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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58548</law_id><section_number>4.1-302</section_number><catch_line>Illegal sale of alcoholic beverages in general; penalty</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="3">Prohibited Practices; Penalties; Procedural Matters</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Prohibited Practices Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any person who is not <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> <span class="dictionary">sells</span> any <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> except as permitted by this subtitle, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.
		In the event of a second or subsequent <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> under this section, a jail sentence of no less than thirty days shall be imposed and in no case be suspended.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 4-58; 1952, c. 491; 1984, c. 603; 1993, c. 866.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
