<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72057</law_id><section_number>4.1-324</section_number><catch_line>Illegal sale or keeping of alcoholic beverages by licensees; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>4.1-325</reference><reference>4.1-325.2</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="3">Prohibited Practices; Penalties; Procedural Matters</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Prohibited Practices by Licensees</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> or any agent or employee of such <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> shall: <a id="paragraph-259645" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">Sell</span> any <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> of a kind other than that which such license or this subtitle authorizes him to <span class="dictionary">sell</span>; <a id="paragraph-259646" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Sell</span> <span class="dictionary">beer</span> to which <span class="dictionary">wine</span>, <span class="dictionary">spirits</span> or <span class="dictionary">alcohol</span> has been added, except that a <span class="dictionary">mixed beverage</span> <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> may combine <span class="dictionary">wine</span> or <span class="dictionary">spirits</span>, or both, with <span class="dictionary">beer</span> pursuant to a patron&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span>; <a id="paragraph-259647" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Sell</span> <span class="dictionary">wine</span> to which <span class="dictionary">spirits</span> or <span class="dictionary">alcohol</span>, or both, have been added, otherwise than as required in the manufacture thereof under <span class="dictionary">Board</span> regulations, except that a <span class="dictionary">mixed beverage</span> <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> may (i) make <span class="dictionary">sangria</span> that contains brandy, triple sec, or other similar <span class="dictionary">spirits</span> and (ii) combine <span class="dictionary">beer</span> or <span class="dictionary">spirits</span>, or both, with <span class="dictionary">wine</span> pursuant to a patron&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span>; <a id="paragraph-259648" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> <span class="dictionary">Sell</span> <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> of a kind which such license or this subtitle authorizes him to <span class="dictionary">sell</span>, but to any person other than to those to whom such license or this subtitle authorizes him to <span class="dictionary">sell</span>; <a id="paragraph-259649" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> <span class="dictionary">Sell</span> <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> which such license or this subtitle authorizes him to <span class="dictionary">sell</span>, but in any place or in any manner other than such license or this subtitle authorizes him to <span class="dictionary">sell</span>; <a id="paragraph-259650" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> <span class="dictionary">Sell</span> any <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> when forbidden by this subtitle; <a id="paragraph-259651" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Keep or allow to be kept, other than in his <span class="dictionary">residence</span> and for his personal use, any <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> other than that which he is authorized to <span class="dictionary">sell</span> by such license or by this subtitle; <a id="paragraph-259652" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> <span class="dictionary">Sell</span> any <span class="dictionary">beer</span> to a retail <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>, except for cash, if the seller holds a brewery, bottler&#x2019;s or wholesale <span class="dictionary">beer</span> license; <a id="paragraph-259653" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A9" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> <span class="dictionary">Sell</span> any <span class="dictionary">beer</span> on draft and fail to display to customers the brand of <span class="dictionary">beer</span> sold or misrepresent the brand of any <span class="dictionary">beer</span> sold; <a id="paragraph-259654" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A10" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> <span class="dictionary">Sell</span> any <span class="dictionary">wine</span> for delivery within the Commonwealth to a retail <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>, except for cash, if the seller holds a wholesale <span class="dictionary">wine</span> or <span class="dictionary">farm winery</span> license; <a id="paragraph-259655" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A11" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">11.</span> Keep or allow to be kept or <span class="dictionary">sell</span> any vaporized form of an alcoholic beverage produced by an <span class="dictionary">alcohol vaporizing device</span>; <a id="paragraph-259656" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A11"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A12" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">12.</span> Keep any alcoholic beverage other than in the <span class="dictionary">bottle</span> or <span class="dictionary">container</span> in which it was purchased by him except: (i) for a frozen alcoholic beverage; and (ii) in the case of <span class="dictionary">wine</span>, in <span class="dictionary">containers</span> of a type approved by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> pending automatic dispensing and <span class="dictionary">sale</span> of such <span class="dictionary">wine</span>; or <a id="paragraph-259657" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A12"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A13" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">13.</span> Establish any normal or customary pricing of its <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> that is intended as a shift or device to evade any &#x201C;happy hour&#x201D; regulations adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>; however, a <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> may increase the volume of an alcoholic beverage sold to a customer if there is a commensurate increase in the normal or customary price charged for the same alcoholic beverage. <a id="paragraph-259658" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#A13"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-259659" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Neither this section nor any <span class="dictionary">Board</span> regulation shall prohibit an on-premises <span class="dictionary">restaurant</span> <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> from using <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> that the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> otherwise is authorized to purchase and possess for the purposes of preparing and selling for on-premises consumption food products with a final alcohol content of more than one-half of one percent by volume, as long as such food products are sold to and consumed by persons who are 21 years of age or older. <a id="paragraph-259660" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-324/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 4-60; 1970, c. 360; 1974, c. 460; 1984, c. 603; 1993, c. 866; 1998, c. 238; 2006, c. 714; 2008, cc. 513, 629, 875.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
