2006 Code of Virginia § 4.1-308 - Drinking alcoholic beverages, or offering to another, in public place; penalty; exception...

4.1-308. Drinking alcoholic beverages, or offering to another, in publicplace; penalty; exceptions.

A. If any person takes a drink of alcoholic beverages or offers a drinkthereof to another, whether accepted or not, at or in any public place, heshall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

B. This section shall not prevent any person from drinking alcoholicbeverages or offering a drink thereof to another in any rooms or areasapproved by the Board in a licensed establishment, provided suchestablishment or the person who operates the same is licensed to sellalcoholic beverages at retail for on-premises consumption and the alcoholicbeverages drunk or offered were purchased therein.

C. This section shall not prevent any person from drinking alcoholicbeverages or offering a drink thereof to another in any room or area approvedby the Board at an event for which a banquet license or mixed beveragespecial events license has been granted. Nor shall this section prevent,upon authorization of the licensee, any person from drinking his own lawfullyacquired alcoholic beverages or offering a drink thereof to another inapproved areas and locations at events for which a coliseum or stadiumlicense has been granted.

D. This section shall not prevent any person from drinking alcoholicbeverages or offering a drink thereof to another on a chartered boat beingused for the transportation of passengers for compensation which is notlicensed by the Board and which does not sell alcoholic beverages.

(Code 1950, 4-78; 1956, c. 23; 1972, c. 143; 1977, c. 439; 1979, c. 622;1986, c. 113; 1988, c. 893; 1989, c. 42; 1990, c. 932; 1993, c. 866.)