                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIMITATIONS ON TRANSPORTING LAWFULLY PURCHASED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PENALTY (§
4.1-311)

A. Except as otherwise permitted under subsection F of § 4.1-206.3 or §
4.1-209.1 or 4.1-212.1, the transportation of alcoholic beverages is prohibited
except in accordance with Board regulations and the following provisions:

   1. Wine may be (i) if lawfully purchased in the Commonwealth for personal use
   and not for resale, transported within the Commonwealth in the personal
   possession of the purchaser; (ii) if lawfully purchased outside the
   Commonwealth for personal use and not for resale, transported into or within
   the Commonwealth in the personal possession of the purchaser in an amount not
   to exceed three gallons; or (iii) transported into the Commonwealth if
   consigned to a wholesale wine licensee.

   2. Beer may be (i) if lawfully purchased in the Commonwealth for personal use
   and not for resale, transported within the Commonwealth in the personal
   possession of the purchaser; (ii) if lawfully purchased outside the
   Commonwealth for personal use and not for resale, transported into or within
   the Commonwealth in the personal possession of the purchaser in an amount not
   to exceed three gallons; or (iii) transported into the Commonwealth if
   consigned to a wholesale beer licensee.

   3. Alcoholic beverages other than wine and beer may be (i) if lawfully
   purchased for personal use and not for resale, transported into or within the
   Commonwealth in the personal possession of the purchaser in an amount not to
   exceed three gallons or (ii) transported into the Commonwealth if such
   alcoholic beverages (a) are consigned to the Board, (b) are being transported
   to a distillery or winery licensee, or (c) are ordered by the Board and are
   being transported directly to persons for industrial purposes, persons for the
   manufacture of articles allowed to be manufactured under &#xA7; 4.1-200, or
   hospitals pursuant to a permit issued by the Board for which the Board may
   charge a reasonable fee.

B. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit (i) any
person from bringing, through U.S. Customs in his accompanying baggage, into the
Commonwealth for personal use and not for resale alcoholic beverages in an
amount not to exceed three gallons; (ii) the transportation into the
Commonwealth of a reasonable quantity of alcoholic beverages for personal use
and not for resale in the personal or household effects of a person relocating
his place of residence to the Commonwealth; or (iii) the transportation of
alcoholic beverages on passenger boats, dining cars, buffet cars, or club cars
licensed under this subtitle or by common carriers engaged in interstate or
foreign commerce.

C. Any person transporting alcoholic beverages in violation of this section is
guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 4-72; 1974, c. 460, § 4-72.1; 1975, c. 480; 1978, c.
436; 1993, c. 866; 2022, c. 201.