{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-4.1-300","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 4.1-300","heading":"Illegal manufacture and bottling; penalty","body":"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 subtitle 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.Code 1950, § 4-57; 1954, c. 484; 1974, c. 460; 1993, c. 866.","path":["Title 4.1. Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control","Subtitle I. Alcoholic Beverage Control Act","Chapter 3. PROHIBITED PRACTICES; PENALTIES; PROCEDURAL MATTERS","Article 1. PROHIBITED PRACTICES GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/4.1-300/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:24Z","sha256":"8fb3a8728434be24907e3bebe9a83f8baf5cbeca99818c36cc3966286ff8d77c","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-4.1-240","next":"us-va/va.-code-4.1-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}