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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>363175</law_id><section_number>4.1-312</section_number><catch_line>Limitation on carrying alcoholic beverages in motor vehicle transporting passengers for hire; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><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="5" identifier="3">Prohibited Practices; Penalties; Procedural Matters</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Prohibited Practices Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The transportation of <span class="dictionary">alcoholic beverages</span> in any motor vehicle which is being used, or is <span class="dictionary">licensed</span>, for the transportation of passengers for hire is prohibited, except when carried in the <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of a passenger who is being transported for compensation at the regular rate and fare charged other passengers.</p><p>Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 4-74; 1993, c. 866.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
