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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 910<\/a> and 911<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55674,"section_number":"22.1-289.011","catch_line":"Licenses required; issuance, expiration, and renewal; maximum number of participants or children; posting of licenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-289.011\/"}],"permalink":{"id":182855,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62352,"identifier":"22.1-289.056","token":"22.1\/14.1\/8\/22.1-289.056","url":"\/22.1-289.056\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-289.056\/","token":"22.1\/14.1\/8\/22.1-289.056","dublin_core":{"Title":"Storage of firearms in certain family day homes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-289.056","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

During hours of operation, all firearms in a family day home<\/span> licensed pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-289.011<\/a> or voluntarily registered pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-289.011<\/a> or in a family day home<\/span> approved by a family day system<\/span> shall be stored unloaded in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet, and all ammunition shall be stored in a separate locked container, compartment, or cabinet. The key or combination to such locked containers, compartments, or cabinets shall be inaccessible to all children in the home.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTORAGE OF FIREARMS IN CERTAIN FAMILY DAY HOMES (\u00a7 22.1-289.056)\n\nDuring hours of operation, all firearms in a family day home licensed pursuant\nto \u00a7 22.1-289.011 or voluntarily registered pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-289.011 or in a\nfamily day home approved by a family day system shall be stored unloaded in a\nlocked container, compartment, or cabinet, and all ammunition shall be stored in\na separate locked container, compartment, or cabinet. The key or combination to\nsuch locked containers, compartments, or cabinets shall be inaccessible to all\nchildren in the home.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 910, 911, \u00a7 63.2-1701.01.","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}}