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A copy of the notice shall be sent to the Board and shall be treated as confidential information, except in relation to enforcement proceedings for violation of this section. No increase shall take effect prior to thirty calendar days following the date on which the notice is postmarked. The Board may authorize such price increases to take effect with less than the aforesaid thirty-calendar-day notice if a winery or wine importer so requests and demonstrates good cause therefor.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1353667,"text":"No winery or wine importer shall increase the prices charged any wholesale wine licensee for wine except by written notice to the wholesaler signed by an authorized officer or agent of the winery or wine importer, which notice shall contain the amount and effective date of the increase. A copy of the notice shall be sent to the Board and shall be treated as confidential information, except in relation to enforcement proceedings for violation of this section. No increase shall take effect prior to thirty calendar days following the date on which the notice is postmarked. 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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1985, chapter 542; in 1989, chapter 10; in 1993, chapter 866.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1446311,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363228,"identifier":"4.1-412","token":"4.1\/I\/4\/4.1-412","url":"\/4.1-412\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/4.1-412\/","token":"4.1\/I\/4\/4.1-412","dublin_core":{"Title":"Increase of prices","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 4.1-412","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">winery<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">wine<\/span> importer shall increase the prices charged any wholesale <span class=\"dictionary\">wine<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">licensee<\/span> for <span class=\"dictionary\">wine<\/span> except by written notice to the wholesaler signed by an authorized officer or agent of the <span class=\"dictionary\">winery<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">wine<\/span> importer, which notice shall contain the amount and effective date of the increase. 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No\nincrease shall take effect prior to thirty calendar days following the date on\nwhich the notice is postmarked. The Board may authorize such price increases to\ntake effect with less than the aforesaid thirty-calendar-day notice if a winery\nor wine importer so requests and demonstrates good cause therefor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 4-118.33; 1985, c. 542, \u00a7 4-118.53; 1989, c. 10; 1993,\nc. 866.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}