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§ 4.1-312 Limitation on carrying alcoholic beverages in motor vehicle transporting passengers for hire; penalty

The transportation of alcoholic beverages in any motor vehicle which is being used, or is licensed, for the transportation of passengers for hire is prohibited, except when carried in the possession of a passenger who is being transported for compensation at the regular rate and fare charged other passengers. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1993, chapter 866.

Code 1950, § 4-74; 1993, c. 866.

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