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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62214</law_id><section_number>4.1-336</section_number><catch_line>Contraband beverages and other articles subject to forfeiture</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>4.1-346</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="3">Procedural Matters</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All stills and distilling apparatus and <span class="dictionary">materials</span> for the manufacture of <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span>, all <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> and <span class="dictionary">materials</span> used in their manufacture, all <span class="dictionary">containers</span> in which <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> may be found, which are kept, stored, possessed, or in any manner used in violation of the provisions of this subtitle, and any dangerous weapons as described in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Carrying concealed weapons; exceptions; penalty" href="/18.2-308/">18.2-308</a>, which may be used, or which may be found upon the person or in any vehicle which such person is using, to aid such person in the unlawful manufacture, transportation or <span class="dictionary">sale</span> of <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span>, or found in the <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of such person, or any horse, mule or other beast of burden, any wagon, automobile, truck or vehicle of any nature whatsoever which is found in the immediate vicinity of any place where <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> are being unlawfully manufactured and which such animal or vehicle is being used to aid in the unlawful manufacture, shall be deemed contraband and shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth.
		Proceedings for the confiscation of the above property shall be in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Confiscation proceedings; disposition of forfeited articles" href="/4.1-338/">4.1-338</a> for all such property except motor vehicles which proceedings shall be in accordance with Chapter 22.1 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Commencing an action of forfeiture" href="/19.2-386.1/">19.2-386.1</a> et seq.) of Title 19.2.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 4-53; 1954, c. 484; 1993, c. 866; 2012, cc. 283, 756.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
