Virginia
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
VA1028 — mental health : committed to mh facility
Citation:
VA Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1:1
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 offense punishable as a misdemeanor under Title 54.1 or a Class 1 or Class 2 misdemeanor under this title, except those misdemeanor violations of...
Effective:
1990-07-01 Superseded:
2008-07-01
Virginia
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
VA1063 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
2020 VA H.B. 9 § 18.2-287.5
§ 18.2-287.5. Reporting lost or stolen firearms; civil penalty. A. If a firearm is lost or stolen from a person who lawfully possessed it, then such person shall report the loss or theft to any local law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police within 48 hours after such person discovers the loss or theft or is informed by a person with personal knowledge of the loss or theft.
Effective:
2020-04-06
Virginia
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
VA1057 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
Va. Code Ann. § 52-25.1.
1. Reporting and return of firearms confiscated or recovered by law-enforcement agencies. A. Whenever a law-enforcement agency confiscates a firearm in connection with a criminal investigation or otherwise recovers a firearm, such agency shall immediately take all appropriate steps to identify and trace the history of such firearm. B.
Effective:
2016-03-01
Virginia
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
VA1056 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
Va. Code Ann. § 52-25.1.
§ 52-25.1. Reporting of confiscated firearms.-The Superintendent shall establish and maintain within the Department of State Police a Criminal Firearms Clearinghouse as a central repository of information regarding all firearms seized, forfeited, found or otherwise coming into the possession of any state or local law-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth which are believed to have been used in the commission of a...
Effective:
1993-07-01 Superseded:
2016-03-01
Virginia
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
VA1061 — prohibited
Citation:
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.5
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, sell, transfer or possess any plastic firearm. As used in this section, “plastic firearm” means any firearm, including machine guns and sawed-off shotguns as defined in this chapter, containing less than 3.7 ounces of electromagnetically detectable metal in the barrel, slide, cylinder, frame or receiver of which, when subjected to inspection by X-ray...
Effective:
1989-03-27