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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 579 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1989, chapter 272; in 1993, chapter 866.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1446405,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363251,"identifier":"4.1-515","token":"4.1\/I\/5\/4.1-515","url":"\/4.1-515\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/4.1-515\/","token":"4.1\/I\/5\/4.1-515","dublin_core":{"Title":"Waiver prohibited; conflicts of laws","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 4.1-515","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No brewery<\/span> shall require any wholesaler to waive<\/span> compliance with any provision of this chapter. Any contract<\/span> or agreement<\/span> purporting to do so is void and unenforceable to the extent of the waiver<\/span> or variance. Nothing in this chapter shall limit or prohibit good faith settlements<\/span> of disputes voluntarily entered into between the parties. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any contract<\/span> between a brewery<\/span> and a beer<\/span> wholesaler pursuant to which the wholesaler is to market the brewery<\/span>’s products in the Commonwealth shall be governed by the laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth as the place of performance notwithstanding the fact<\/span> that such contract<\/span> may have been made in another state or the fact<\/span> that such contract<\/span> may provide that it is to be governed by the laws<\/span> of another state. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWAIVER PROHIBITED; CONFLICTS OF LAWS (\u00a7 4.1-515)\n\nA. No brewery shall require any wholesaler to waive compliance with any\nprovision of this chapter. Any contract or agreement purporting to do so is void\nand unenforceable to the extent of the waiver or variance. Nothing in this\nchapter shall limit or prohibit good faith settlements of disputes voluntarily\nentered into between the parties.\n\nB. Any contract between a brewery and a beer wholesaler pursuant to which the\nwholesaler is to market the brewery’s products in the Commonwealth shall\nbe governed by the laws of the Commonwealth as the place of performance\nnotwithstanding the fact that such contract may have been made in another state\nor the fact that such contract may provide that it is to be governed by the laws\nof another state.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 579, \u00a7 4-118.16; 1989, c. 272; 1993, c. 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"}}