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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 504; in 1968, chapter 763; in 1973, chapter 16; in 1978, chapters 434 and 436; in 1981, chapter 365; in 1983, chapter 271; in 1984, chapter 52; in 1993, chapter 866.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62214,"section_number":"4.1-336","catch_line":"Contraband beverages and other articles subject to forfeiture","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-336\/"},{"id":58802,"section_number":"4.1-339","catch_line":"Search and seizure of conveyances or vehicles used in violation of law; arrests","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-339\/"}],"permalink":{"id":219223,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68315,"identifier":"4.1-346","token":"4.1\/I\/3\/3\/4.1-346","url":"\/4.1-346\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/4.1-346\/","token":"4.1\/I\/3\/3\/4.1-346","dublin_core":{"Title":"Contraband beverages","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 4.1-346","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Alcoholic beverages<\/span> seized pursuant to \u00a7 4.1-339<\/a> shall be deemed contraband as provided in \u00a7 4.1-336<\/a> and disposed of accordingly. Failure to maintain on a conveyance or vehicle a permit or other indicia of permission issued by the Board<\/span> authorizing the transportation of alcoholic beverages<\/span> within, into or through the Commonwealth when other Board<\/span> regulations applicable to such transportation have been complied with shall not be cause for deeming such alcoholic beverages<\/span> contraband.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTRABAND BEVERAGES (\u00a7 4.1-346)\n\nAlcoholic beverages seized pursuant to \u00a7 4.1-339 shall be deemed contraband as\nprovided in \u00a7 4.1-336 and disposed of accordingly. Failure to maintain on a\nconveyance or vehicle a permit or other indicia of permission issued by the\nBoard authorizing the transportation of alcoholic beverages within, into or\nthrough the Commonwealth when other Board regulations applicable to such\ntransportation have been complied with shall not be cause for deeming such\nalcoholic beverages contraband.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 4-56; 1954, c. 504; 1968, c. 763; 1971, Ex. Sess., c.\n155; 1973, c. 16; 1978, cc. 434, 436; 1981, c. 365; 1983, c. 271; 1984, c. 52;\n1993, 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}}