{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/4.1-223.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/4.1-223.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/4.1-223.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/4.1-223.html"}],"law_id":86989,"edition_id":1,"section_id":86989,"structure_id":14859,"section_number":"4.1-223","catch_line":"Conditions under which Board shall refuse to grant licenses","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 4-31; 1954, c. 301; 1956, c. 523; 1968, c. 7, \u00a7\u00a7 4-98.9, 4-98.17; 1972, cc. 178, 525; 1974, cc. 267, 548; 1975, c. 413; 1976, cc. 67, 698; 1978, c. 446; 1980, c. 299; 1982, c. 66; 1984, c. 703; 1986, cc. 94, 615; 1989, c. 311; 1990, c. 727; 1992, c. 161; 1993, c. 866; 2000, c. 823; 2007, cc. 870, 932; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2020, cc. 1113, 1114; 2023, c. 597.","full_text":"The Board shall refuse to grant any:\n\n1\n\nWholesale beer or wine license to any person, unless such person has established or will establish a place or places of business within the Commonwealth at which will be received and from which will be distributed all alcoholic beverages sold by such person in the Commonwealth. However, in special circumstances, the Board, subject to any regulations it may adopt, may permit alcoholic beverages to be received into or distributed from places other than established places of business.2\n\nWholesale wine license to any entity that is owned, in whole or in part, by any manufacturer of alcoholic beverages, any subsidiary or affiliate of such manufacturer, or any person under common control with such manufacturer. This subdivision, however, shall not apply to (i) any applicant for a wholesale beer or wine license filed pursuant to subdivision B 3 b of § 4.1-216 or (ii) the nonprofit, nonstock corporation established pursuant to subdivision B 2 of § 3.2-102 in exercising any privileges granted under subdivision 4 of § 4.1-206.2.3\n\nWholesale beer license to any (i) entity that is owned, in whole or in part, by any manufacturer of alcoholic beverages; (ii) subsidiary or affiliate of a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages; (iii) officer, director, or principal stockholder of a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages; (iv) spouse of an officer, director, or principal stockholder of a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages; or (v) person under common control with a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages. This subdivision, however, shall not apply to (a) any applicant for a wholesale beer or wine license filed pursuant to subdivision B 3 b of § 4.1-216 or (b) the nonprofit, nonstock corporation established pursuant to subdivision B 3 of § 3.2-102 in exercising any privileges granted under subdivision 2 of § 4.1-206.2.\n\t\t\tAs used in this subdivision, the term “manufacturer” includes any person (i) who brews, vinifies, or distills alcoholic beverages for sale or (ii) engaging in business as a contract brewer, winery, or distillery that owns alcoholic beverage product brand rights, but arranges the manufacture of such products by another person.4\n\nMixed beverage license if the Board determines that in the licensed establishment there (i) is entertainment of a lewd, obscene or lustful nature including what is commonly called stripteasing, topless entertaining, and the like, or which has employees who are not clad both above and below the waist, or who uncommonly expose the body or (ii) are employees who solicit the sale of alcoholic beverages.5\n\nWholesale wine license until the applicant has filed with the Board a bond payable to the Commonwealth, in a sum not to exceed $10,000, upon a form approved by the Board, signed by the applicant or licensee and a surety company authorized to do business in the Commonwealth as surety, and conditioned upon such person’s (i) securing wine only in a manner provided by law, (ii) remitting to the Board the proper tax thereon, (iii) keeping such records as may be required by law or Board regulations, and (iv) abiding by such other laws or Board regulations relative to the handling of wine by wholesale wine licensees. The Board may waive the requirement of both the surety and the bond in cases where the wholesaler has previously demonstrated his financial responsibility.6\n\nMixed beverage license to any member, agent, or employee of the Board or to any corporation or other business entity in which such member, agent or employee is a stockholder or has any other economic interest.\n\t\t\tWhenever any other elective or appointive official of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof applies for such a license or continuance thereof, he shall state on the application the official position he holds, and whenever a corporation or other business entity in which any such official is a stockholder or has any other economic interests applies for such a license, it shall state on the application the full economic interest of each such official in such corporation or other business entity.7\n\nLicense authorized by this chapter until the license tax required by § 4.1-231.1 is paid to the Board.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":311477,"text":"The Board shall refuse to grant any:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":311478,"text":"Wholesale beer or wine license to any person, unless such person has established or will establish a place or places of business within the Commonwealth at which will be received and from which will be distributed all alcoholic beverages sold by such person in the Commonwealth. However, in special circumstances, the Board, subject to any regulations it may adopt, may permit alcoholic beverages to be received into or distributed from places other than established places of business.","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":311479,"text":"Wholesale wine license to any entity that is owned, in whole or in part, by any manufacturer of alcoholic beverages, any subsidiary or affiliate of such manufacturer, or any person under common control with such manufacturer. This subdivision, however, shall not apply to (i) any applicant for a wholesale beer or wine license filed pursuant to subdivision B 3 b of § 4.1-216 or (ii) the nonprofit, nonstock corporation established pursuant to subdivision B 2 of § 3.2-102 in exercising any privileges granted under subdivision 4 of § 4.1-206.2.","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"3":{"id":311480,"text":"Wholesale beer license to any (i) entity that is owned, in whole or in part, by any manufacturer of alcoholic beverages; (ii) subsidiary or affiliate of a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages; (iii) officer, director, or principal stockholder of a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages; (iv) spouse of an officer, director, or principal stockholder of a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages; or (v) person under common control with a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages. This subdivision, however, shall not apply to (a) any applicant for a wholesale beer or wine license filed pursuant to subdivision B 3 b of § 4.1-216 or (b) the nonprofit, nonstock corporation established pursuant to subdivision B 3 of § 3.2-102 in exercising any privileges granted under subdivision 2 of § 4.1-206.2.\n\t\t\tAs used in this subdivision, the term “manufacturer” includes any person (i) who brews, vinifies, or distills alcoholic beverages for sale or (ii) engaging in business as a contract brewer, winery, or distillery that owns alcoholic beverage product brand rights, but arranges the manufacture of such products by another person.","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2","next_prefix":"4"},"4":{"id":311481,"text":"Mixed beverage license if the Board determines that in the licensed establishment there (i) is entertainment of a lewd, obscene or lustful nature including what is commonly called stripteasing, topless entertaining, and the like, or which has employees who are not clad both above and below the waist, or who uncommonly expose the body or (ii) are employees who solicit the sale of alcoholic beverages.","type":"section","prefixes":["4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"4","prefix_anchor":"4","level":1,"prior_prefix":"3","next_prefix":"5"},"5":{"id":311482,"text":"Wholesale wine license until the applicant has filed with the Board a bond payable to the Commonwealth, in a sum not to exceed $10,000, upon a form approved by the Board, signed by the applicant or licensee and a surety company authorized to do business in the Commonwealth as surety, and conditioned upon such person’s (i) securing wine only in a manner provided by law, (ii) remitting to the Board the proper tax thereon, (iii) keeping such records as may be required by law or Board regulations, and (iv) abiding by such other laws or Board regulations relative to the handling of wine by wholesale wine licensees. The Board may waive the requirement of both the surety and the bond in cases where the wholesaler has previously demonstrated his financial responsibility.","type":"section","prefixes":["5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"5","prefix_anchor":"5","level":1,"prior_prefix":"4","next_prefix":"6"},"6":{"id":311483,"text":"Mixed beverage license to any member, agent, or employee of the Board or to any corporation or other business entity in which such member, agent or employee is a stockholder or has any other economic interest.\n\t\t\tWhenever any other elective or appointive official of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof applies for such a license or continuance thereof, he shall state on the application the official position he holds, and whenever a corporation or other business entity in which any such official is a stockholder or has any other economic interests applies for such a license, it shall state on the application the full economic interest of each such official in such corporation or other business entity.","type":"section","prefixes":["6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"6","prefix_anchor":"6","level":1,"prior_prefix":"5","next_prefix":"7"},"7":{"id":311484,"text":"License authorized by this chapter until the license tax required by § 4.1-231.1 is paid to the Board.","type":"section","prefixes":["7"],"prefix":"7","entire_prefix":"7","prefix_anchor":"7","level":1,"prior_prefix":"6"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14859,"edition_id":1,"name":"Licenses Granted by Board; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 21 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 1954, chapter 301; in 1956, chapter 523; in 1968, chapter 7; in 1972, chapters 178 and 525; in 1974, chapters 267 and 548; in 1975, chapter 413; in 1976, chapters 67 and 698; in 1978, chapter 446; in 1980, chapter 299; in 1982, chapter 66; in 1984, chapter 703; in 1986, chapters 94 and 615; in 1989, chapter 311; in 1990, chapter 727; in 1992, chapter 161; in 1993, chapter 866; in 2000, chapter 823<\/a>; in 2007, chapters 870<\/a> and 932<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 1113<\/a> and 1114<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 597<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67886,"section_number":"4.1-111","catch_line":"Regulations of Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-111\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69296,"section_number":"3.2-102","catch_line":"General powers and duties of the Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-102\/"},{"id":64438,"section_number":"4.1-206.2","catch_line":"Wholesale licenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-206.2\/"},{"id":68333,"section_number":"4.1-216","catch_line":"Further limitations on manufacturers, bottlers, importers, brokers or wholesalers; ownership interests prohibited; exceptions; prohibited trade practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-216\/"},{"id":83440,"section_number":"4.1-231.1","catch_line":"Fees on state licenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-231.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":218937,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86989,"identifier":"4.1-223","token":"4.1\/I\/2\/2\/4.1-223","url":"\/4.1-223\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/4.1-223\/","token":"4.1\/I\/2\/2\/4.1-223","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conditions under which Board shall refuse to grant licenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 4.1-223","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> shall refuse to grant any:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Wholesale beer<\/span> or wine<\/span> license to any person, unless such person has established or will establish a place or places of business within the Commonwealth at which will be received and from which will be distributed all alcoholic beverages<\/span> sold by such person in the Commonwealth. However, in special circumstances, the Board<\/span>, subject to any regulations it may adopt, may permit alcoholic beverages<\/span> to be received into or distributed from places other than established places of business. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Wholesale wine<\/span> license to any entity that is owned, in whole or in part, by any manufacturer<\/span> of alcoholic beverages<\/span>, any subsidiary or affiliate of such manufacturer<\/span>, or any person under common control with such manufacturer<\/span>. This subdivision, however, shall not apply to (i) any applicant for a wholesale beer<\/span> or wine<\/span> license filed pursuant to subdivision B 3 b of § 4.1-216<\/a> or (ii) the nonprofit, nonstock corporation established pursuant to subdivision B 2 of § 3.2-102<\/a> in exercising any privileges<\/span> granted under subdivision 4 of § 4.1-206.2<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Wholesale beer<\/span> license to any (i) entity that is owned, in whole or in part, by any manufacturer<\/span> of alcoholic beverages<\/span>; (ii) subsidiary or affiliate of a manufacturer<\/span> of alcoholic beverages<\/span>; (iii) officer, director, or principal stockholder<\/span> of a manufacturer<\/span> of alcoholic beverages<\/span>; (iv) spouse of an officer, director, or principal stockholder<\/span> of a manufacturer<\/span> of alcoholic beverages<\/span>; or (v) person under common control with a manufacturer<\/span> of alcoholic beverages<\/span>. This subdivision, however, shall not apply to (a) any applicant for a wholesale beer<\/span> or wine<\/span> license filed pursuant to subdivision B 3 b of § 4.1-216<\/a> or (b) the nonprofit, nonstock corporation established pursuant to subdivision B 3 of § 3.2-102<\/a> in exercising any privileges<\/span> granted under subdivision 2 of § 4.1-206.2<\/a>.\n\t\t\tAs used in this subdivision, the term “manufacturer<\/span>” includes any person (i) who brews, vinifies, or distills alcoholic beverages<\/span> for sale<\/span> or (ii) engaging in business as a contract<\/span> brewer, winery, or distillery that owns alcoholic beverage product brand rights, but arranges the manufacture of such products by another person. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Mixed beverage<\/span> license if the Board<\/span> determines that in the licensed<\/span> establishment<\/span> there (i) is entertainment of a lewd, obscene or lustful nature including what is commonly called stripteasing, topless entertaining, and the like, or which has employees who are not clad both above and below the waist, or who uncommonly expose the body or (ii) are employees who solicit the sale<\/span> of alcoholic beverages<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Wholesale wine<\/span> license until the applicant has filed with the Board<\/span> a bond<\/span> payable to the Commonwealth, in a sum not to exceed $10,000, upon a form approved by the Board<\/span>, signed by the applicant or licensee<\/span> and a surety<\/span> company authorized to do business in the Commonwealth as surety<\/span>, and conditioned upon such person’s (i) securing wine<\/span> only in a manner provided by law<\/span>, (ii) remitting to the Board<\/span> the proper tax thereon, (iii) keeping such records as may be required by law<\/span> or Board<\/span> regulations, and (iv) abiding by such other laws<\/span> or Board<\/span> regulations relative to the handling of wine<\/span> by wholesale wine<\/span> licensees<\/span>. The Board<\/span> may waive<\/span> the requirement of both the surety<\/span> and the bond<\/span> in cases where the wholesaler has previously demonstrated his financial responsibility. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Mixed beverage<\/span> license to any member, agent, or employee of the Board<\/span> or to any corporation or other business entity in which such member, agent or employee is a stockholder or has any other economic interest.\n\t\t\tWhenever any other elective or appointive official of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof applies for such a license or continuance<\/span> thereof, he shall state on the application the official position he holds, and whenever a corporation or other business entity in which any such official is a stockholder or has any other economic interests applies for such a license, it shall state on the application the full economic interest of each such official in such corporation or other business entity. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> License authorized by this chapter until the license tax required by § 4.1-231.1<\/a> is paid to the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONDITIONS UNDER WHICH BOARD SHALL REFUSE TO GRANT LICENSES (\u00a7 4.1-223)\n\nThe Board shall refuse to grant any:\n\n1. Wholesale beer or wine license to any person, unless such person has\nestablished or will establish a place or places of business within the\nCommonwealth at which will be received and from which will be distributed all\nalcoholic beverages sold by such person in the Commonwealth. However, in special\ncircumstances, the Board, subject to any regulations it may adopt, may permit\nalcoholic beverages to be received into or distributed from places other than\nestablished places of business.\n\n2. Wholesale wine license to any entity that is owned, in whole or in part, by\nany manufacturer of alcoholic beverages, any subsidiary or affiliate of such\nmanufacturer, or any person under common control with such manufacturer. This\nsubdivision, however, shall not apply to (i) any applicant for a wholesale beer\nor wine license filed pursuant to subdivision B 3 b of § 4.1-216 or (ii)\nthe nonprofit, nonstock corporation established pursuant to subdivision B 2 of\n§ 3.2-102 in exercising any privileges granted under subdivision 4 of\n§ 4.1-206.2.\n\n3. Wholesale beer license to any (i) entity that is owned, in whole or in part,\nby any manufacturer of alcoholic beverages; (ii) subsidiary or affiliate of a\nmanufacturer of alcoholic beverages; (iii) officer, director, or principal\nstockholder of a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages; (iv) spouse of an officer,\ndirector, or principal stockholder of a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages; or\n(v) person under common control with a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages. This\nsubdivision, however, shall not apply to (a) any applicant for a wholesale beer\nor wine license filed pursuant to subdivision B 3 b of § 4.1-216 or (b) the\nnonprofit, nonstock corporation established pursuant to subdivision B 3 of\n§ 3.2-102 in exercising any privileges granted under subdivision 2 of\n§ 4.1-206.2.\n\t\t\tAs used in this subdivision, the term “manufacturer” includes any\nperson (i) who brews, vinifies, or distills alcoholic beverages for sale or (ii)\nengaging in business as a contract brewer, winery, or distillery that owns\nalcoholic beverage product brand rights, but arranges the manufacture of such\nproducts by another person.\n\n4. Mixed beverage license if the Board determines that in the licensed\nestablishment there (i) is entertainment of a lewd, obscene or lustful nature\nincluding what is commonly called stripteasing, topless entertaining, and the\nlike, or which has employees who are not clad both above and below the waist, or\nwho uncommonly expose the body or (ii) are employees who solicit the sale of\nalcoholic beverages.\n\n5. Wholesale wine license until the applicant has filed with the Board a bond\npayable to the Commonwealth, in a sum not to exceed $10,000, upon a form\napproved by the Board, signed by the applicant or licensee and a surety company\nauthorized to do business in the Commonwealth as surety, and conditioned upon\nsuch person’s (i) securing wine only in a manner provided by law, (ii)\nremitting to the Board the proper tax thereon, (iii) keeping such records as may\nbe required by law or Board regulations, and (iv) abiding by such other laws or\nBoard regulations relative to the handling of wine by wholesale wine licensees.\nThe Board may waive the requirement of both the surety and the bond in cases\nwhere the wholesaler has previously demonstrated his financial responsibility.\n\n6. Mixed beverage license to any member, agent, or employee of the Board or to\nany corporation or other business entity in which such member, agent or employee\nis a stockholder or has any other economic interest.\n\t\t\tWhenever any other elective or appointive official of the Commonwealth or any\npolitical subdivision thereof applies for such a license or continuance thereof,\nhe shall state on the application the official position he holds, and whenever a\ncorporation or other business entity in which any such official is a stockholder\nor has any other economic interests applies for such a license, it shall state\non the application the full economic interest of each such official in such\ncorporation or other business entity.\n\n7. License authorized by this chapter until the license tax required by §\n4.1-231.1 is paid to the Board.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 4-31; 1954, c. 301; 1956, c. 523; 1968, c. 7, \u00a7\u00a7\n4-98.9, 4-98.17; 1972, cc. 178, 525; 1974, cc. 267, 548; 1975, c. 413; 1976, cc.\n67, 698; 1978, c. 446; 1980, c. 299; 1982, c. 66; 1984, c. 703; 1986, cc. 94,\n615; 1989, c. 311; 1990, c. 727; 1992, c. 161; 1993, c. 866; 2000, c. 823; 2007,\ncc. 870, 932; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2020, cc. 1113, 1114; 2023, c. 597.","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}}