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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62510</law_id><section_number>4.1-238</section_number><catch_line>Bond required to secure excise tax liability on beer and wine coolers, and wine stored in bonded warehouses</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>4.1-239</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> Every manufacturer, bottler, or wholesaler, as a condition <span class="dictionary">precedent</span> to obtaining a license to <span class="dictionary">sell</span> <span class="dictionary">beer</span> or <span class="dictionary">wine coolers</span> to a <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> retailer, shall file a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> with the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> in such sum and with such <span class="dictionary">surety</span> as the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> deems adequate to cover the tax liability of each such manufacturer, bottler, or wholesaler. The sum of such <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be proportioned to the volume of business of each such manufacturer, bottler, or wholesaler, but shall in no event be less than $1,000 or more than $100,000. Such <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be conditioned upon the payment by such manufacturer, bottler, or wholesaler of the tax imposed by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Excise tax on beer and wine coolers; payment of tax; exceptions" href="/4.1-236/">4.1-236</a>. <a id="paragraph-227963" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-238/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Every holder of a bonded warehouse permit, issued in accordance with subdivision 13 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Permits required in certain instances" href="/4.1-212/">4.1-212</a>, as a condition to obtaining the permit, shall file a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> with the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> in such sum and with such <span class="dictionary">surety</span> as the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> deems adequate to cover the tax liability of each such permittee. The sum of such <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be proportioned to the volume of business of each such manufacturer, bottler, or wholesaler, but shall in no event be less than $1,000 or more than $10,000. Such <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be conditioned upon the payment by the permittee of the tax imposed by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Tax on wine and other alcoholic beverages; exceptions" href="/4.1-234/">4.1-234</a>. <a id="paragraph-227964" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-238/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may <span class="dictionary">waive</span> the requirement of both the <span class="dictionary">surety</span> and the <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, in cases where a manufacturer, bottler, or wholesaler has previously demonstrated his financial responsibility. <a id="paragraph-227965" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-238/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Upon the termination of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, its guaranty or <span class="dictionary">surety</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, upon reasonable notice to the manufacturer, bottler, or wholesaler so <span class="dictionary">licensed</span>, may suspend the license so granted until such times as the required <span class="dictionary">bond</span> is filed or the proper <span class="dictionary">surety</span> or guaranty is given. <a id="paragraph-227966" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-238/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 261, &#xA7; 4-138; 1993, c. 866; 2003, c. 564; 2020, cc. 1113, 1114.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
