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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74907</law_id><section_number>4.1-228</section_number><catch_line>Suspension or revocation; disposition of beverages on hand; termination</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> <span class="dictionary">Alcoholic beverages</span>, other than <span class="dictionary">beer</span> and <span class="dictionary">wine</span>, owned by or in <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of, or for <span class="dictionary">sale</span> by, any <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> at the time the license of such person is suspended or revoked may be disposed of as follows: <a id="paragraph-269089" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-228/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Sold by such person to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> at prices and terms agreed upon by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> and such person; <a id="paragraph-269090" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-228/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Sold to persons in the Commonwealth <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> to <span class="dictionary">sell</span> such <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> upon permits granted by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> and conditions specified by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>; or <a id="paragraph-269091" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-228/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Sold to persons outside the Commonwealth for resale outside the Commonwealth upon permits granted by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. <a id="paragraph-269092" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-228/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> <span class="dictionary">Beer</span> and <span class="dictionary">wine</span> owned and in <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of, or either, or for <span class="dictionary">sale</span> by, any <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> at the time the license of such person is suspended or revoked may be sold to any person authorized to purchase the same for resale upon permits granted by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> and upon payment of any excise tax due thereon. <a id="paragraph-269093" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-228/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> All <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> owned by or in <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of any person whose license is suspended or revoked shall be disposed of by such person in accordance with the provisions of this section within sixty days from the date of such suspension or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span>. <a id="paragraph-269094" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-228/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> <span class="dictionary">Alcoholic beverages</span> owned by, or in <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of, or for <span class="dictionary">sale</span> by persons whose licenses have been terminated other than by suspension or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> may be disposed of in accordance with subsections A or B within such time as the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> deems proper. Such period shall not be less than sixty days. <a id="paragraph-269095" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-228/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> All <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> owned by or remaining in the <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of any person described in subsections A, B, or D after the expiration of such period shall be deemed contraband and forfeited to the Commonwealth in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Confiscation proceedings; disposition of forfeited articles" href="/4.1-338/">4.1-338</a>. <a id="paragraph-269096" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-228/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 4-37; 1956, c. 521; 1970, cc. 545, 676; 1976, cc. 696, 698, 702; 1978, c. 579; 1979, c. 537; 1980, c. 299; 1981, cc. 24, 586, 600; 1982, c. 214; 1983, c. 608; 1984, cc. 180, 200, 703; 1985, c. 559; 1986, cc. 101, 318, 615; 1987, c. 252; 1991, c. 468; 1992, cc. 161, 820; 1993, c. 866.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
