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1997 SESSION
973555432Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 4.1-212 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 4.1-212. Permits required in certain instances.
The Board may grant the following permits which shall authorize:
1. Wine and beer salesmen representing any out-of-state wholesaler engaged in the sale of wine and beer, or either, to sell or solicit the sale of wine or beer, or both in the Commonwealth.
2. Any person having any interest in the manufacture, distribution or sale of spirits or other alcoholic beverages to solicit any mixed beverage licensee, his agent, employee or any person connected with the licensee in any capacity in his licensed business to sell or offer for sale such spirits or alcoholic beverages.
3. Any person to keep upon his premises alcoholic beverages which he is not authorized by any license to sell and which shall be used for culinary purposes only.
4. Any person to transport lawfully purchased alcoholic beverages within, into or through the Commonwealth, except that no permit shall be required for any person shipping or transporting into the Commonwealth a reasonable quantity of alcoholic beverages when such person is relocating his place of residence to the Commonwealth in accordance with § 4.1-310.
5. Any person to keep, store or possess any still or distilling apparatus.
6. The release of alcoholic beverages not under United States custom bonds or internal revenue bonds stored in Board approved warehouses for delivery to the Board or to persons entitled to receive them within or outside of the Commonwealth.
7. The release of alcoholic beverages from United States customs bonded warehouses for delivery to the Board or to licensees and other persons enumerated in subsection B of § 4.1-131.
8. The release of alcoholic beverages from United States internal revenue bonded warehouses for delivery in accordance with subsection B of § 4.1-132.
9. A secured party or any trustee, curator, committee, guardian, receiver or other fiduciary appointed or qualified in any court proceeding, to continue to operate under the licenses previously issued to any deceased or other person licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for such period as the Board deems appropriate.
10. The one-time sale of lawfully acquired alcoholic beverages belonging to any
person, or which may be a part of such person's estate, including a judicial
sale, estate sale, sale to enforce a judgment lien or liquidation sale to
satisfy indebtedness secured by a security interest in alcoholic beverages, by
a sheriff, personal representative, receiver or other officer acting under
authority of a court having jurisdiction in the Commonwealth, or by any secured
party as defined in § 8.9-105 (m) of the Virginia Uniform Commercial
Code. Such sales shall be made only to persons who are licensed or hold a
permit to sell alcoholic beverages in the Commonwealth or to persons outside
the Commonwealth for resale outside the Commonwealth, provided such
sales are made upon permits issued by the Board and upon such conditions
or restrictions as the Board may prescribe.
11. Any person who purchases at a foreclosure, secured creditor's or judicial auction sale the premises or property of a person licensed by the Board and who has become lawfully entitled to the possession of the licensed premises. Such permit shall be temporary and shall (i) confer the privileges of any licenses held by the previous owner to the extent determined by the Board and (ii) authorize the permittee to continue to operate the establishment to the same extent as a person holding such licenses for a period not to exceed sixty days or for such longer period as determined by the Board. Such temporary permit may be issued in advance, conditioned on the above requirements.
12. The sale of wine and beer in kegs by any person licensed to sell wine or beer, or both, at retail for off-premises consumption.
13. The storage of lawfully acquired alcoholic beverages not under customs bond or internal revenue bond in warehouses located in the Commonwealth.
Nothing in subdivision 9, 10, or 11 shall authorize any brewery, winery or affiliate or a subsidiary thereof which has supplied financing to a wholesale licensee to manage and operate the wholesale licensee in the event of a default, except to the extent authorized by subdivision B 3 a of § 4.1-216.
14. The auction of lawfully acquired wine by an organization exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for off-premises consumption, provided the auction is conducted in accordance with (i) Chapter 6 (§ 54.1-600 et seq.) of Title 54.1 and (ii) permits issued by the Board and upon such conditions or restrictions as the Board may prescribe.