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CHARLOTTESVILLE — University of Virginia student Elizabeth Daly has filed notice of a claim against the state stemming from her arrest in April by Alcoholic Beverage Control agents who thought water she had purchased at a Charlottesville grocery store was beer.

Lawyers for Daly, 20, of Henrico County, lodged a complaint against the state seeking unspecified damages, according to Don LeMond, director of the Virginia Department of the Treasury division that manages certain civil claims against the state.

Prosecutors withdrew charges against Daly in June and her record was expunged in October. State police and internal reviews of her arrest led ABC to implement 15 policy and procedural changes.

The claim launches a process between Daly's lawyers and the state attorney general's office that could lead to an out-of-court resolution, LeMond said.