I don't find anything in CA law that says a licensed retailer is liable if selling to someone over the age of 21. It is the person that provides alcohol to the minor or permits them to consume on the premises that is liable.
The question was:
The seller is not in violation if they sell to someone that is over the age of 21. It is the brother that is violating the law by providing or facilitating the consumption by a minor.If a sibling relationship is trying to buy alcohol where the brother is 22 and the sister is 12-15, do i deny the sale or is it okay.
Duty bound how? How do you know if someone is buying for a minor? If I walk into a liquor store with my younger brother, how do you know if I am buying for myself or my younger brother?Sorry Budwad, but in all the states I am familiar with that is not correct. If you know or suspect the person is buying for a minor, you are duty bound not to sell it to them. Two wrongs do not make a right.
We are speaking of the law here not moral responsibility.

