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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 579 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1993, chapter 866.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":219347,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58797,"identifier":"4.1-502","token":"4.1\/I\/5\/4.1-502","url":"\/4.1-502\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/4.1-502\/","token":"4.1\/I\/5\/4.1-502","dublin_core":{"Title":"No inducement or coercion","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 4.1-502","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">brewery<\/span> shall:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, any <span class=\"dictionary\">beer<\/span> wholesaler to accept delivery of any <span class=\"dictionary\">beer<\/span> or any other commodity which has not been ordered by the <span class=\"dictionary\">beer<\/span> wholesaler. <a id=\"paragraph-215428\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/4.1-502\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, any <span class=\"dictionary\">beer<\/span> wholesaler to do any illegal act by any means including, but not limited to, threatening to <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span>, cancel, terminate, or refuse to renew any <span class=\"dictionary\">agreement<\/span> existing between a <span class=\"dictionary\">brewery<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">beer<\/span> wholesaler. <a id=\"paragraph-215429\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/4.1-502\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Require a <span class=\"dictionary\">beer<\/span> wholesaler to assent to any condition, <span class=\"dictionary\">stipulation<\/span> or provision limiting the wholesaler in his right to <span class=\"dictionary\">sell<\/span> the product of any other <span class=\"dictionary\">brewery<\/span> anywhere in the Commonwealth. <a id=\"paragraph-215430\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/4.1-502\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNO INDUCEMENT OR COERCION (\u00a7 4.1-502)\n\nNo brewery shall:\n\n1. Induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, any beer wholesaler to\naccept delivery of any beer or any other commodity which has not been ordered by\nthe beer wholesaler.\n\n2. Induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, any beer wholesaler to do\nany illegal act by any means including, but not limited to, threatening to\namend, cancel, terminate, or refuse to renew any agreement existing between a\nbrewery and beer wholesaler.\n\n3. Require a beer wholesaler to assent to any condition, stipulation or\nprovision limiting the wholesaler in his right to sell the product of any other\nbrewery anywhere in the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 579, \u00a7 4-118.5; 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}}