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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1173<\/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":[{"id":81270,"section_number":"18.2-308.1:7","catch_line":"Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm by persons enrolled into the Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-308.1_7\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80010,"section_number":"18.2-308.2:2","catch_line":"Criminal history record information check required for the transfer of certain firearms","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-308.2_2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":237297,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81903,"identifier":"52-50","token":"52\/12\/52-50","url":"\/52-50\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-50\/","token":"52\/12\/52-50","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of the Virginia Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-50","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department of State Police shall establish the Virginia Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List (the List) in the Commonwealth to prohibit the possession<\/span>, transportation, and sale of firearms to any person who voluntarily registers himself to be enrolled into the List. The Department shall maintain and update the List, and the List shall be used in accordance with § 18.2-308.2:2<\/a> to advise a dealer if the Department’s records indicate a buyer or transferee of firearms is prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The Department shall promulgate any regulations and develop any policies for the implementation of the List. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department shall withhold from public disclosure all information regarding a request to be enrolled into or removed from the List and any other personal identifying information contained in or related to the List, except that such information may be disclosed to a law<\/span>-enforcement officer acting in the performance of his official duties or the applicant with respect to his own information. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OF THE VIRGINIA VOLUNTARY DO NOT SELL FIREARMS LIST (\u00a7 52-50)\n\nA. The Department of State Police shall establish the Virginia Voluntary Do Not\nSell Firearms List (the List) in the Commonwealth to prohibit the possession,\ntransportation, and sale of firearms to any person who voluntarily registers\nhimself to be enrolled into the List. The Department shall maintain and update\nthe List, and the List shall be used in accordance with § 18.2-308.2:2 to\nadvise a dealer if the Department’s records indicate a buyer or transferee\nof firearms is prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a\nfirearm. The Department shall promulgate any regulations and develop any\npolicies for the implementation of the List.\n\nB. The Department shall withhold from public disclosure all information\nregarding a request to be enrolled into or removed from the List and any other\npersonal identifying information contained in or related to the List, except\nthat such information may be disclosed to a law-enforcement officer acting in\nthe performance of his official duties or the applicant with respect to his own\ninformation.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 1173.","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}}