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Code of Virginia
Title 15.2. Counties, Cities and Towns
Chapter 9. General Powers of Local Governments
9/17/2025

§ 15.2-912.4. Regulation of tobacco and hemp product retail sale locations.

Any locality may by ordinance regulate the retail sale locations of retail tobacco products, as such term is defined in § 18.2-371.2, or hemp products intended for smoking, as such term is defined in § 3.2-4112, for any such retail sale location and may prohibit a retail sale location on property within 1,000 linear feet of a child day center as defined in § 22.1-289.02 or a public, private, or parochial school. An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall not affect (i) a licensee holding a valid license under § 4.1-206.3 or (ii) any retail sale location of retail tobacco products or hemp products intended for smoking operating before July 1, 2024.

2024, c. 536; 2025, cc. 595, 596.

The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of this section may not constitute a comprehensive list of such chapters and may exclude chapters whose provisions have expired.