Informal Application
Drawing
Formal Application
New for 2021
Things to Remember
100

An applicant must be a resident of California for this amount of time to be eligible to file an application.

  • What is 90 Days?
100

The application deadline, drawing times, and Zoom links will be posted here.

  • What is the ABC public website?
100

This is the amount of time that a successful applicant has to file their formal application.

  • What is 90-days?
100

All Northern Division drawings will be hosted at this location this year

  • What is ABC Headquarters?
100

After the drawing period, when applicants have been notified as winners or losers, send copies of the letters to this classification at HQ Processing. ($

  • What is the AGPA?
200

If an applicant is unsuccessful, they may request a full refund from ABC minus this amount for a service charge

  • What is $100?
200

Notification letters are merged and printed from this application.

  • What is ABIS?
200

This form must be amended to reflect any changes to an entity during the formal application process.

  • What is the ABC-521?
200

This contact field was added to the ABC-521 this year

  • What is email?
200

Additional partners of sole owners/individual partners are not allowed after the priority application period, unless he or she is this

  • What is a spouse?
300

The fee to file an application is $15,835 for an original on or off-sale general license, and $6,000 for an intercounty on or off-sale general license. The amount is payable by these methods only.

  • What is certified check, cashier’s check or money order?
300

This is the name of the disqualification notice letter.

  • What is the ABC-225-DQ?
300

At time of formal application, the applicant must provide proof of tenancy in this form

  • What is a rental agreement, lease or deed?
300

Instead of sending additional notification letters as reminders, we will be reminding applicants to file via these methods.

  • What is a phone call or email?
300

Applicants who withdraw their formal application are entitled to a refund pursuant to B&P Section 23320; however, the application fee of this amount or less is non-refundable.

  • What is $905?
400

These methods are accepted by ABC as proof of residency for an individual or a partnership

  • What is a driver’s license, utility bill or voter registration?
400

One whose priority position/number is lower than the number of licenses available is referred to as this.

  • What is a successful applicant?
400

This is the only off-sale priority license type eligible for a formal application.

  • What is a Type 21 – Off-Sale General
400

Individuals and partnerships must now provide this identifying information on the ABC-521.

  • What is DOB and SSN?
400

Changes made within an entity are allowed until the LR’s investigation is complete as long as the people being added on did not previously submit a priority application for the same type of license and transaction within this location and time frame.


  • What is the same county and year?
500

These are the permitted attachments to the ABC-521 that ABC will accept when listing all owners and entities.

  • What is the ABC-243, ABC-256, or a simple list?
500

One whose priority position/number is higher than the number of licenses available is referred to as this

  • What is an unsuccessful applicant?
500

At the time of formal application, this license type can be exchanged for a type 48, 57, or 75.

  • What is a Type 47?
500

This letter will now be available in ABIS.

  • What is the Type 87 San Francisco letter?
500

During formal application, the applicant name must reflect the name on the ABC-521.  Sole owner applications must reflect what’s on this document.


  • What is the Alien Verification document?
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