Title 4.1. Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control
Chapter 13. Prohibited Practices; Procedural Matters
§ 4.1-1304. Issuance of notice of violation and order to cease by Board; civil penalties.
A. The Board may issue a notice of violation and order to cease unlicensed activity to any person who is engaged in the cultivation, processing, distribution, or selling of marijuana or marijuana products in violation of this subtitle. If the Board issues such notice and order, it may also order the seizure of such marijuana or marijuana products.
B. Upon receipt of such notice and order issued pursuant to subsection A, such person shall cease all activities described in subsection A. The Board shall cause a copy of such notice and order to be affixed to the front window, door, or exterior wall of the location where such unlicensed activity is occurring. Such notice and order shall be within five feet of the front door or other opening to such location where customers enter from the street, at a vertical height no less than four feet and no more than six feet from the ground or floor. If such location does not have a direct entrance from the street, the owner of such location shall allow such notice and order to be affixed at the immediate point of entry in a place where potential customers or members of the public are likely to see it. Unless authorized by the Board, such notice or order affixed shall not be removed. Any person who intentionally violates this subsection is subject to a civil penalty prescribed by the board, not to exceed $5,000.
C. In addition to affixing the notice and order pursuant to subsection B, the person subject to such notice and order shall allow the Board to affix one or more warning stickers at or near the front door or other opening to such location where customers enter from the street advising the public that the business is ordered to stop the unlawful activity and of the public health and safety concerns relating to illicit marijuana and marijuana products. Unless authorized by the Board, such warning stickers shall not be removed. Any person who intentionally violates this subsection is subject to a civil penalty prescribed by the board, not to exceed $5,000.
D. Any individual aggrieved by an order issued pursuant to subsection A may appeal the order in accordance with the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.).
2026, c. 1016.
