Virginia legal term
Dealer in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Dealer” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Virginia criminal code.
What does “Dealer” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Dealer" means any person licensed as a dealer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 921 et seq. (Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Breaking, injuring, defacing, destroying, or preventing the operation of vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel
- Counterfeit cigarettes
- Prohibition on unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms
- Purchase or transportation of firearm by persons subject to protective orders
- Buying, etc., pig iron, etc., with intent to defraud
- Criminal history record information check required to sell firearm
- Importation, sale, manufacture, etc., of assault firearms prohibited
- Manufacturer's and dealer's register
- Manufacturer's and dealer's register
- Possession of burglarious tools, etc
- Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm following an assault and battery of a family or household member
- Storage of firearms
Related terms in the same statutes
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