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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54959</law_id><section_number>18.2-308.2:01</section_number><catch_line>Possession or transportation of certain firearms by certain persons</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-308.2:1</reference><reference>18.2-308.2:3</reference><reference>18.2-46.1</reference><reference>19.2-386.28</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Other Illegal Weapons</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a citizen of the United States or who is not a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence to knowingly and intentionally possess or transport any <span class="dictionary">assault firearm</span> or to knowingly and intentionally carry about his person, hidden from common observation, an <span class="dictionary">assault firearm</span>. <a id="paragraph-201618" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-308.2_01/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a citizen of the United States and who is not lawfully present in the United States to knowingly and intentionally possess or transport any firearm or to knowingly and intentionally carry about his person, hidden from common observation, any firearm. A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-201619" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-308.2_01/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> For purposes of this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">assault firearm</span>&#x201D; means any semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol that expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible <span class="dictionary">material</span> and is equipped at the time of the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> with a magazine which will hold more than 20 rounds of ammunition or designed by the manufacturer to accommodate a silencer or equipped with a folding stock. <a id="paragraph-201620" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-308.2_01/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1993, c. 674; 2003, c. 976; 2004, cc. 347, 995; 2008, c. 408.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
