Enforcement

Virginia ABC recently celebrated the relocation of the Region 9 Enforcement Office in Charlottesville. Now located in the Pantops area, the office is set to continue to serve the region’s nine counties. Virginia ABC CEO Travis Hill was joined by Deputy Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Jae K. Davenport, along with Virginia ABC leadership, Region 9 staff and guests at the celebration. To inquire about applications, renewals or other enforcement issues, contact your regional office.

Virginia ABC Senior Special Agent Dave Huff joined WTVR CBS 6 News, Loveland Distributing and Hanover County Sheriff's Office at the NOT4ME kick-off event at Atlee High School. NOT4ME is a video contest for high school students created to discourage underage drinking. Read more about the contest.

Thanks to our community policing training program, law enforcement agencies around the state are better equipped to respond to the most pressing alcohol-related problems in their jurisdictions. Our Bureau of Law Enforcement is continuing the training program as part of its commitment to collaborating with local police and licensees to proactively reduce incidents involving alcohol.

Because laws and cultural traditions surrounding alcohol differ throughout the world, Virginia ABC translated important alcohol-related laws into Spanish to better serve its Hispanic citizens and businesses. Read more.

Are you planning to move and ship alcoholic beverages with your household goods to Virginia? The Code of Virginia (COV 4.1-310) prohibits the transportation or importation of more than one gallon of alcohol into the Commonwealth per individual per occasion. You do not need any paperwork to bring back one gallon or less. Read more.