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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80468</law_id><section_number>4.1-319</section_number><catch_line>Disobeying subpoena; hindering conduct of hearing; 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>No person shall (i) fail or refuse to obey any <span class="dictionary">subpoena</span> issued by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, any <span class="dictionary">Board</span> member, or agent authorized by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> such <span class="dictionary">subpoena</span> or (ii) hinder the orderly conduct and decorum of any <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> held and conducted by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, any <span class="dictionary">Board</span> member, or agent authorized by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> to hold and conduct such <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>.
		Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 4-70; 1993, c. 866.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
