted in reliance upon bona fide
evidence in any transaction, employment, use, or permission forbidden
by Section 25658, 25663, or 25665 shall be a defense to any criminal
prosecution therefor or to any proceedings for the suspension or
revocation of any license based thereon.
25660.5. Any person who sells, gives, or furnishes to any person
under the age of 21 years any false or fraudulent written, printed,
or photostatic evidence of the majority and identity of such person
or who sells, gives or furnishes to any person under the age of 21
years evidence of majority and identification of any other person is
guilty of a misdemeanor.
25661. Any person under the age of 21 years who presents or offers
to any licensee, his or her agent or employee, any written, printed,
or photostatic evidence of age and identity which is false,
fraudulent or not actually his or her own for the purpose of
ordering, purchasing, attempting to purchase or otherwise procuring
or attempting to procure, the serving of any alcoholic beverage, or
who has in his or her possession any false or fraudulent written,
printed, or photostatic evidence of age and identity, is guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of at least two hundred
fifty dollars ($250), no part of which shall be suspended; or the
person shall be required to perform not less than 24 hours nor more
than 32 hours of community service during hours when the person is
not employed and is not attending school, or a combination of fine
and community service as determined by the court. A second or
subsequent violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of
not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or the person shall be
required to perform not less than 36 hours or more than 48 hours of
community service during hours when the person is not employed or is
not attending school, or a combination of fine and community service,
as the court deems just. It is the intent of the Legislature that
the community service requirements prescribed in this section require
service at an alcohol or drug treatment program or facility or at a
county coroner's office, if available, in the area where the
violation occurred or where the person resides.
25662. (a) Any person under the age of 21 years who has any
alcoholic beverage in his or her possession on any street or highway
or in any public place or in any place open to the public is guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of two hundred fifty
dollars ($250) or the person shall be required to perform not less
than 24 hours or more than 32 hours of community service during hours
when the person is not employed or is not attending school. A
second or subsequent violation shall be punishable as a misdemeanor
and the person shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars
($500), or required to perform not less than 36 hours or more than 48
hours of community service during hours when the person is not
employed or is not attending school, or a combination of fine and
community service as the court deems just. It is the intent of the
Legislature that the community service requirements prescribed in
this section require service at an alcohol or drug treatment program
or facility or at a county coroner's office, if available, in the
area where the violation occurred or where the person resides. This
section does not apply to possession by a person under the age of 21
years making a delivery of an alcoholic beverage in pursuance of the
order of his or her parent, responsible adult relative, or any other
adult designated by the parent or legal guardian, or in pursuance of
his or her employment. That person shall have a complete defense if
he or she was following, in a timely manner, the reasonable
instructions of his or her parent, legal guardian, responsible adult
relative, or adult designee relating to disposition of the alcoholic
beverage.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, where a peace officer has
lawfully entered the premises, the peace officer may seize any
alcoholic beverage in plain view that is in the possession of, or
provided to, a person under the age of 21 years at social gatherings,
when those gatherings are open to the public, 10 or more persons
under the age of 21 years are participating, persons under the age of
21 years are consuming alcoholic beverages, and there is no
supervision of the social gathering by a parent or guardian of one or
more of the participants.
Where a peace officer has seized alcoholic beverages pursuant to
this subdivision, the officer may destroy any alcoholic beverage
contained in an opened container and in the possession of, or
provided to, a person under the age of 21 years, and, with respect to
alcoholic beverages in unopened containers, the officer shall
impound those beverages for a period not to exceed seven working days
pending a request for the release of those beverages by a person 21
years of age or older who is the lawful owner or resident of the
property upon which the alcoholic beverages were seized. If no one
requests release of the seized alcoholic beverages within that
period, those beverages may be destroyed.
25663. (a) Every person who employs or uses the services of any
person under the age of 21 years in or on that portion of any
premises, during business hours, which are primarily designed and
used for the sale and service of alcoholic beverages for consumption
on the premises is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Any off-sale licensee who employs or uses the services of any
person under the age of 18 years for the sale of alcoholic beverages
shall be subject to suspension or revocation of his or her license,
except that a person under the age of 18 years may be employed or
used for those purposes if that person is under the continuous
supervision of a person 21 years of age or older.
25663.5. Notwithstanding Section 25663 or any other provision of
law, persons 18 to 21 years of age may be employed as musicians, for
entertainment purposes only, during business hours on premises which
are primarily designed and used for the sale and service of alcoholic
beverages for consumption on the premises, if live acts,
demonstrations, or exhibitions which involve the exposure of the
private parts or buttocks of any participant or the breasts of any
female participant are not allowed on such premises. However, the
area of such employment shall be limited to a portion of the premises
that is restricted to the use exclusively of musicians or
entertainers in the performance of their functions, and no alcoholic
beverages shall be sold, served, consumed, or taken into that area.
25664. (a) (1) The use, in any advertisement of alcoholic
beverages, of any subject matter, language, or slogan addressed to
and intended to encourage minors to drink the alcoholic beverages, is
prohibited.
(2) Signage or flyers advertising an establishment that serves
alcoholic beverages to individuals under the age of 21 years are
prohibited under paragraph (1) if one of the establishment's
principal business activities is the selling of alcoholic beverages,
and the advertisement expressly states that the jurisdiction in which
the establishment is located has a legal drinking age of under 21
years or that individuals under the age of 21 years may patronize the
establishment.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to restrict or
prohibit any advertisement of alcoholic beverages to those persons of
legal drinking age.
(b) The department may adopt rules as it determines to be
necessary for the administration of this section.
25665. Any licensee under an on-sale license issued for public
premises, as defined in Section 23039, who permits a person under the
age of 21 years to enter and remain in the licensed premises without
lawful business therein is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person
under the age of 21 years who enters and remains in the licensed
public premises without lawful business therein is guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than two
hundred dollars ($200), no part of which shall be suspended.
25666. In any hearing on an accusation charging a licensee with a
violation of Sections 25658, 25663, and 25665, the department shall
produce the alleged minor for examination at the hearing unless he or
she is unavailable as a witness because he or she is dead or unable
to attend the hearing because of a then-existing physical or mental
illness or infirmity, or unless the licensee has waived, in writing,
the appearance of the minor. When a minor is absent because of a
then-existing physical or mental illness or infirmity, a reasonable
continuance shall be granted to allow for the appearance of the minor
if the administrative law judge finds that it is reasonably likely
that the minor can be produced within a reasonable amount of time.
Nothing in this section shall prevent the department from taking
testimony of the minor as provided in Section 11511 of the Government
Code.
25666.5. If a person is convicted of a violation of subdivision (b)
of Section 25658, or Section 25658.5, 25661, or 25662 and is granted
probation, the court may order, with the consent of the defendant,
as a term and condition of probation, in addition to any other term
and condition required or authorized by law, that the defendant
participate in the program prescribed in Article 3 (commencing with
Section 23509) of Chapter 12 of Division 11.5 of the Vehicle Code.
25667. Nothing in this division shall be construed to prohibit the
service of any alcoholic beverage by any person between 18 and 21
years of age in any bona fide public eating place, as defined in
Sections 23038 and 23038.1, which is licensed for the on-sale of
alcoholic beverages, where such person is not acting in the capacity
of a bartender and the service occurs in an area primarily designed
and used for the sale and service of food for consumption on the
premises.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/bp...
you shouldnt. why not wait til you are of legal age?
EDIT: um to the guy below. excuse me? how is my answer stupid and how does it make me a moron? im far from a moron. i have 2 degrees with a 4.0 gpa. im simply advising this individual not to do it. its risky and causes several problems. my friend was killed by an underaged driver who was drunk! does that make me a moron? b/c i lost someone b/c of this?
look where they are selling green cards
that one girl... how does your stupid answer help this person???
exactly, you are a moron...
fake id's...the best thing to do is use an older siblings...if you don't have one...find someone who looks like you enough to pass and pay them for their ID...
if you get busted, run...
Mexico
There is no ID that will let you drink legally under the age of 21 - that's just a myth or some BS your friends are selling you. I'm sure there are people around you making illegal, fake IDs, but that's on you if you go searching them out. They may take your $$ and give you nothing, charge you lots for a complete crap ID, or sell you one that will get taken away at the first liquor store or bar you try to use it at - and they won't care how much you just spent on it as they cut it up.
you go to your local cop shop. explain exactly what it is you are after, and why. they will help get exactly what it is you are looking for.
Someone has fed you a huge load of BS-and you swallowed it! If there were such a thing people you already know would have one!
Those answers are all nice and dandy, but since you live in Southern California a simple trip to Alvarado Street in downtown Los Angeles will get you a fake ID. It could cost you up to 150 dollars, but it'll be worth it. Look for the Mexicans outside of passport photo shops who are staring you down.....they know why you are there.