Murrieta, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Tobacco Retail License (2026)

24 makes it unlawful for any tobacco retailer to sell tobacco products or tobacco paraphernalia except through vendor-assisted sales, and requires a plainly visible point-of-purchase sign warning that sales to persons under 18 are prohibited, with letters at least one-quarter inch high. 040 sets the license application process: each proprietor must sign the application, submit it to the department on a supplied form, list the business name, address and phone number for the single fixed location, and prove the location already holds a valid state tobacco retailer's license from the California Board of Equalization.

Applicants must disclose whether any proprietor has previously violated the chapter within the past six years, including dates and locations, and must notify the department of any change in submitted information within ten business days. 050, no license may authorize retailing at other than a fixed location, so foot and vehicle sales are barred outright, and the department must deny an incomplete, inaccurate or false application. 070), must be renewed at least 30 days before expiration, and reinstating a lapsed license costs the license fee plus a 10 percent reinstatement fee.

060 makes licenses non-transferable between owners or locations, and prior violations at a location continue to count against it even after a change in proprietors unless the new owner proves an arm's-length acquisition.