Enforcement

Virginia ABC Chief Law Enforcement Officer Thomas Kirby was installed as the 2022-2023 president of the National Liquor Law Enforcement Association (NLLEA) in fall 2022 during the 35th Annual NLLEA Conference. In this role, he will support the NLLEA to foster cooperative and mutually beneficial working relationships with other law enforcement associations, alcohol policy researchers and public health organizations. NLLEA is a nonprofit association made up of sworn and non-sworn state, provincial, county, municipal and campus enforcement personnel tasked with enforcing liquor laws in the United States and Canada. The organization collects and disseminates research data, offers training to enhance the standards of liquor law enforcement, advises lawmakers on alcohol-related policy and provides technical assistance about best practices and policy development to law enforcement agencies.

Virginia ABC special agents are an integral part of maintaining a safe, orderly and regulated system for responsible consumption of alcohol. Special agents are vested with statewide police authority to enforce the criminal laws of the commonwealth. 

Learn more about a career in ABC law enforcement.

Are you planning to move alcoholic beverages with your household goods into Virginia? The Code of Virginia (COV 4.1-311) prohibits the transportation or importation of more than one gallon of alcohol into the state per individual per occasion. For three gallons or less, you do not need any paperwork. Read more about importing personal alcohol.

A docket is the official schedule of hearings pending before the ABC Board. View the current dockets for initial hearings and franchise/appeals hearings.

Also called "final board orders," these represent the final outcomes of hearings before the ABC Board, inclusive of all penalties and actions taken.