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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 477 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. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter 193<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83212,"section_number":"52-8.4:1","catch_line":"Regulations for firearms shows","order_by":null,"url":"\/52-8.4_1\/"},{"id":62857,"section_number":"54.1-4201.2","catch_line":"Firearm transactions by persons other than dealers; mandatory background checks","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-4201.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":244587,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82936,"identifier":"54.1-4201.1","token":"54.1\/V\/42\/54.1-4201.1","url":"\/54.1-4201.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-4201.1\/","token":"54.1\/V\/42\/54.1-4201.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notification by sponsor of firearms show to State Police and local law-enforcement authorities required; records; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-4201.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No promoter<\/span> of a firearms show<\/span> shall hold such show without giving notice at least 30 days prior to the show to the State Police and the sheriff or chief of police of the locality in which the firearms show<\/span> will be held. The notice shall be given on a form provided by the State Police. A separate notice shall be required for each firearms show<\/span>.\n\t\t\t“Promoter<\/span>” means every person, firm, corporation, club, association, or organization holding a firearms show<\/span> in the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\tThe promoter<\/span> shall maintain for the duration of the show a list of all vendors or exhibitors in the show for immediate inspection by any law<\/span>-enforcement authorities, and within five days after the conclusion of the show, by mail, by hand, by email, or by fax, transmit a copy of the complete vendor or exhibitor list to the law<\/span>-enforcement authorities to which the 30-day prior notice was required. The vendor or exhibitor list shall contain the full name and residence address and the business name and address, if any, of the vendors or exhibitors. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A willful violation of this section shall be a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The provisions of this section shall not apply to firearms shows<\/span> held in any town with a population of not less than 1,995 and not more than 2,010, according to the 1990 United States census. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTIFICATION BY SPONSOR OF FIREARMS SHOW TO STATE POLICE AND LOCAL\nLAW-ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES REQUIRED; RECORDS; PENALTY (\u00a7 54.1-4201.1)\n\nA. No promoter of a firearms show shall hold such show without giving notice at\nleast 30 days prior to the show to the State Police and the sheriff or chief of\npolice of the locality in which the firearms show will be held. The notice shall\nbe given on a form provided by the State Police. A separate notice shall be\nrequired for each firearms show.\n\t\t\t“Promoter” means every person, firm, corporation, club,\nassociation, or organization holding a firearms show in the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\tThe promoter shall maintain for the duration of the show a list of all\nvendors or exhibitors in the show for immediate inspection by any\nlaw-enforcement authorities, and within five days after the conclusion of the\nshow, by mail, by hand, by email, or by fax, transmit a copy of the complete\nvendor or exhibitor list to the law-enforcement authorities to which the 30-day\nprior notice was required. The vendor or exhibitor list shall contain the full\nname and residence address and the business name and address, if any, of the\nvendors or exhibitors.\n\nB. A willful violation of this section shall be a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nC. The provisions of this section shall not apply to firearms shows held in any\ntown with a population of not less than 1,995 and not more than 2,010, according\nto the 1990 United States census.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 477; 2005, c. 193.","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}}