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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78481</law_id><section_number>4.1-221</section_number><catch_line>Limitation on mixed beverage licensees; exceptions</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="2">Administration of Licenses</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Licenses Granted by Board; Limitations; Revocation and Suspension</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Unless excepted by subsection B, all <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> sold as <span class="dictionary">mixed beverages</span> shall be purchased from the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. <a id="paragraph-281304" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-221/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> <span class="dictionary">Mixed beverage</span> carrier <span class="dictionary">licensees</span> may obtain from other lawful sources <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> to be sold as <span class="dictionary">mixed beverages</span> on trains, boats or airplanes of the <span class="dictionary">licensees</span> provided there is paid to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> in lieu of the taxes otherwise directly imposed under this chapter and any markup otherwise charged by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, a tax of ten cents for each of the average number of drinks of <span class="dictionary">mixed beverages</span> determined by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> as having been consumed within the geographical confines of the Commonwealth on such trains, boats or airplanes. Such tax shall be calculated on the basis of the proportionate number of revenue passenger miles traveled within the Commonwealth by such a <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> in relation to the total quantity of all <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> obtained either inside or outside the Commonwealth by the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> for consumption on trains, boats or airplanes of the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>. Such tax shall be paid to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> on a quarterly basis. <a id="paragraph-281305" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-221/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The entire contents of a closed <span class="dictionary">container</span> of distilled <span class="dictionary">spirits</span> shall not be served to an individual for on-premises consumption or for off-premises consumption pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Delivery of wine and beer; kegs; regulations of Board" href="/4.1-212.1/">4.1-212.1</a> except as may be provided by <span class="dictionary">Board</span> regulation. <a id="paragraph-281306" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-221/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1968, c. 7, &#xA7; 4-98.11; 1972, c. 17; 1974, c. 460; 1984, c. 318; 1986, c. 374; 1993, c. 866; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 281, 282; 2022 cc. 78, 79.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
