CODE OF VIRGINIA

ILLEGAL MANUFACTURE AND BOTTLING; PENALTY (§ 4.1-300)

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 title 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.

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