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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>363033</law_id><section_number>4.1-105</section_number><catch_line>Police power of members, agents and employees of Board</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-371.2</reference><reference>4.1-100</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="7" identifier="4.1">Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Alcoholic Beverage Control Act</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Definitions and General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Members of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> are vested, and such agents and employees of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> designated by it shall be vested, with like power to enforce the provisions of (i) this subtitle and the criminal <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth as is vested in the chief <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer of a county, city, or town; (ii) &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Prohibition against stamping or sale or import of cigarettes not in the Directory" href="/3.2-4207/">3.2-4207</a>; (iii) &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Counterfeit cigarettes; penalty; civil penalty" href="/18.2-246.14/">18.2-246.14</a>; (iv) &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Prohibiting sale or distribution, etc. of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by persons under 21 years of age; civil penalties" href="/18.2-371.2/">18.2-371.2</a>; (v) &#xA7;&#xA0; <a class="law" title="Removal, reuse, unauthorized sale, etc., of stamps; counterfeit stamps; seizure and forfeiture; penalties" href="/58.1-1015/">58.1-1015</a>; (vi) &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Sale, purchase, possession, etc., of cigarettes for purpose of evading tax; penalties" href="/58.1-1017/">58.1-1017</a>; and (vii) &#xA7;&#xA0; <a class="law" title="Seizure" href="/58.1-1037/">58.1-1037</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 4-8; 1993, c. 866; 1997, cc. 812, 882; 2000, cc. 880, 901; 2006, c. 695; 2024, c. 540.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Cline v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>2563073</case_number><citation>675 S.E.2d 223</citation><date>2009-04-21</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1062496/cline-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 675 S.E.2d 223 (2009) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>John Taylor v. Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority</name><case_number>1593183</case_number><citation>827 S.E.2d 15</citation><date>2019-04-30</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4614766/john-taylor-v-virginia-alcoholic-beverage-control-authority/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Mall Amusements, LLC, d/b/a King Pinz v. Virginia Department .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>1893154</case_number><citation>66 Va. App. 605</citation><date>2016-09-13</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4255912/mall-amusements-llc-dba-king-pinz-v-virginia-department-of-alcoholic/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. BEALES, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
