Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org6254118.2-300Possession or use of “sawed-off” shotgun or rifle202517.1-80518.2-46.118.2-51319.2-392.0253.1-202.353.1-40.02Crimes and Offenses GenerallyCrimes Involving Health and Safety"Sawed-Off" Shotgun and "Sawed-Off" Rifle Act

A. Possession or use of a “sawed-off” shotgun or “sawed-off” rifle in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a crime of violence is a Class 2 felony.

B. Possession or use of a “sawed-off” shotgun or “sawed-off” rifle for any other purpose, except as permitted by this article and official use by those persons permitted possession by § 18.2-303, is a Class 4 felony.

Code 1950, § 18.1-268.2; 1968, c. 661; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1978, c. 710; 1992, c. 580.