{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-25658.2","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 25658.2","heading":"","body":"(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:\n(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.\n(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.\n(3) That child or underage person is found to have caused a traffic collision while driving the vehicle.\n(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.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 9. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES [23000. - 25762.]","CHAPTER 16. Regulatory Provisions [25600. - 25692.]","ARTICLE 3. Women and Minors [25657. - 25668.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"448d531416fec4fc472bf9dfabd2bd9b8fa73ec1325ec50ceaf692f07b00be33","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-25658.1","next":"us-ca/bpc-25658.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}