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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69844</law_id><section_number>4.1-327</section_number><catch_line>Prohibiting transfer of wine or beer by licensees; 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="2">Prohibited Practices by Licensees</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No retail <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>, except a retail on-premises <span class="dictionary">wine</span> and <span class="dictionary">beer</span> <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>, shall transfer any <span class="dictionary">wine</span> or <span class="dictionary">beer</span> from one <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> place of business to another <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> place of business whether such places of business are under the same ownership or not. <a id="paragraph-252410" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-327/#A"><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-252411" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-327/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1954, c. 338, &#xA7; 4-34.1; 1993, c. 866; 2020, cc. 1113, 1114.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
