Virginia statute
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1:5 — Purchase or transportation of firearm by persons convicted of certain drug offenses prohibited
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 7: Other Illegal Weapons, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1:5
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
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 expiration of a period of five years from the date of the second conviction and provided the person has not been convicted of any such offense within that period, the ineligibility shall be removed.
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