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Virginia Statutes, Title 18.2

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Title 18.2, Crimes and Offenses Generally

13 chapters · 884 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 18.2884 Ch 7, Crimes Involving Health and Safety.204 Ch 5, Crimes Against Property.138 Ch 6, Crimes Involving Fraud.129 Ch 8, Crimes Involving Morals and Decency.123 Ch 4, Crimes Against the Person.115 Ch 10, Crimes Against the Administration of…63 Ch 9, Crimes Against Peace and Order.37 Ch 12, Miscellaneous.28 Ch 1, In General.17 Ch 11, Offenses Against the Sovereignty of …13 Ch 3, Inchoate Offenses.8 Ch 13, Virginia Racketeer Influenced and Co…6 Ch 2, Principals and Accessories.3

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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-298 Short title of article
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This article may be cited as the "Uniform Machine Gun Act."
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-299 Definitions
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When used in this article: "Sawed-off shotgun" means any weapon, loaded or unloaded, originally designed as a shoulder weapon, utilizing a self-contained cartridge from which a number of ball shot pellets or projectiles may be fired simultaneously from a smooth or rifled bore by …
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-300 Possession or use of "sawed-off" shotgun or rifle
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A. Possession or use of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a crime of violence is a Class 2 felony. B. Possession or use of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle for any other purpose, except as permitted by this artic…
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-303 What article does not apply to
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The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to: (1) The manufacture for, and sale of, "sawed-off" shotguns or "sawed-off" rifles to the armed forces or law-enforcement officers of the United States or of any state or of any political subdivision thereof, or the transpo…

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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-303.1 What article does not prohibit

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Nothing contained in this article shall prohibit or interfere with the possession of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle for scientific purposes, the possession of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle possessed in compliance with federal law or the possession of a "s…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-304 Manufacturer's and dealer's register; inspection of stock

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Every manufacturer or dealer shall keep a register of all "sawed-off" shotguns and "sawed-off" rifles manufactured or handled by him. This register shall show the model and serial number, date of manufacture, sale, loan, gift, delivery or receipt of every "sawed-off" shotgun and …

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-306 Search warrants for "sawed-off" shotguns and rifles; confiscation and destruction

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Warrant to search any house or place and seize any "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle possessed in violation of this article may issue in the same manner and under the same restrictions as provided by law for stolen property, and any court of record, upon application of the…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-307 Short title of article

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This article may be cited as the "Sawed-Off Shotgun and Sawed-Off Rifle Act."

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1 Possession of firearm, stun weapon, or other weapon on school property prohibited; penalty

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A. If any person knowingly possesses any (i) stun weapon as defined in this section; (ii) knife, except a pocket knife having a folding metal blade of less than three inches; or (iii) weapon, including a weapon of like kind, designated in subsection A of § 18.2-308, other than a …

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1:1 Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms by persons acquitted by reason of insanity; penalty

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A. It shall be unlawful for any person acquitted by reason of insanity and committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, pursuant to Chapter 11.1 (§ 19.2-182.2 et seq.) of Title 19.2, on a charge of treason, any felony or any offens…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1:2 Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm by persons adjudicated legally incompetent or mentally incapacitated; penalty

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A. It shall be unlawful for any person who has been adjudicated (i) legally incompetent pursuant to former § 37.1-128.02 or former § 37.1-134, (ii) mentally incapacitated pursuant to former § 37.1-128.1 or former § 37.1-132, or (iii) incapacitated pursuant to Chapter 20 (§ 64.2-2…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1:3 Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm by persons involuntarily admitted or ordered to outpatient treatment; penalty

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A. It shall be unlawful for any person (i) involuntarily admitted to a facility or ordered to mandatory outpatient treatment pursuant to § 19.2-169.2; (ii) involuntarily admitted to a facility or ordered to mandatory outpatient treatment as the result of a commitment hearing purs…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1:4 Purchase or transportation of firearm by persons subject to protective orders; penalties

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A. It is unlawful for any person who is subject to (i) a protective order entered pursuant to § 16.1-253.1, 16.1-253.4, 16.1-278.2, 16.1-279.1, 19.2-152.8, 19.2-152.9, or 19.2-152.10; (ii) an order issued pursuant to subsection B of § 20-103; (iii) an order entered pursuant to su…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1:5 Purchase or transportation of firearm by persons convicted of certain drug offenses prohibited

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Any person who, within a 36-consecutive-month period, has been convicted of two misdemeanor offenses under Chapter 11 (§ 4.1-1100 et seq.) of Title 4.1, subsection B of former § 18.2-248.1:1, or § 18.2-250 shall be ineligible to purchase or transport a handgun. However, upon expi…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1:6 Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms by persons subject to substantial risk orders; penalty

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It is unlawful for any person who is subject to an emergency substantial risk order or a substantial risk order entered pursuant to § 19.2-152.13 or 19.2-152.14 or an order issued by a tribunal of another state, the United States or any of its territories, possessions, or commonw…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1:7 Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm by persons enrolled into the Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List; penalty

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It is unlawful for any person enrolled into the Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List pursuant to Chapter 12 (§ 52-50 et seq.) of Title 52 to purchase, possess, or transport a firearm. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1:8 Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm following an assault and battery of a family or household member intimate partner; penalties

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A. 1. Any person who knowingly and intentionally purchases, possesses, or transports any firearm following a misdemeanor conviction for an offense that occurred on or after July 1, 2021, for (i) the offense of assault and battery of a family or household member or (ii) an offense…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1:9 Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm following conviction for importation, sale, possession, etc., of assault firearm; penalty

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A. Any person who knowingly and intentionally purchases, possesses, or transports any firearm following a misdemeanor conviction for a violation of § 18.2-287.4:1 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. B. Any person convicted of a violation of § 18.2-287.4:1 or this section shall be…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2 Possession or transportation of firearms, firearms ammunition, stun weapons, explosives or concealed weapons by convicted felons; penalties; petition for restoration order; when issued

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A. It is unlawful for (i) any person who has been convicted of a felony; (ii) any person adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile 14 years of age or older at the time of the offense of murder in violation of § 18.2-31 or 18.2-32, kidnapping in violation of § 18.2-47, robbery by the t…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:01 Possession or transportation of certain firearms by certain persons

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A. It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a citizen of the United States or who is not a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence to knowingly and intentionally possess or transport any assault firearm or to knowingly and intentionally carry about his person, hidd…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:1 Prohibiting the selling, etc., of firearms to certain persons; penalties

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Any person who sells, barters, gives, or furnishes, or has in his possession or under his control with the intent of selling, bartering, giving, or furnishing, any firearm to any person he knows is prohibited from possessing or transporting a firearm pursuant to § 18.2-308.1:1, 1…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2 Criminal history record information check required for the transfer of certain firearms

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A. Any person purchasing from a dealer a firearm as defined in this section shall consent in writing, on a form to be provided by the Department of State Police, to have the dealer obtain criminal history record information. Such form shall include only the written consent; the n…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:3 Criminal background check required for employees of a gun dealer to transfer firearms; exemptions; penalties

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A. No person, corporation, or proprietorship licensed as a firearms dealer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 921 et seq. shall employ any person to act as a seller, whether full-time or part-time, permanent, temporary, paid or unpaid, for the transfer of firearms under § 18.2-308.2:2, if s…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:4 Firearm verification check; penalty

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A. For the purposes of this section: "Dealer" means any person licensed as a dealer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 921 et seq. "Department" means the Department of State Police. "Firearm" means any handgun, shotgun, or rifle that will or is designed to or may readily be converted to exp…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:5 Criminal history record information check required to sell firearm; penalties

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A. No person shall sell a firearm for money, goods, services or anything else of value unless he has obtained verification from a licensed dealer in firearms that information on the prospective purchaser has been submitted for a criminal history record information check as set ou…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.3 Use or attempted use of restricted ammunition in commission or attempted commission of crimes prohibited; penalty

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A. When used in this section: "Restricted firearm ammunition" applies to bullets, projectiles or other types of ammunition that are: (i) coated with or contain, in whole or in part, polytetrafluorethylene or a similar product, (ii) commonly known as "KTW" bullets or "French Arcan…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.4 (Effective until July 1, 2027) Possession of firearms while in possession of certain substances

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A. It shall be unlawful for any person unlawfully in possession of a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II of the Drug Control Act (§ 54.1-3400 et seq.) of Title 54.1 to simultaneously with knowledge and intent possess any firearm. A violation of this subsection is …

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.5 Manufacture, assembly, importation, etc., of plastic or other nondetectable firearm prohibited; penalty

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A. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly manufacture or assemble, cause to be manufactured or assembled, import, purchase, sell, offer for sale, transfer, or possess (i) any plastic firearm or (ii) any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component, is…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.5:1 Manufacture, importation, sale, possession, transfer, or transportation of auto sears and trigger activators prohibited; penalty

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A. As used in this section: "Auto sear" means a device, other than a trigger activator, designed for use in converting a semi-automatic firearm to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. "Trigger activator" means a de…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.5:2 (Effective January 1, 2027) Prohibition on unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties

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A. As used in this section: "Federal licensee authorized to serialize firearms" means a person, firm, corporation, or other entity that holds any valid federal license that authorizes the person, firm, corporation, or other entity to imprint serial numbers onto firearms and compl…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.7 Possession, transportation, or purchase of certain firearms by certain persons; penalty

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A. For the purposes of this section: "Assault firearm" means the same as that term is defined in § 18.2-308.2:2. "Handgun" means the same as that term is defined in § 18.2-307.1. B. It is unlawful for any person younger than 18 years of age to knowingly and intentionally possess …

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.7:1 Storage of firearms; penalty

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A. For purposes of this section: "Firearm" means the same as that term is defined in § 18.2-308.2:2. "Minor" means an individual younger than 18 years of age who is not authorized to use or possess a firearm under § 18.2-308.7. B. Any person who possesses a firearm in a residence…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.7:2 Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; penalty

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A. For purposes of this section: "Handgun" means any pistol or revolver or other firearm originally designed, made, and intended to fire single or multiple projectiles by means of an explosion of a combustible material from one or more barrels when held in one hand. "Vehicle" has…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.8 Importation, sale, possession or transfer of Striker 12's prohibited; penalty

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It shall be unlawful for any person to import, sell, possess or transfer the following firearms: the Striker 12, commonly called a "streetsweeper," or any semi-automatic folding stock shotgun of like kind with a spring tension drum magazine capable of holding twelve shotgun shell…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-309 Furnishing certain weapons to minors; penalty

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A. If any person sells, barters, gives or furnishes, or causes to be sold, bartered, given or furnished, to any minor a dirk, switchblade knife or bowie knife, having good cause to believe him to be a minor, such person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. B. If any person s…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-309.1 Sale, transfer, etc., of certain firearms magazines prohibited; penalty

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A. As used in this section: "Federal firearms licensee" means the same as that term is defined in § 18.2-287.4:1. "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or conv…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-311 Prohibiting the selling or having in possession blackjacks, etc

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If any person sells or barters, or exhibits for sale or for barter, or gives or furnishes, or causes to be sold, bartered, given, or furnished, or has in his possession, or under his control, with the intent of selling, bartering, giving, or furnishing, any blackjack, brass or me…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-311.1 Removing, altering, etc., serial number or other identification on firearm; selling, giving, etc., or possessing firearm without serial number; penalties

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A. It is unlawful for any person, firm, association, or corporation to intentionally remove, alter, change, destroy, or obliterate in any manner or way or cause to be removed, altered, changed, destroyed, or obliterated in any manner or way the name of the maker, model, manufactu…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-311.2 Third conviction of firearm offenses; penalty

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On a third or subsequent conviction of any offense contained in Article 4 (§ 18.2-279 et seq.), 5 (§ 18.2-288 et seq.), 6 (§ 18.2-299 et seq.), or 7 (§ 18.2-308.1 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2, which would ordinarily be punished as a Class 1 misdemeanor, where it is alleged…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-312 Illegal use of tear gas, phosgene and other gases

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If any person maliciously release or cause or procure to be released in any private home, place of business or place of public gathering any tear gas, mustard gas, phosgene gas or other noxious or nauseating gases or mixtures of chemicals designed to, and capable of, producing vi…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-313 Handling or using snakes so as to endanger human life or health

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It shall be unlawful for any person, or persons, to display, exhibit, handle or use any poisonous or dangerous snake or reptile in such a manner as to endanger the life or health of any person. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misde…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-313.1 Withholding information about possibly rabid animal; penalty

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It shall be unlawful for any person to (i) knowingly withhold information from, or knowingly give false information to, any lawfully authorized governmental agent which would reasonably lead to the discovery or location and capture of any animal reasonably identifiable as one tha…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-313.2 Introduction of snakehead fish or zebra mussel; penalty

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Any person who knowingly introduces into state waters any snakehead fish of the family Channidae, or knowingly places or causes to be placed into state waters any zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) or the larvae thereof, without a permit from the Director of Wildlife Resources i…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-314 Failing to secure medical attention for injured child

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Any parent or other person having custody of a minor child which child shows evidence of need for medical attention as the result of physical injury inflicted by an act of any member of the household, whether the injury was intentional or unintentional, who knowingly fails or ref…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-316 Duty of persons causing well or pit to be dug to fill it before abandonment

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Any person who has caused to be dug on his own land or the land of another any well or pit, shall fill such well or pit with earth so that the same shall not be dangerous to human beings, animals or fowls before such well or such pit is abandoned; and any person owning land where…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-317 Covers to be kept on certain wells

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Every person owning or occupying any land on which there is a well having a diameter greater than six inches and which is more than ten feet deep shall at all times keep the same covered in such a manner as not to be dangerous to human beings, animals or fowls. Any person violati…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-318 Authority of counties, cities and towns to require and regulate well covers

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Notwithstanding the provisions of § 18.2-317, the governing body of any county, city or town may adopt ordinances requiring persons owning or occupying any land within such county, city or town on which there is a well having a diameter greater than six inches and which is more t…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-319 Discarding or abandoning iceboxes, etc.; precautions required

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It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to discard, abandon, leave or allow to remain in any place any icebox, refrigerator or other container, device or equipment of any kind with an interior storage area of more than two cubic feet of clear space which is airti…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-320 Sale, etc., of plastic bags; warning required

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(a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or deliver, or offer for delivery, or give away any plastic bag or partial plastic bag intended to enclose freshly cleaned clothing, the length of which totals twenty-five inches or more and the material of which is less than one mil (1/1…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-321 Using X ray, fluoroscope, etc., in the fitting of footwear

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It shall be unlawful for any person to use any X ray, fluoroscope, or other equipment or apparatus employing roentgen rays, in the fitting of shoes or other footwear. This section shall not apply to any licensed physician or surgeon in the practice of his profession. Any person v…