Public Conduct in Chesterfield County, VA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Chesterfield County, Virginia.
Verified from official government sources
Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Chesterfield County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Public Alcohol Use
Chesterfield County Code § 14-23 bars possessing an open alcoholic beverage container, drinking, or handing a drink to someone else on any county property, including parks and schools, and bars open containers on any street, road or highway in the county. A special permit from the county administrator can allow licensed alcohol service on county property outside schools; violating the section is a Class 4 misdemeanor.
Chesterfield County Open Container Law
Significant RestrictionsChesterfield County, VA, Code of Ordinances § 14-23
(a)No person shall possess opened alcoholic beverage containers or drink an alcoholic beverage or tender a drink of an alcoholic beverage to another on county property, including property used for a park or a school, except as permitted by subsection (b) below.(b)After obtaining an appropriate license issued by the state department of alcoholic beverage control, alcoholic beverages may be serve...
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