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Any such weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any weapon possessed or transported in violation of this section shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth and disposed of as provided in \u00a7 19.2-386.28.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer, sheriff, law-enforcement agent or official, conservation police officer, conservator of the peace employed by the air carrier airport, or retired law-enforcement officer qualified pursuant to subsection C of \u00a7 18.2-308.016, nor shall the provisions of this section apply to any passenger of an airline who, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, transports a lawful firearm, weapon, or ammunition into or out of an air carrier airport terminal for the sole purposes, respectively, of (i) presenting such firearm, weapon, or ammunition to U.S. Customs agents in advance of an international flight, in order to comply with federal law, (ii) checking such firearm, weapon, or ammunition with his luggage, or (iii) retrieving such firearm, weapon, or ammunition from the baggage claim area.\n\t\tAny other statute, rule, regulation, or ordinance specifically addressing the possession or transportation of weapons in any airport in the Commonwealth shall be invalid, and this section shall control.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":255072,"text":"It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or transport into any air carrier airport terminal in the Commonwealth any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind, (ii) frame, receiver, muffler, silencer, missile, projectile or ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon, and (iii) any other dangerous weapon, including explosives, stun weapons as defined in \u00a7 18.2-308.1, and those weapons specified in subsection A of \u00a7 18.2-308. Any such weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. 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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 894<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2007, chapters 87<\/a> and 519<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 746<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 257<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75668,"section_number":"19.2-386.28","catch_line":"Forfeiture of weapons, etc., that are concealed, possessed, transported, or carried in violation of law","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.28\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56600,"section_number":"18.2-308","catch_line":"Carrying concealed weapons; exceptions; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-308\/"},{"id":77788,"section_number":"18.2-308.016","catch_line":"Retired law-enforcement officers; carrying a concealed handgun","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-308.016\/"},{"id":58832,"section_number":"18.2-308.1","catch_line":"Possession of firearm, stun weapon, or other weapon on school property prohibited; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-308.1\/"},{"id":75668,"section_number":"19.2-386.28","catch_line":"Forfeiture of weapons, etc., that are concealed, possessed, transported, or carried in violation of law","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.28\/"}],"permalink":{"id":167007,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70707,"identifier":"18.2-287.01","token":"18.2\/7\/4\/18.2-287.01","url":"\/18.2-287.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-287.01\/","token":"18.2\/7\/4\/18.2-287.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Carrying weapon in air carrier airport terminal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-287.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or transport into any air carrier airport terminal in the Commonwealth any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind, (ii) frame, receiver, muffler, silencer, missile, projectile or ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon, and (iii) any other dangerous weapon, including explosives, stun weapons as defined in \u00a7 18.2-308.1<\/a>, and those weapons specified in subsection A of \u00a7 18.2-308<\/a>. Any such weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law<\/span>-enforcement officer. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. Any weapon possessed or transported in violation of this section shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth and disposed of as provided in \u00a7 19.2-386.28<\/a>.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer, sheriff, law<\/span>-enforcement agent or official, conservation police officer, conservator of the peace employed by the air carrier airport, or retired law<\/span>-enforcement officer qualified pursuant to subsection C of \u00a7 18.2-308.016<\/a>, nor shall the provisions of this section apply to any passenger of an airline who, to the extent otherwise permitted by law<\/span>, transports a lawful firearm, weapon, or ammunition into or out of an air carrier airport terminal for the sole purposes, respectively, of (i) presenting such firearm, weapon, or ammunition to U.S. Customs agents in advance of an international flight, in order<\/span> to comply with federal law<\/span>, (ii) checking such firearm, weapon, or ammunition with his luggage, or (iii) retrieving such firearm, weapon, or ammunition from the baggage claim area.\n\t\tAny other statute<\/span>, rule, regulation, or ordinance<\/span> specifically addressing the possession<\/span> or transportation of weapons in any airport in the Commonwealth shall be invalid, and this section shall control.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCARRYING WEAPON IN AIR CARRIER AIRPORT TERMINAL (\u00a7 18.2-287.01)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person to possess or transport into any air carrier\nairport terminal in the Commonwealth any (i) gun or other weapon designed or\nintended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind, (ii) frame, receiver,\nmuffler, silencer, missile, projectile or ammunition designed for use with a\ndangerous weapon, and (iii) any other dangerous weapon, including explosives,\nstun weapons as defined in \u00a7 18.2-308.1, and those weapons specified in\nsubsection A of \u00a7 18.2-308. Any such weapon shall be subject to seizure by a\nlaw-enforcement officer. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1\nmisdemeanor. Any weapon possessed or transported in violation of this section\nshall be forfeited to the Commonwealth and disposed of as provided in \u00a7\n19.2-386.28.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer, sheriff,\nlaw-enforcement agent or official, conservation police officer, conservator of\nthe peace employed by the air carrier airport, or retired law-enforcement\nofficer qualified pursuant to subsection C of \u00a7 18.2-308.016, nor shall the\nprovisions of this section apply to any passenger of an airline who, to the\nextent otherwise permitted by law, transports a lawful firearm, weapon, or\nammunition into or out of an air carrier airport terminal for the sole purposes,\nrespectively, of (i) presenting such firearm, weapon, or ammunition to U.S.\nCustoms agents in advance of an international flight, in order to comply with\nfederal law, (ii) checking such firearm, weapon, or ammunition with his luggage,\nor (iii) retrieving such firearm, weapon, or ammunition from the baggage claim\narea.\n\t\tAny other statute, rule, regulation, or ordinance specifically addressing the\npossession or transportation of weapons in any airport in the Commonwealth shall\nbe invalid, and this section shall control.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 894; 2007, cc. 87, 519; 2013, c. 746; 2016, c. 257.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}