CODE OF VIRGINIA PURCHASE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FROM PERSON NOT AUTHORIZED TO SELL; PENALTY (§ 4.1-303) If any person buys alcoholic beverages from any person other than the Board, a government store or a person authorized under this title to sell alcoholic beverages, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. HISTORY: Code 1950, § 4-71; 1968, c. 7; 1993, c. 866.