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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 7 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1981, chapter 381; in 1993, chapter 866.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84231,"section_number":"4.1-304","catch_line":"Persons to whom alcoholic beverages may not be sold; proof of legal age; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-304\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":218807,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76885,"identifier":"4.1-202","token":"4.1\/I\/2\/1\/4.1-202","url":"\/4.1-202\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/4.1-202\/","token":"4.1\/I\/2\/1\/4.1-202","dublin_core":{"Title":"To whom privileges conferred by licenses extend; liability for violations of law","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 4.1-202","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">privilege<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">licensee<\/span> to <span class=\"dictionary\">sell<\/span> or serve <span class=\"dictionary\">alcoholic beverages<\/span> shall extend to such <span class=\"dictionary\">licensee<\/span> and to all agents or employees of such <span class=\"dictionary\">licensee<\/span> for the purpose of selling or serving <span class=\"dictionary\">alcoholic beverages<\/span> under such license. 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The licensee may\nbe held liable for any violation of this subtitle or any Board regulation\ncommitted by such agents or employees in connection with their employment.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 7, \u00a7 4-98.4; 1981, c. 381, \u00a7 4-37.2; 1993, c. 866.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}