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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83440</law_id><section_number>4.1-231.1</section_number><catch_line>Fees on state licenses</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>4.1-203</reference><reference>4.1-223</reference><reference>4.1-230</reference><reference>4.1-232</reference></referred_to_by><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="3">Applications for Licenses and Permits; Fees; Taxes</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> (Contingent expiration date) The annual fees on state licenses shall be as follows: <a id="paragraph-298964" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Manufacturer licenses. For each:
				a. Distiller&#x2019;s license and limited distiller&#x2019;s license, if not more than 5,000 gallons of <span class="dictionary">alcohol</span> or <span class="dictionary">spirits</span>, or both, manufactured during the year in which the license is granted, $490; if more than 5,000 gallons but not more than 36,000 gallons manufactured during such year, $2,725; and if more than 36,000 gallons manufactured during such year, $4,060;
				b. Brewery license and limited brewery license, if not more than 500 <span class="dictionary">barrels</span> of <span class="dictionary">beer</span> manufactured during the year in which the license is granted, $380; if not more than 10,000 <span class="dictionary">barrels</span> of <span class="dictionary">beer</span> manufactured during the year in which the license is granted, $2,350; and if more than 10,000 <span class="dictionary">barrels</span> manufactured during such year, $4,690;
				c. Winery license, if not more than 5,000 gallons of <span class="dictionary">wine</span> manufactured during the year in which the license is granted, $215, and if more than 5,000 gallons manufactured during such year, $4,210;
				d. <span class="dictionary">Farm winery</span> license, $275 for any Class I or Class II license, $500 for any Class III license, and $4,000 for any Class IV license;
				e. <span class="dictionary">Wine</span> importer&#x2019;s license, $460; and
				f. <span class="dictionary">Beer</span> importer&#x2019;s license, $460. <a id="paragraph-298965" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Wholesale licenses. For each:
				a. (1) Wholesale <span class="dictionary">beer</span> license, $1,005 for any wholesaler who <span class="dictionary">sells</span> 300,000 cases of <span class="dictionary">beer</span> a year or less, $1,545 for any wholesaler who <span class="dictionary">sells</span> more than 300,000 but not more than 600,000 cases of <span class="dictionary">beer</span> a year, and $2,010 for any wholesaler who <span class="dictionary">sells</span> more than 600,000 cases of <span class="dictionary">beer</span> a year; and <a id="paragraph-298966" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A22" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Wholesale <span class="dictionary">beer</span> license, including a license granted pursuant to subdivision 2 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Wholesale licenses" href="/4.1-206.2/">4.1-206.2</a>, applicable to two or more premises, the annual state license tax shall be the amount set forth in subdivision a (1), multiplied by the number of separate locations covered by the license;
					b. (1) Wholesale <span class="dictionary">wine</span> license, $240 for any wholesaler who <span class="dictionary">sells</span> 30,000 gallons of <span class="dictionary">wine</span> or less per year, $1,200 for any wholesaler who <span class="dictionary">sells</span> more than 30,000 gallons per year but not more than 150,000 gallons of <span class="dictionary">wine</span> per year, $1,845 for any wholesaler who <span class="dictionary">sells</span> more than 150,000 but not more than 300,000 gallons of <span class="dictionary">wine</span> per year, and $2,400 for any wholesaler who <span class="dictionary">sells</span> more than 300,000 gallons of <span class="dictionary">wine</span> per year; and <a id="paragraph-298967" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A22"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p><p>Wholesale <span class="dictionary">wine</span> license, including a license granted pursuant to subdivision 4 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Wholesale licenses" href="/4.1-206.2/">4.1-206.2</a>, applicable to two or more premises, the annual state license tax shall be the amount set forth in subdivision b (1), multiplied by the number of separate locations covered by the license. <a id="paragraph-298968" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A22"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Retail licenses &#x2014; <span class="dictionary">mixed beverage</span>. For each:
				a. <span class="dictionary">Mixed beverage</span> <span class="dictionary">restaurant</span> license, granted to persons operating <span class="dictionary">restaurants</span>, including <span class="dictionary">restaurants</span> located on premises of and operated by casinos, <span class="dictionary">hotels</span> or motels, or other persons: <a id="paragraph-298969" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A31" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> With a seating capacity at tables for up to 100 persons, $1,050; <a id="paragraph-298970" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A31"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A32" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> With a seating capacity at tables for more than 100 but not more than 150 persons, $1,495; <a id="paragraph-298971" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A32"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A33" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> With a seating capacity at tables for more than 150 persons but not more than 500 persons, $1,980; <a id="paragraph-298972" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A33"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A34" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> With a seating capacity at tables for more than 500 persons but not more than 1,000 persons, $2,500; and <a id="paragraph-298973" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A34"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A35" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> With a seating capacity at tables for more than 1,000 persons, $3,100;
					b. <span class="dictionary">Mixed beverage</span> <span class="dictionary">restaurant</span> license for <span class="dictionary">restaurants</span> located on the premises of and operated by private, nonprofit <span class="dictionary">clubs</span>: <a id="paragraph-298974" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A35"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A31" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> With an average yearly membership of not more than 200 resident members, $1,250; <a id="paragraph-298975" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A31"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A32" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> With an average yearly membership of more than 200 but not more than 500 resident members, $2,440; and <a id="paragraph-298976" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A32"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A33" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> With an average yearly membership of more than 500 resident members, $3,410;
					c. <span class="dictionary">Mixed beverage</span> casino license, $3,100 plus an additional $5 for each <span class="dictionary">gaming station</span> located on the premises of the casino gaming <span class="dictionary">establishment</span>. For the purposes of this subdivision, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">gaming station</span>&#x201D; means each slot machine and each casino gaming table that is in active use, as determined annually on December 31;
					d. <span class="dictionary">Mixed beverage</span> caterer&#x2019;s license, $1,990;
					e. <span class="dictionary">Mixed beverage</span> limited caterer&#x2019;s license, $550;
					f. <span class="dictionary">Mixed beverage</span> carrier license: <a id="paragraph-298977" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A33"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A31" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> $520 for each of the average number of dining cars, buffet cars, or <span class="dictionary">club</span> cars operated daily in the Commonwealth by a common carrier of passengers by train; <a id="paragraph-298978" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A31"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A32" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> $910 for each common carrier of passengers by boat; <a id="paragraph-298979" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A32"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A33" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> $520 for each common carrier of passengers by <span class="dictionary">bus</span>; and <a id="paragraph-298980" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A33"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A34" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> $2,360 for each license granted to a common carrier of passengers by airplane;
					g. Annual <span class="dictionary">mixed beverage</span> <span class="dictionary">sports facility</span> license, $630;
					h. Limited <span class="dictionary">mixed beverage</span> <span class="dictionary">restaurant</span> license: <a id="paragraph-298981" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A34"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A31" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> With a seating capacity at tables for up to 100 persons, $945; <a id="paragraph-298982" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A31"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A32" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> With a seating capacity at tables for more than 100 but not more than 150 persons, $1,385; and <a id="paragraph-298983" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A32"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A33" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> With a seating capacity at tables for more than 150 persons, $1,875;
					i. Annual <span class="dictionary">mixed beverage</span> <span class="dictionary">performing arts facility</span> license, $630;
					j. Bed and breakfast license, $100;
					k. Museum license, $260;
					l. <span class="dictionary">Commercial lifestyle center</span> license, $300;
					m. <span class="dictionary">Mixed beverage</span> port <span class="dictionary">restaurant</span> license, $1,050; and
					n. Annual <span class="dictionary">mixed beverage</span> <span class="dictionary">special events</span> license, $630. <a id="paragraph-298984" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A33"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Retail licenses &#x2014; on-and-off-premises <span class="dictionary">wine</span> and <span class="dictionary">beer</span>. For each on-and-off premises <span class="dictionary">wine</span> and <span class="dictionary">beer</span> license, $450. <a id="paragraph-298985" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Retail licenses &#x2014; off-premises <span class="dictionary">wine</span> and <span class="dictionary">beer</span>. For each:
				a. Retail off-premises <span class="dictionary">wine</span> and <span class="dictionary">beer</span> license, $300;
				b. <span class="dictionary">Gourmet brewing shop</span> license, $320; and
				c. Confectionery license, $170. <a id="paragraph-298986" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Retail licenses &#x2014; banquet, <span class="dictionary">special event</span>, and tasting licenses.
				a. Per-day event licenses. For each: <a id="paragraph-298987" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A61" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Banquet license, $40 per license granted by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, except for banquet licenses granted by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> pursuant to subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Limitation on manufacturers, bottlers, and wholesalers; exemptions" href="/4.1-215/">4.1-215</a>, which shall be $100 per license; <a id="paragraph-298988" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A61"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A62" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Mixed beverage</span> <span class="dictionary">special events</span> license, $45 for each day of each event; <a id="paragraph-298989" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A62"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A63" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Mixed beverage</span> <span class="dictionary">club</span> events license, $35 for each day of each event; and <a id="paragraph-298990" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A63"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A64" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Tasting license, $40.
					b. Annual licenses. For each: <a id="paragraph-298991" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A64"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A61" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Annual banquet license, $300; <a id="paragraph-298992" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A61"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A62" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Banquet facility license, $260; <a id="paragraph-298993" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A62"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A63" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Designated outdoor refreshment area license, $300. However, for any designated outdoor refreshment area license issued pursuant to a local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, the annual fee shall be $3,000; <a id="paragraph-298994" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A63"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A64" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Annual <span class="dictionary">mixed beverage</span> banquet license, $630; <a id="paragraph-298995" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A64"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A65" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Equine sporting event license, $300; and <a id="paragraph-298996" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A65"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A66" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Annual <span class="dictionary">arts venue</span> event license, $300. <a id="paragraph-298997" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A66"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Retail licenses &#x2014; marketplace. For each marketplace license, $1,000. However, if the license <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> are exercised during a period of six or less consecutive months and such period is specified prior to the beginning of the license year, the annual fee shall be $500. <a id="paragraph-298998" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Retail licenses &#x2014; shipper, bottler, and related licenses. For each:
				a. Wine and beer shipper&#x2019;s license, $230;
				b. <span class="dictionary">Internet wine and beer retailer</span> license, $240;
				c. Bottler license, $1,500;
				d. Fulfillment warehouse license, $210;
				e. Marketing portal license, $285; and
				f. Third-<span class="dictionary">party</span> delivery license, $7,500, unless the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> provides written certification to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> that the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> has no more than 25 delivery personnel, including employees, agents, and independent contractors that engage in direct-to-consumer alcoholic beverage delivery, in which case the license fee shall be $2,500. <a id="paragraph-298999" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A9" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Temporary licenses. For each temporary license authorized by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Temporary licenses" href="/4.1-211/">4.1-211</a>, one-half of the tax imposed by this section on the license for which the applicant applied. <a id="paragraph-299000" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#A9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The tax on each license granted or reissued for a period other than 12, 24, or 36 months shall be equal to one-twelfth of the taxes required by subsection A computed to the nearest cent, multiplied by the number of months in the license period, and then increased by five percent. Such tax shall not be refundable, except as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Refund of state license tax" href="/4.1-232/">4.1-232</a>. <a id="paragraph-299001" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Nothing in this chapter shall exempt any <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> from any state merchants&#x2019; license or state <span class="dictionary">restaurant</span> license or any other state tax. Every <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>, in addition to the taxes imposed by this chapter, shall be liable to state merchants&#x2019; license taxation and state <span class="dictionary">restaurant</span> license taxation and other state taxation the same as if the <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> were nonalcoholic. In ascertaining the liability of a beer wholesaler to merchants&#x2019; license taxation, however, and in computing the wholesale merchants&#x2019; license tax on a beer wholesaler, the first $163,800 of beer purchases shall be disregarded; and in ascertaining the liability of a wholesale wine distributor to merchants&#x2019; license taxation, and in computing the wholesale merchants&#x2019; license tax on a wholesale wine distributor, the first $163,800 of wine purchases shall be disregarded. <a id="paragraph-299002" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> In addition to the taxes set forth in this section, a fee of $5 may be imposed on any license purchased in person from the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> if such license is available for purchase online. <a id="paragraph-299003" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-231.1/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 1113, 1114; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 390, 391; 2022, cc. 78, 79, 589, 590; 2023, cc. 551, 597, 731; 2024, cc. 105, 111, 159, 255, 619, 622, 627.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
