Va. Code Ann. § 4.1-300

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Illegal manufacture and bottling; penalty

Official statutory text

A. Except as otherwise provided in §§ 4.1-200 and 4.1-201 , no person shall manufacture alcoholic beverages in the Commonwealth without being licensed under this subtitle to manufacture such alcoholic beverages. Nor shall any person, other than a brewery licensee or bottler's licensee, bottle beer for sale.

B. The presence of mash at an unlicensed distillery shall constitute manufacturing within the meaning of this section.

C. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

Code 1950, § 4-57; 1954, c. 484; 1974, c. 460; 1993, c. 866.

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