Title 4.1. Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control
Chapter 7. Administration of Licenses; General Provisions
§ 4.1-703. Records of licensees; inspection of records and places of business.
A. Every licensed marijuana establishment shall keep complete, accurate, and separate records in accordance with Board regulations of all marijuana and marijuana products it cultivated, purchased, processed, sold, developed, researched, tested, or shipped.
B. Every licensed retail marijuana store and microbusiness shall keep complete, accurate, and separate records in accordance with Board regulations of all purchases of marijuana products, the prices charged such licensee therefor, and the names and addresses of the persons from whom purchased. Every licensed retail marijuana store and microbusiness shall also preserve all invoices showing its purchases for a period as specified by Board regulations. The licensee shall also keep an accurate account of daily sales, showing quantities of marijuana products sold and the total price charged by it therefor. Except as otherwise provided in subsections C and D, such account need not give the names or addresses of the purchasers thereof, except as may be required by Board regulation.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection D, electronic records of licensed retail marijuana stores and microbusinesses may be stored off-site, provided that such records are readily retrievable and available for electronic inspection by the Board or its agents at the licensed premises. However, in the case that such electronic records are not readily available for electronic inspection on the licensed premises, the licensee may obtain Board approval, for good cause shown, to permit the licensee to provide the records to an agent of the Board within three business days or less, as determined by the Board, after a request is made to inspect the records.
C. Every licensed marijuana testing facility shall keep records of the names and addresses of all licensees or persons who submit marijuana or marijuana products to the marijuana testing facility.
D. The Board and its special agents shall be allowed free access during reasonable hours to every place in the Commonwealth and to the premises of every licensee or for the purpose of examining and inspecting such place and all records, invoices, and accounts therein.
For the purposes of a Board inspection of the records of any retail marijuana store or microbusiness licensees, "reasonable hours" means the hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.; however, if the licensee generally is not open to the public substantially during the same hours, "reasonable hours" means the business hours when the licensee is open to the public. At any other time of day, if the retail marijuana store or microbusiness licensee's records are not available for inspection, the licensee shall provide the records to an agent of the Board within 24 hours after a request is made to inspect the records.
2026, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.
