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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59854</law_id><section_number>4.1-120</section_number><catch_line>When government stores closed</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="4.1">Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Alcoholic Beverage Control Act</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Definitions and General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as provided in subsection B, no <span class="dictionary">sale</span> or delivery of <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> shall be made at any <span class="dictionary">government store</span>, nor shall any such store be kept open for the <span class="dictionary">sale</span> of <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span>: <a id="paragraph-219247" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-120/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> On Sunday; <a id="paragraph-219248" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-120/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> On Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year&#x2019;s Day; or <a id="paragraph-219249" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-120/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> During such other periods and on such other days as the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may direct. <a id="paragraph-219250" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-120/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Certain <span class="dictionary">government stores</span>, as determined by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, may be open on Sunday for the <span class="dictionary">sale</span> of <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> after 10:00 a.m. <a id="paragraph-219251" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-120/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 4-19; 1972, c. 138; 1992, c. 129; 1993, c. 866; 2004, c. 1002; 2008, c. 134; 2012, c. 245; 2019, cc. 810, 811.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
